picot is posted

I am so happy with the interest and response here and on facebook! Hence worked quickly on the pictorial. For those who know what ‘posting a shuttle’ means, you don’t even need to follow the pictorial. Yes, that’s how simple the answer is – Post the Shuttle, leaving some bare space that will become a picot! So pick up your shuttle and play :-D

I had more names (posted, double-duty,  upside down, 2-way picot),  but due to my haste, and the need to notate my pics, I am continuing with ....

Intruding  Picot  Pictorial

Intruding picot proposed symbol/notation : ∫ or ip

Ring: 5 – 5 ∫ 5 – 5.

1. Start ring 5ds, picot, 5ds.

2. Post shuttle – pass shuttle front to back, through the open loop of ring.

3. Once shuttle is posted, pull core thread to transfer the thread (not seen here), leaving some bare thread length. Hold in pinch …
NOTE: Just think of it as starting a 1st half stitch, with bare thread for picot, but instead of making the 2nd half stitch, make another fhs & shs. 

4. … and immediately work 1ds. This is how it will look.

5. With just a slight touch or brush, the picot falls down!

6. Adjust (notice the intrusion?) and continue to complete the ring working 4ds, picot, 5ds. Close ring.

7. 1 ring with intruding picot made.

Follow the same technique to make ∫s in chains as seen in previous post. Practice first on rings, then move to chains. There is a tendency for the chain to flip around after posting the shuttle. Hence, hold the picot in pinch till chain segment is worked and all stitches snugged.

My Initial Thoughts

• This is still in a phase of exploration, development, and refinement.
• Intruding Picot is made with the ball or working or knotting thread, hence it remains in position though facing downwards. In the drop, down or inward-facing picots (tutorial links compiled here - http://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/2017/10/fun-or-fan-in-direct-tatting.html), we hold a picot space on the core thread (using a paper clip or any holder) till a join is made. The intruding picot holds it’s shape and position without any help.
• Now that I think about it, it is like a single interlocking picot (picots in a Josephine Ring after each half stitch)! links here - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/p/tatting-resources.html
• Intruding picot is a double duty picot as we have seen in the ‘lollipop onion ring’ (termed used by Colette G) where the picot can be extended in both directions – down and up. https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2020/07/what-intrusion.html
• It is a textural picot when left free as seen in the bare thread over the line of tatting. It does not lie flat, and may not be acceptable to many tatters or in classic patterns.
• It is of great functional value as evident in the onion ring and mock rings. It can also be used to add a bead(s) in the center of a ring after closing the ring! I will show it next time. 
  
• It can be measured. There is a little trick to use the picot gauge here, but I need to study it further. With the trick, this heart-shaped ring is formed.
• A lot of uses and applications are still left to try. Hop in and play around. But please do share your thoughts, experience, experiments, and of course, pictures! happy playing :-)))