Lucky Love Heart

I've been on a streak of shamrock tatting lately.  This new pattern seemed like an obvious next step.

Lucky Love Heart by Vicki Clarke 2021

Black thread

Gold thread

Green thread

Same terms as yesterday

Start by tatting the Lucky Pair pattern from my previous post.  Hide ends.

Wind 2 yards of black thread on shuttle.

Needle tatters normal tail

R. 4 +(left p on 2nd leaf on R shamrock) 4

C. 5 p 5 p 5

R  4 +(next p on 2nd leaf on R shamrock) 4

C  5 p 5 p 5 p 5

R. 4 +(between chains on 3rd leaf on R shamrock) 4

C. 5 p 5 p 5 p 5

R. 6 p 2

R  2 +(previous p) 6 +(p on small ring between shamrocks) 6 p 

R  2 +(previous picot)

Mock Ring. 8 p 1  large picot 1 p 8

C. 5 p 5 p 5 p 5

R 4 +(between chains on 1st leaf on left shamrock) 4

C. 5 p 5 p 5 p 5

R  4 +(1st p on middle leaf on left shamrock) 4

C  5 p 5 p 5

R. 4 +(2nd p on middle leaf on left shamrock) 4. 

Hide ends

Change to gold thread

Wind 2 yards gold thread on shuttle

Needle tatters normal tail

C +(same picot as last join) 4

R. 4 +(between 2nd and 3rd leaf) 4

C. 4 p 4 lj(next p) 4 p 4 lj(2nd p on 1st leaf) 4 p 4

R. 4 +(between 1st and 2nd leaf on shamrock) 4

C. 4 lj (p on 2nd leaf) the

C. 4 p 4

R  4 +(above last ring) 4

C  4 p 4 p 4

R 4 +(p on next chain) 4 

C 4 p 4 lj (next p) 4 p 4

R. 4 +(next p) 4

C. 4 p 4 p 4

R. 4 +(above next R) 4

C 4 p 4, join to beginning

Cut and hide ends.