Bermuda Triangle

I swear I'm caught in the Bermuda triangle of the blogging world. I keep making posts that disappear. Today a post that was missing reappeared as unposted. Sigh.

Valentines Day is one of my favorite holidays (although many would not agree its a holiday). I love it because its one of the few times you can get away with sticking hearts all over the place and combining pinks and reds. In honor of a holiday in which the main aim is to eat chocolates I am posting a few simple, no-brainer heart patterns. These were inspired by Mary Konoir's Beauty Spots edging in her book Tatting with Visual Patterns. The are so simple that they only require that you know how to make rings and Josephine knots.

Jos and Rings Heart

R1 7-4-4-7
R2 11-4-7
R3 7+4-4-7
R4 7+4-4-7, jn to 1st picot in R1
JK10, JK10, jn to 2nd picot in R1
R5 4-4, jn to 2nd picot in R1
JK 10, JK 10, jn to 3rd picot in R1
R6 7-4-4-7
R7 7+4-4-7
R8 7+4-11, tie into R1

Jo-Jo Heart

R1 7-4-4-7
JK10
R2 11-4-7
R3 7+4-4-7
R4 7+4-4-7,
JK10, jn to 1st picot in R1
JK10, jn to 2nd picot in R1
R5 7-7, jn to 2nd picot in R1
JK 10, jn to 3rd picot in R1
JK 10
R6 7-4-4-7
R7 7+4-4-7
R8 7+4-11,
JK 10, tie into R1

Dancing Heart

JK 10 – this will nestle into R1
R1 7-4-4-7
R2 7-4-7
R3 7+4-4-7
R4 7+4-4-7, jn to 1st picot in R1
JK10, jn to 2nd picot in R1
R5 7-7, jn to 2nd picot in R1
JK 10 jn to 3rd picot in R1
R6 7-4-4-7
R7 7+4-4-7
R8 7+4-7, tie into R1