Saturday, April 17, 2010

Peacock heart

R=ring, - =picot, ch=chain, j=shuttle join, J=regular join


Center Clover: R 6-4-4-6, R6J6-6-6,R 6J4-4-6
ch 6-6-6-6, j middle picot first ring, ch 6-6,
j middle picot 2nd ring, ch 4-4, j to same picot, chain 6-6,
j to middle picot of last ring, chain 6-6-6-6 join to base of clover.
2nd round (can be done without cutting thread if you leave some space to tie into at the end):
ch2-2-2-2 j 2-2-2-2 j 2-2-2-2 j 2-2-2-2-2-2-2 j 2-2-2-2,j to bottom picot,
chain 2J2-2-2-2-2,j to same picot,
ch 2J2-2-2 j 2-2-2-2-2-2-2 j 2-2-2-2 j 2-2-2-2 j 2-2-2-2,
Tie to base of clover.

This was done in Victoria Clayton's hand-dyed silk perle, which sadly isn't available in a lot of colors any more.

Tattingchic  made some beautiful examples of this one!
 Tatskool made a whole bouquet of them!

2 comments:

  1. Thank you for sharing your pattern. Millie

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  2. I just made a heart out of my earliest hand dyed threads. I just love the pattern - it is so easy to restart my tatting after two years lapse.

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