heartland basic pattern

Snowflake #20A in Land of Laces’ 25 Snowflake Project 

Here is the pattern for the snowflake I showed yesterday. There is a 2^nd version with colourful heart motifs, but let me get this out of the way, and I will upload that pattern tomorrow, although you can see a few glimpses below ;-D. I apologise for repeating the same snowflake, but it takes time to present ….

Heartland Snowflake patterns

Version 1 – basic & continuous

This snowflake is tatted in many individual parts, but is can be worked continuously without cutting thread. Options/alternates are indicated in italics & colour.
In Anchor size 40, this flake measures 7cms. The hexagonal side is approx. 4cms.

Choose your favourite method of making Dimpled Rings for the hearts. I chose Sue Hanson’s method (Method 2).

Abbreviations/Notations, in order of appearance.

ctm = continuous thread ; dRing = dimpled ring ; vsp = very small picot ; sp = small picot ; p or - = picot ; + = join ; rw = reverse work ; ch = chain ; -- = long picot ; SSSR = single shuttle split ring ; SS = switch shuttle ; R = ring ; MP = mock picot

Scroll down to Rings for dimpled ring and SSSR tutorials here  

Drop/down/downward picot tutorial links

Round 1 - ball and shuttle, continuous thread.

2 shuttles, ctm, if working continuously

[ dRing1: 6 vsp 7 p 2 sp 3 + 2 + 7 vsp 6. , rw

ch: 1-1--1--1-1 , rw. ] x 6

In order to climb out, tat last chain as a split chain, then climb out with a

split dimpled ring : 6 vsp 7 p 2 sp 3 + 2 / 7 + 6. Continue to Round 2, leaving mock picot space

The topmost pic shows the inner round without the decorative picots.

Individual Heart – single shuttle only.

dRing1: 4 sp 2 sp 10 sp 4 + 10 sp 2 sp 4. dnrw

SSSR: 5 -- 5.

Make 6 such motifs.

This step is omitted if working continuously.

TIP : I tatted over the starting tail, hiding it in Ring1, and using Takeda’s SSSR technique, the end tail gets hidden in Ring2. No sewing in ends! But I snipped off close Only After each motif has been joined in Round 2, to avoid any mishap.

Round 2 - 2 shuttles,  ctm.

Join to center of any inner heart.

Ch: 10, SS. Leave bare thread space for a mock picot before starting R.

R: 6 -- 6. SS

[ Ch: 8 lj(heart#1) 2 lj 4 Under-Over join across base of ring, making and snugging 1ds over the intersection*, 4, lj 2 lj 8 , SS

R : 6 -- 6. MP, SS

Ch: 10 lj to next inner heart, 10 lj(MP) ] x 6

For last motif/repeat, make only 10ds chain and join to inner heart. Tie & cut.

Note: the mock picot is asymmetrical, so that when adjacent chains are attached to it, the ring appears to be in the middle.

* this 1ds is just something I tried in order to make the chain look continuous. It is optional.

For continuous tatting, I am only including the 'altered' part; rest of Round 2 pattern remains same :

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[ Ch: 8, drop picot, 2, drop picot, 4. rw

dRing: 4 +(drop picot) 2 +(drop picot) 10 sp 4 + 10 sp 2 sp 4. rw, SS

R: 6 – 6. SS

Ch: 4 + 2 + 8, SS. …..

Continue as per above pattern

I hope this is clear and without error. 

Pattern for rainbow version of this snowflake tomorrow ....