from Australian Home Journal, November 1st 1951
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Materials
1 shuttle; 2 skeins tatting thread.
Abbreviations
- – picot (wherever there is a dash in the instructions, work a picot)
- d.s. double stitch
Pattern
Start with a loop of 15 d.s.,
a small ring of 2-2,
a loop of 9 d.s.,
a ring of 6-6,
a loop of 9 d.s.,
a small ring of 2-2
a loop of 15 d.s.,
a ring of 12-3-12,
a small ring of 3-3,
a loop of 9 d.s.,
a ring of 9-9.
Now make the other 4 rings close to the others as follows:
a ring of 12-12
a ring of 15-15
a ring of 12-12 and a ring of 9-9.
Now join a loop of 3-3-3-3 to the first loop,
a loop of 3-3-3 to the second,
a loop of 3-3-3-3 to the third,
a loop of 3-3-3-3 to the 4th,
a loop of 3-3-3 to the fifth
and a loop of 3-3-3-3 to the loop of the first big ring.
A loop of 9 d.s.,
a ring of 12-3-12.
Draw thread and join this ring to the last loop.
Work all motifs in this way and join these as shown on photograph.
Neck Edge: Start with a ring of 3-3, join to small ring of first motif,
a loop of 6-6, join to upper ring of motif,
6 d.s., 8 d.s., and join with a small ring to second small ring of motif,
a small ring to second motif,
a loop of 8 d.s., join to picot of last loop,
6 d.s., join to upper ring of motif.
Continue in this way.
Finishing
Dampen, pin out on board until bone-dry.
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