Happy Thanksgiving!!! Quaker Pumpkin Pattern

 Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

To celebrate fall and Thanksgiving I have a little pattern for you.  There is a pumpkin patch version to come later.  I just have to hide the ends before sharing it with you!  

The pattern is called Quaker Pumpkin and is inspire by a cross stitch pattern by Liz Mathews.  Please let me know if there is any additional information that you think the pattern needs or if there is something missing.

Wishing you all a happy and safe Thanksgiving!

Cheers,

Vicki

Quaker Pumpkin

Vicki Clarke 2022

Terms

R- Ring

C- Chain

Vsp- very small picot

Lj- lock join

+ join

Prev-previous

p-picot

mp- mock picot

ls- 1 half stitch flipped, 1 half stitch unflipped

Note: sample was tatted in size 3 thread and took 4 yards on the shuttle.    

 Round 1

R             8 vsp 8 vsp 8 vsp 8 mp

C             8 p 8 lj(1^st vsp on R) 8 p 8 lj(2^nd vsp on R) 8 p 8 lj (3^rd vsp on R) 8 p 8 lj (mp)

Round 2

C             *6 p 6 lj (p on C) 4 p 4 lj (same p as previous) 6 p 6 lj (above lj to R)* repeat from * to * around the motif.  Cut and tie at the beginning

****please note that I make a split chain on the last 6 p 6 to get to round 3.  You can decide what you would like to do****

Round 3

{If you cut and tie then you are starting at the last picot make and are tatting towards the last SCMR you made.  You will not need to do a tw or mp)

C             TW mp 12 lj (next p)  12

R             6 + ( next p ) 6

C             10

R             6 + (next p) 6

C             8

R             3 + (next p) 3

C             8

R             3 + (same p) 3

C             12 lj (next p) 4 lj (next p) 12

R             3 + (next p) 3

C             8

R             3 + (same p) 3b

C             8

R             6 + ( next p ) 6

C             10  

R             6 + (next p) 6

C             12 lj (next p) 12 lj (p on chain)  Change the ball thread to brown. 

C             4 lj (mp on chain) 20 ls TW 24 join to beginning of stem.