Tatted Ornament

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I stitched most of this design while I was in the mountains with my husband's family at a reunion. It was fun to do while listening to them talk and reminisce about when they were growing up. I learned a lot about them on this trip, and had a great time!

This design started out as something that would fit a 2" Christmas ball, but I think it would look better on a 3" ball.

Choose any color scheme you want. Keep the colors all in the same family as I did here, or mix and match.

This pattern is intermediate (because of the beads) level and uses one shuttle. I used DMC Cebelia size 30.

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You will need:

DMC Cebelia size 30
1 tatting shuttle
A tiny crochet hook
616 purple seed beads
440 white or pearl seed beads
11 purple drop beads
1 2-3" silver Christmas ball

ds	double stitch
p	picot
j	join

Instructions:

Round 1

Clover R: (3ds p) 3 times, 3ds close
R: 3ds j to last p of previous R 3ds p (1ds p) 2 times, 3ds p 3ds, close
R: 3ds j to last p of previous R (3ds p) 2 times 3ds, close, turn
*Ch: 6ds p (2ds p) 2 times, 6ds turn
R: 3ds p 3ds j to center p of last R 3ds p 3ds close
R: 3ds j to last p of previous R 3ds p (1ds p) 2 times, 3ds p 3ds, close
R: 3ds j to last p of previous R (3ds p) 2 times 3ds, close, turn*
Repeat between * around until 11 clovers are done, being sure to join the last clover to the first at the center picots.
Ch: 6ds p (2ds p) 2 times, 6ds
Cut and tie.

Round 2

String 330 purple beads onto the shuttle thread. I like to add extra in case I counted wrong.
R: 4ds p 4ds j to 4th p of center R on a clover in round 1, 4ds p 4ds, close, turn
*Slide 5 beads against the last ring.
R: (4ds p) 3 times, 4ds, close, turn
Slide 5 beads against the last ring.
R: 4ds j to last p of adjacent R, 4ds j to 2nd p of ring on clover, 4ds p 4ds, close, turn
Slide 5 beads against the last ring.
R: 4ds j to last p of adjacent R, (4ds p) 2 times, 4ds, close, turn
Slide 5 beads against the last ring.
R: 4ds j to last p of adjacent R, (4ds p) 2 times, 4ds, close, turn
Slide 5 beads against the last ring.
R: 4ds j to last p of adjacent R, (4ds p) 2 times, 4ds, close, turn
Slide 5 beads against the last ring.
R: 4ds j to last p of adjacent R, 4ds j to 4th p of center R on the next clover in round 1, 4ds p 4ds, close, turn*
Repeat between * around, being sure to join the last rings with the first rings in the row.
Slide 5 beads down, cut and tie.

Round 3

String 220 pearl seed beads onto the shuttle thread.

R: 4ds p 4ds j to center p of any R on previous row, 4ds p 4ds, close
*Slide up 20 beads.
R: 4ds p 4ds j to center p of third ring from last joined to on previous row, 4ds p 4ds, close*
Repeat around.
Slide of 20 beads, cut and tie.

Round 4

Repeat round 3, joining to rings next to the ones joined to in round 3. After stitching each ring, pass the shuttle through the space made in round 3 so that the draped seeds cross over each other.

Round 5

String the following pattern onto the shuttle thread 11 times.

13 purple seed beads, 1 drop bead, 13 purple seed beads

Repeat round 3, joining to remaining unjoined rings. Stitch behind rows 3 and 4--do not interlock with rows 3 and 4. After stitching each ring, slide up 13 seed beads, 1 drop bead, and 13 more seed beads.

Cut and tie.

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