With a clear photo and a numbered diagram, the tatter can recreate all the patterns in this book, "Imported Designs of Tatting #77" easily. This booklet was published with photos of the tatting only. No instructions, no patterns.




Pattern #8182 & 8183 This is the cover piece from this book.

This design looks more complicated than it is. The center is a simple round center ring from which we can climb out using the mock picot and split ring into round 2. We can later climb out again into round 3 with a short 4 double stitch split chain, mock picot and split ring. This is an excellent exercise for the beginning tatter to practice all three techniques.







Center ring of 5 picots separated by 4 ds, clr, dnrw mock picot



Round 2

Split ring 7 / 7 clr rw

CH 4 - 5 - 4 rw

*R 7 + (join to next p on center ring) 7 clr rw

CH 4 - 5 - 4 rw Repeat from 8 4x

R 7 + (join to next p on center ring) 7 clr rw

CH 4 - 5 ; split chain, attach thread to bottom of next ring and work back covering the bare thread with 4 wrapped double stitches.

Mock picot



Round 3

Split ring 7 / 7 clr rw

CH 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 rw

*R 7 + (join to first picot on chain above) 7 clr rw

CH 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 3 rw

Repeat from * joining to each picot on the chains from round 2.

If you prepare a magic thread loop when wrapping the split ring from the start of round 3 you can hide a least one tail in the spit ring.

The oval motif is tatted with 9 rings and 11 chains. The flat end has a chain entering and exiting on each side which joins to a picot which is also shared by the ring opposite. Note the small triangle of negative space created.





Begin with the flat end,

1. R 3 - 2 - 2 - 3 clr rw

CH 6 - 2 rw

2. R 5 + (join to R1) 2 - 2 - 5 clr rw

CH 6 - 2 rw

3. R 6 + (join to R2) 2 - 3 - 2 - 6 clr rw

CH 6 - 2 rw

4. R 5 + (join to R3) 2 - 1 - 1 - 4 clr rw

CH 6 - 2 rw

5. R 4 + (join to R4) 3 - 4 vsp 4 clr rw

CH 7 - 7 +(slj to R5 vsp)

CH 2 - 5 rw

The rings of the second side join across to the picot of the opposite side.

6. R 4 + (join to 2nd picot on R1) 1 + 1 + 2 - 5 clr rw

CH 2 - 6 rw

7. R 6 + (join to R6) 2 + 3 + 2 - 6 clr rw

CH 2 - 6 rw

8. R 5 + (join to R7) 2 + 2 + 5 clr rw

CH 2 - 6 rw

9. R 3 + (join to R8) 2 + 2 + 3 clr rw

CH 3 - 3 - 3 + (join to last picot R9) (This is the triangle of negative space.) 3 - 3 - 3 slj to base of R1.
Finish off ends.