Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Ayda Medallion


Tatted in the round, with either one shuttle or needle and a ball. Do not cut thread between rounds. Click the chart for larger size.

Abbreviations:
R Ring
C Chain
Cl Close
- Picot
+ Join
RW Reverse Work
DNR Do Not Reverse

Round One:
R 5-3-3-5. Cl. RW
C 3-3-3-3 RW.
*R 5+3-3-5. Cl. RW
C 3-3-3-3. RW
*Repeat six times, then
R 5+3-3+5. Cl. RW
C 3-3-3-3, Joining at base of 1st chain.

Round Two:
C 5-5-5. RW
R 3-3+3-3, joining to 2nd P of first chain. Cl. DNR
R 3-3-3-3. Cl. RW.
C 5-5-5, joining between chains of center medalion.
*C 5+5-5. RW
R 3-3+3-3. Cl. DNR
R 3-3-3-3. Cl. RW
C 5-5-5, join between chains.
* Repeat six times, then
C 5+5-5. RW
R 3-3+3-3. Cl. DNR
R 3-3-3-3. Cl. RW
C 5-5+5, join between chains. Cut, tie, and hide ends.

4 comments:

  1. Great pattern. I am so jealous of your pattern-drawing! So perfect!
    Fox : ))

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  2. Thanks, Fox! Which program are you using? I use Illustrator, but am about to switch to an open-source one to see how they are..

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  3. Beautiful! Thanks for sharing. I appreciate you!

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  4. thank you very much for this pattern! it is so beautiful!!! i learnt tatting with needle two months ago and now i want to learn tatting with shuttle so i'll try this pattern! grazie ancora!!! (sorry for my english, i'm italian)

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