SIZE

3.3 cm wide and 3.3cm high

MATERIALS

2 tatting shuttles
Coats Anchor Pearl Cotton No. 8, Colour #44

ABBREVIATIONS

• + = Join
• - = Picot
• / = Point at which you change shuttles in a split ring
• C = Chain
• DNRW = Do Not Reverse Work
• J = Join
• LJ = Lock Join
• R = Ring
• Rep = Repeat
• RW = Reverse Work
• SR = Split Ring
• SH = Shuttle

1. Wind about 3-4 metres onto each shuttle without cutting the thread between the shuttles.
2. SH1
   R 4-4-4-4 DNRW
3. SH1
   R 4+4-4-4 DNRW
4. SH1
   R 4+4-4-4 DNRW
5. LJ SH1 to base of 1st R
6. SR SH2 4+4 / SH1 4+4 DNRW
7. SR SH2 4-4 / SH1 4-4 RW


8. SH1
   C 12 RW
9. SH1
   R 4+4 RW (+ is to P joining 2 Rs on previous row)
10. SH1
    C 12 RW
11. SH1
    R 4-4+4-4 RW
12. SH1
    C 12 RW
13. Rep. Steps 8-11 twice more.


14. SH1
    R 4+4 RW
15. SH1
    C 12 J to base of 1st R and finish ends.

This motif uses a slightly unusual thread which may not be easily available where you live. Read my article here if you would like some more ideas about threads and yarns you can use.