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 began 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.

Coin Purse #25 pg 8

Sample tatted by Ann Taylor

Using one shuttle/needle and ball thread or two shuttles, begin the center ring and chain motif. All six inner rings join to the same picot.

R 10 -- (long picot) 10 clr rw

CH 4 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 4 rw

* R 10 + (join to large picot) 10 clr rw

CH 4 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 4 rw

If using Opt. B Climb out with mock picot and tat split ring.

A. SR 2 - 2 / 2 - 2 clr rw dnrw

B. CH 4 - 2 - 2 - 2 rw

C. R 4 + (join to last picot on split ring) 4 clr rw

D. CH 2 - 2 - 2 - 4 rw

E. R 2 + (another join to split ring) 2 + (join to 4^th picot on chain above) 2 - 2 clr rw

Leave no space. The next repeat begins with a regular ring A.

Make a second side and join by the side picots around leaving just 3 of the scallops unjoined.

To finish, cover cabone ring with wrapped stitches and attach chains for drawstrings cords. The original had crocheted drawstrings.

A suggestion to consider is to use satin cord instead of crocheted or tatted chains as they fray quickly. Run the cord to the picots on the outer scallops through a picot and back to the cabone ring in a "W" pattern. Then cover the cord through the cabone ring with wrapped ds also.

Separate motif on flap:

R 4 + (join to the edge motif at top) 4 - 4 clr rw

CH 4 - 2 - 2 - 4 rw

R 4 + (join to last picot on ring) 4 clr rw

CH 4 + (join to edge at first picot on next chain) 4, finish ends. Repeat joining motifs.