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Elizabeth  Doily  Round Robin #15

- snood adaptation -

Started in Oct 2019 as a side project to all those designing projects, completed last month. Sue Hanson remembered the site – it has lots of round robin patterns ranging from snowflakes, butterflies, hearts, to doilies. However, this particular Doily #15 is missing. Check out the pages that are still there.

I like how this doily seems to change shape. From largely circular, these 2 green rounds define a clear octagon.

Designers :

Round 1 – Elizabeth Watts (3 central rounds)

Round 2 – Andrea Vanderpool

Round 3 – Bettina Lauth

Round 4 – Kathy Lowe

Round 5 – Emma Thomas-McGinnis

Worked with Anchor size 40.

False ctm was used several times while adding new thread. 

Some rounds were worked with one shuttle and ball. Keeping it simple!

With due apologies, I substituted the last round designed by Ruth Kurz, with my own. 

I was making this specifically for my hair bun/snood and needed a diameter of 7”. The original round 6 was quite broad and would have worked to around 9”.

This simple round holds the clovers in position and a satin ribbon was woven through the outer spaces (no pic). I’ve happily worn it a couple of times. The choice of dark and light colours was deliberate - to highlight the floral imprint when covering my hair. 

Thanks to the round robin team for this beautiful design ; 

to Jenni Clark for sending me the pattern, and 

to Sue Hanson for her incredible resourcefulness. 

heartland rainbow pattern

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

Here is the pattern for 2^nd version, including instructions for tatting in one pass. The entire pattern is given even though round1 is similar so you won’t have to go back and forth between the 2 versions.

Heartland Snowflake patterns

Version 2 – Rainbow

I wanted to enclose only rainbow hearts, leaving the rest white. It alludes to the spectrum components of white light, but also has an inclusive symbolism, hence I wanted only the heart shape & colours to be pronounced in the outer round. However, you can choose to work this exactly as the basic pattern I shared here (with SSSR).

And just like version 1, this rainbow coloured snowflake can Also be tatted continuously - make the desired colour stitches using scrap lengths of threads. These alternate instructions are in coloured italics.

Choose your favourite method of making Dimpled Rings for the hearts. I chose Sue Hanson’s method (Method 2), also called Dimpled Yorkie. I find it is an Excellent method to keep the bilateral symmetry of even large rings and facilitate smooth closure. It is now my go-to method.

For other options & tutorial links, see a listing here. 

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 ; SS = switch shuttle ; R = ring ; MP = mock picot ; SCMR = self closing mock ring ; Drop/down/downward/paperclip picot 

Round 1 - ball and shuttle, continuous thread. (white)

2 shuttles, ctm, if working continuously

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

ch: 5, 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

You can add decorative picots to the chains as in the basic version.

Note: Rainbow in Round 1 :  The hearts in this round can be colourful, too, by working each dimpled ring as a mock ring. Join the desired colour at the beginning of a SCMR. The core thread will remain white, while the stitches will be in colour. Tat the dRing as per pattern and close SCMR. Continue chain with both white threads, hiding the coloured tail within the chain. Similarly do next dRing in 2^nd colour, and so on. Very short lengths of coloured threads are required.

Tutorials : Dimpled SCMR - http://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/2014/02/hearts-cant-hurt.html

Adding new thread on a chain (knotless method) & Magic Thread Trick (MTT) -https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2016/11/beginning-or-ending.html

Individual Heart – single shuttle only.

dRing1: 4 sp 2 sp 10 sp 5 + 10 sp 2 sp 4.

Make 6 such motifs in spectrum colours.

This step is omitted if working continuously.

TIP : In order to avoid sewing in ends, here’s how I did each heart (see pics above):

Tat over the starting tail, BUT leave a little loop at the start. Complete the dRing and close. Pass end tail through the tiny loop. Tug the starting tail end, making the loop disappear. The end tail can now be tatted over when it is joined to the main snowflake. No ends to sew! Or use Magic Thread Trick.

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) 2 lj 4 SS

SCMR: 6 -- 6. * SS

Ch: 4 lj(heart) 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.

* the end tail of heart can be hidden under the SCMR stitches to avoid sewing.

If you have already sewn/hidden the end tail, continue chain & SCMR without any join to base of heart. With 2 joins on either side, it is secure.

For continuous tatting, proceed as above :

...

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

dRing worked as SCMR and colour thread used to make the stitches: 4 +(drop picot) 2 +(drop picot) 10 sp 5 + 10 sp 2 sp 4. rw, SS

R: 6 – 6. SS

Ch: 4 + 2 + 8, SS. …..

Continue as per above pattern

 A few tidbits during the trials and tatting. It wasn’t a bad run!

All 3 snowflakes layered to show comparative size.

The pink in Anchor 20 is <10cms. >5cms as hexagon side.

The white rainbow in Anchor Pearl cotton 8 is 9½cms. 4½cms as hexagon side.

The red in Anchor 40 is 7cms. ~4cms as hexagon side.

Hubby liked this rainbow version very very much. And he has set a task for anybody willing to take it up – Increase the arms to 7 to include the missing indigo heart, and 8 to include a white one as well. Anybody?

I would really like to make the inner round with SCMR rainbow hearts too.

heartland basic pattern

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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 :

….

[ 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 ....