TATTING - RoundRobin #18

Katie V.'s Doily
(New pattern sections will be added as they become available.)

Doily Center
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Pattern: Doily Center
...Katie Verna's Ecru version of the Blue Mat, taken from Ring of Tatters Newsletter No. 40, p. 38

tatted by Katie

Thread used: DMC Cordonnet Special Size 40, ecru.

Note: I found errors in the indication of reversing or not reversing the work; at least, if they weren't errors, they didn't work for me! My changes are in italics. - Katie

Abbreviations
p	= picot	-	= short picot for joining
R	= ring	-	= decorative picot
Ch	= chain	+	= join
RW	= reverse work	DNRW	= do not reverse work

Row 1:
*R: 3-3-3-3
Ch: 3-3-3-3-3-3**
Repeat from * to ** until 6 rings and chains.

[Note: if you want to get to the next row without cutting and tying, begin with a chain begun around a paper clip. Then you can make the last ring a split ring and proceed into the second row. I of course forgot about this as I began this piece so I used the no-bridge bridging suggestion in the IOLI Bulletin in Bobbie Demmer's column: simply load a yard of thread on a couple of shuttles and tat the chain from the beginning ring back to chain #5; bury the ends as you split-ring ring #6.]

Row 2:
*R: 3-3+(to middle p of ring of row 1)6 RW.
Ch: 3-3-3 RW.
R: 6+ (to same p as before)3-3 Do not reverse work (DNRW).
Ch: 6-6-6.
R: 3-3+(to 2nd p or first chain)3-3 DNRW.
Ch: 3-3-3-3-3+(to previous chain)3-3-3-3-3+(to previous chain) DNRW.
R: 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 RW.
Ch: 6-6-6-6+(to centre p of last ring)6+(to previous chain)6 DNRW**.
Repeat from * to ** around mat.

Doily Center
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Pattern: Round 2
designed and tatted by Skye

Note: This round *could* be very complex, since the main element is repeated and flipped back and forth several times. I tatted this round directionally, and if the directions are followed exactly, it's a very easy round. <g> - Skye

Additional Abbreviations
CTW	= continuous wind method	RS	= reverse stitch (do 2nd hitch, then 1st hitch)
SH1	= shuttle 1	DR	= directional ring (make ring using RS)
SH2	= shuttle 2	RW	= reverse work
ShJ	= Shuttle join	DNRW	= do not reverse work

General
Fill two shuttles with thread, using the CTW method.

Row 1:
SH1 DR 3-3-6 Cl. RW.
SH1 Ch 3+3-3 (2nd p of outermost loop). RW.
SH1 DR 6+3-3 (to 2nd p of prev r) Cl. DNRW.
SH2 Ch (RS) 6-6-6; ShJ to ch/r junction at end of "leafy motif". RW.
SH1 Ch 3-3-3-3-3; ShJ to last p on prev ch; 3-3-3-3-3; ShJ to next p on prev ch. DNRW.
SH2 R 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 Cl. RW.
SH2 Ch (RS) 6+3-3-3-3-3 (to p on corresponding r). RW.
SH2 R 3-3+6 (to middle p of prev r) Cl. RW.
SH2 Ch (RS) 3-3-3 RW.
SH2 R 6+3-3 (to same p as before) Cl. DNRW.
SH1 Ch 6-6-6 RW.
SH1 DR 3-3+3-3 (to 1st p of opposing short chain between 2 sm r's) Cl. DNRW.
SH2 Ch (RS) 3-3-3-3-3; ShJ to 1st p on prev ch; 3-3-3-3-3; ShJ to n p on prev ch. DNRW.
SH1 DR 3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3 Cl. RW.
SH1 Ch 6+3-3-3-3-3 (to p on corresponding r). RW.
SH1 DR 3-3+6 (to ctr p of prev r) Cl. RW.
SH1 Ch 3-3-3 RW.
SH1 DR 6+3-3 (to same p as before) Cl. RW.
SH1 Ch 3-3-3+3-3-3 (to last p of 1st loop). RW.
Repeat around from beginning, joining last to first.

Doily Center
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Pattern: Round 2
designed and tatted by Skye

Additional Abbreviations
Sh	= shuttle
R	= ring
Ch	= chain
P	= picot
PR	= previous round
RW	= reverse work
DNRW	= do not RW
SR	= split ring
/	= change shuttle in SR
-	= short P for joining
—	= decorative P
+	= join

Round 3A
Start at Arrow
*SR 3-3-3-3/3-3+(to 2nd P of a point on PR)3-3, DNRW, CH 12-12-12-9, RW, R 3-3+(to conjoining picot of two ring cluster in PR)3-3, RW, CH 9-12-12-12, DNRW,* Repeat between *'s 5 times joining 1st SR.
Do not cut threads. DNRW

...Soon to be continued by our next tatter, Debbie D., who will add round 3!

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