Forty Original Designs in Tatting By Nellie Hall Youngburg Novel and Unique Designs with Complete Instructions for Every Pattern Designed and Executed by Nellie Hall Youngburg, Brookings, SD© 1921. As a summer tatting project, tatters in the 2014 Online Tatting Class have been rewriting and modernizing the patterns in this vintage tatting book. Diagrams and new models have been prepared to help the tatter follow the patterns more easily. Both the original public domain booklet and the new version are being posted online to share with all tatters everywhere.








Tatted Square Motif #37 pg. 18



New model tatted by Aurora Lozada







Please review Aurora Lozada's tutorial on the onion ring for this project:

https://www.georgiaseitz.com/2014/auroralozadamethodonionring.pdf



R = Ring

CH = Chain

{ } = repeat shapes

( ) = repeat stitches

RW = reverse work

DS = double stitch

+ = join

- = picot

vsp = very small picot

clr = close ring

LJ = lock join



Thread Color 1 in size 20 82 cm or 2' 8" (white)

Thread Color 2 in size 20 7 meter 21 cm or 7 yds 2' 8" (pink)



Starter ring

White R0 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 clr rw



Beginning of repeat.

Pink CH1 8 vsp 4

(This is the first onion ring.)

Pink R1 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 clr

Pink R2 4 + (join to vsp of CH1) 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 clr.(8 picots)

Leave no space between onion rings.

(This is the second onion ring.)

Pink R3 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 clr

Pink R4 4 + (join to R2) 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 vsp 4 clr

Pink CH2 4 + (join to vsp on R4) 8 rw



White R5 4 - 4 + (join to starter R0)4 - 4 clr rw



End of repeat

Repeat above twice more


Pink CH3 8 vsp 4

(This is the seventh onion ring.)

Pink R6 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 clr

Pink R7 4 + (join to vsp of CH1) 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 clr.(8 picots)

Leave no space between onion rings.

(This is the last onion ring.)

Pink R8 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 clr

Pink R9 4 + (join to R2) 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 vsp 4 clr

Pink CH4 4 + (join to vsp on R9) 8, tension chain and lock join to starter R0 at the base.

Secure ends.







Edging

R1 6 - 3 - 3 clr dnrw Leave no space.

* R2 3 - 3 - 6 clr rw

CH 5 - 5 dnrw

Floating R 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 clr dnrw

CH 5 - 5 rw

R3 6 + (join to last picot of ring 2) 3 - 3 clr dnrw Leave no space.

Repeat from * for length desired join to yoke as needed.