A Very Canadian Tat-a-long Day 2

I had a little scare last night when my computer decided to start an update and was still doing it at 2 am.  I was afraid we were going to have to delay until the computer was done doing its mysterious update.  Fortunately when I woke up this morning it was all done!  

I hope you are not shocked by today's shape.  Tomorrow you will need 2 yards of white thread wound CTM with the ball.  You will also need a bangle. I know I originally said that was for the bonus pattern but once I start with bangles its seems I can't stop.  For the bangle portion of tomorrow you will need a shuttle full of white thread.  To prepare for tomorrow you can look up covering a plastic ring (or bangle) on Jane Eborall's Techniques pages http://janeeborall.freeservers.com/TipsAssorted.html.  (Thanks to Jane for setting up those pages to help all of us in the tatting world)

You can find the pdf for today's post here or if that fails the files are also posted in the Fringe Element Tatter's Facebook Group and the Beginner Tatters Facebook Group.

Day 2

 

Terms

C- chain

R- ring

vsp- very small picot

lj- lock join.  Make a lock join by using a crochet hook to pull shuttle thread through the joining space.  This creates a loop and you pass the shuttle through the loop then tighten to remove excess thread.  In these patterns a lock join is often joined to the space between chains.  Where to do the lj is indicated in brackets.  For example lj (C2 & 3) means a lj in the space between the 2^nd and 3^rd chain.

rw- reverse work; turn the tatting towards you to change the direction the chain is facing

SCMR- self closing mock ring.  See http://www.janeeborall.freeservers.com/SCMR.pdf for instructions.

Round 2

Continue from where you stopped yesterday

C                     4

SCMR                        4 vsp 4

C                     4 lj (1^st p)  6

SCMR                        4 vsp 4

C                     7 lj (next p) 6

SCMR                        4 vsp 4

C                     4

R                     3 +(next p) 3

C                     6

SCMR                        4 vsp 4

C                     6

R                     3 +(next p) 3

C                     4

SCMR                        4 vsp 4

C                     6 lj(next p) 7

SCMR                        4 vsp 4

C                     6 lj (next p) 4

SCMR                        4 vsp 4

C                     4 lj (space above 3^rd lock join of round 1)

C                     3 lj (next p)  4

R                     3 vsp 3

Hide ends and cut.