Acorn Motif Pattern

 Happy Fall Everyone!   The mighty Acorn is a traditional fall motif that we all need to have in our pattern library.  This pattern is a simple interpretation of the acorn.

Keep this pattern in mind, we may be using this in a future pattern.  Of course this all depends on how much share time I have this month lol.

Acorn Motif 

Vicki Clarke 2023 victats@gmail.com

Material

Size 20 thread in green and brown (or brown and brown)

Shuttle or tatting needles

 

Acorn Motif Vicki Clarke 2023

Terms

R ring

C chain

SCMR  self closing mock ring

P picot

+ join

CTM continuous thread method

 

Acorn Base

 

Shuttle tatters wind 2 yards of base color on shuttle CTM

Needle tatters normal tail

R1          6 p 6

R2          6 p 6

C1          6 p 6

R3          4 + (p on R2) 4

C 2         6 p 6

R4          4 + (same as previous) 3 p 3

C3          4 p 4

R5          4 + (last p on R4) 4

C 4         7 p 7

R6          4 p 4

C5          4 p 4

R7          3 +(p on R6) 3 +(p on R1) 4

C6          6 p 6

R8          4 +(p on R1) 4

C7          6 p 6, join to beginning and hide ends

 

Acorn Cap

 

Wind  1.5 yards of cap color on tatting shuttle.  Needle tatting normal tail

R             3 +(p on C2) 3

C             14

R             6 +(join to space above R3) 6

C             12

R             3 +(p on C1) 3

C             5

SCMR    5 p 5

C             5

R             3 +(p on C7) 3

C             12

R             6 +(join to space above R8) 6

C             14

R             3 +(p on C6) 3 cut and hide ends