Lucky Squares

There's only a few more days until St Patrick's Day but I have at least one more pattern to share.   For this project I broke out a second shuttle to make the floating rings.   I prefer to work shuttle and ball but needs must.  For needle tatters I suggest that you use Bonnie Swank's needle tatting technique for the floating rings.  Beware that the sides are not all the same and you need to pay attention when joining the 2 squares together.  Otherwise you'll end up like me pulling out an entire side.  

Lucky Squares by Vicki Clarke. 2021

Materials:

Gold thread (not metallic)

Green thread (Shamrocks)

2 shuttles or 2 tatting needles

See the pattern for Lucky Pair for the shamrock instructions.   When making the 2nd set you will join to the 1st set of Shamrocks at the picot next to where you join the shamrocks on the 1st set.  (If this is confusing see the picture).

You need 5 yards on the 2nd shuttle and 4 on the first shuttle.

Needle tatters normal tail, but where I say 2nd shuttle is where you can use Bonnie's technique.

*R. 4 +(p on small ring) 4

C. 4 p 4

R  4 +(same p) 4

C 6 p 6

R 4 +( skip one p on shamrock and join to the next one) 4

C. 8

2nd shuttle R 4 p 4 p 4 p 4

1st shuttle C 4

2nd shuttle R 6 +(last p of prev ring) 4 p 4 p 6

1st shuttle C 4

2nd shuttle R 4 +(last p of prev ring) 4 p 4 p 4

1st shuttle C 8

R. 4 +(next p on shamrock) 4

C 6 p 6

R4 +(next p on shamrock) 4 +(p on next shamrock) 4

C 6 p 6

R 4 +(next p on shamrock) 4

C. 8

2nd shuttle R 4 p 4 p 4 p 4

1st shuttle C 4

2nd shuttle R 6 +(last p of prev ring) 4 p 4 p 6

1st shuttle C 4

2nd shuttle R 4 +(last p of prev ring) 4 p 4 p 4

1st shuttle C 8

R 4 +(next pon shamrock) 4

C 6 p 6*

Start tatting from * to * to finish 2nd half.

Please note that I made the same mistake on both Squares.  There are a few sections where I tatted 4 p 4 p 4 instead of 6 p 6.  It's the same stitch count but and extra picot. The 2nd square will join to the 1st square at the 2nd picot on the smaller outside rings.  See the pic if this is confusing.

Cheers