Progressive Pride Flag

 First of all I would like to give full awknowledgment to the designer of the flag Daniel Quasar.   Sorry it has never occurred to me to make a pride pattern earlier.   Please tat this pattern with lots of lacey love.

 

Please excuse that the colors in the sample are not perfect.  These were the ones I had on hand.

Materials

Needle or shuttle

Thread in the colors of the flag: white, pink, light blue, brown, black, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple

Terms

R ring

C chain

SCMR- self closing mock ring

p picot

lj- lock join

vsp- very small picot

 

Round 1

Wind 2 yards of white thread on shuttle, needle tatters normal tail

R             8 vsp 4 vsp 4

C             6

SCMR    3 p 3

C             10

R             4 + (2^nd vsp on 1^st Ring)  4

C             4

SCMR    3 p 3

C             4

R             4 + (2^nd vsp on 1^st Ring)  4

C             10

SCMR    3 p 3

C             6 lj (1^st p on vsp) 8 join to beginning.

 

Round 2

Change to pink thread.  Shuttle tatters add 1.5 yards to shuttle

C             lj (p on 1^st SCMR) 5 p 5

R             3 + (above 2^nd R on round 1)  3

C             5 p 5 lj (p on 2^nd SCMR) 4 p 4 lj (same as previous) 5 p 5

R             3 +( above 3^rd R on round 1)  3

C             5 p 5 join to p on 3^rd SCMR, hide ends

 

Round 3

Change to light blue thread.  Shuttle tatters 3 yards on shuttle

R             3 + (p on 1^st SCMR on Round 1)  3

C             2 vsp 8

R             3 +(p on 1^st chain on previous round) 3

C             10

R             3 +(next p) 3

C             10

R             3 +(next p) 3

C             7 p 7

R             3 +(same p) 3

C             10

R             3 +(next p) 3

C             10

R             3 +(next p) 3

C             8 - 2

R             3 + (p on 3^rd SCMR on Round 1)  3 hide ends

 

Round 4

 

R             3 +(p on C) 3

C             2 p 8

R             3 +(above 2^nd R) 3

C             10

R             3 +(above next R) 3

C             10

R             3 +(above next R) 3

C             10

R             3 +(p on C) 3

C             7 p 7

R             3 +(same p)

C             10

R             3 +(above next R) 3

C             10

R             3 +(above next R) 3

C             10

R             3 +(above next R) 3

C             8 p 2

R             3 +(p on C)

 

Round 5

R             3 +(p on C)

C             6 p 6

R             3 +(above next R) 3

C             6 p 6

R             3 +(above next R) 3

C             6 p 6

R             3 +(above next R) 3

C             6 p 6

R             3 +(above next R) 3

C             6 p 6

R             3 +(p on C)

C             6 p 6

R             3 +(same p) 3

C             6 p 6

R             3 +(above next R) 3

C             6 p 6

R             3 +(above next R) 3

C             6 p 6

R             3 +(above next R) 3

C             6 p 6

R             3 +(above next R) 3

C             6 p 6

R             3 +(p on C) 3

 

Stripes

 

You will start at the middle stripes and then tat rows outward.  Then you will go back and tat the middle strip on the other side and tat outwards.   The flag does narrow a bit and if this bothers you then you can leave a bigger space between the chains (this is where you join above the rings)

Stripe 1

C             lj (2^nd p from tip of Round 5) 8

R             6 p 6 +(p on tip of Round 5)  6 p 6

C             6 p 6

R             6 + 6 p  6 p 6

C             6 p 6

R             6 + 6 p  6 p 6

C             6 p 6 vsp 1

R             6 +(p on previous R)  6 p  6 p 6 hide ends

Stripe 2

C             lj (4^th  p from tip of Round 5) 8

R             6 p 6 +(3^rd p from tip of Round 5)  6 p 6

C             6 p 6

R             6 +(last p on previous R) 6 p 6 p 6

C             6 p 6

R             6 +(last p on prev R)  6 + (above 1^st  R of previous stripe) 6 p 6

C             6 p 6

R             6 +(last p on prev R)  6 + (above next R of previous stripe) 6 p 6

C             6 p 6

R             6 +(last p on prev R)  6 + (above next R of previous stripe) 6 p 6

C             6 p 6 vsp 1

R             6 +(last p on prev R)  6 + (vsp of previous stripe) 6 p 6

Stripe 3

C             lj (6^th  p from tip of Round 5) 8

R             6 p 6 +( 5^th p from tip of Round 5)  6 p 6

C             6 p 6

R             6 +(last p on prev R) 6 p 6 p 6

C             6 p 6

R             6 +(last p on prev R)  6 + (above 1st R of previous stripe) 6 p 6

C             6 p 6

R             6 +(last p on prev R)  6 + (above next R of previous stripe) 6 p 6

C             6 p 6

R             6 +(last p on prev R)  6 + (above next R of previous stripe) 6 p 6

C             6 p 6

R             6 +(last p on prev R)  6 + (above next R of previous stripe) 6 p 6

C             6 p 6

R             6 +(last p on prev R)  6 + (above next R of previous stripe) 6 p 6

C             6 p 6

R             6 +(last p on prev R)  6 + (vsp of previous stripe) 6 p 6

 For the opposite you will start from strip one EXCEPT all center picots of stripe 1 will join to the picot of the same ring on the first side.

 Please note that the chains will overlap the  next row.  I make sure all the chains are on the same side while tatting.