A Very Canadian Tat-a-long 2024 Day 3

 Happy Canada Day!!!!

I just want to let you know that I've been giggling to myself over this pattern.  I can't find a picture but there are often Canada Day Hats where the top is a maple leaf, its kinda felt like and its kinda like the "cat in the hat" hat.  That's kinda what this gnome is wearing.  I couldn't get my hands on a letter C bead this weekend but I'm planning on making a few gnomes with a C going between the 2 large SCMRs in the hat.  In the bottom picture the SCMRs in the beard are 2 p 2 and  I added braids to the picots.   Like I said I am having a lot of fun with this pattern.

A Very Canadian Tat-a-long 

Vicki Clarke 2024

victats@gmail.com

Terms

R- ring

C- chain

SCMR- self closing mock ring

lj- lock join

lp- long picot

mp- mock picot

rw- reverse work.  I will only note this in situations where you don’t normally reverse work

SLT- shoe lace trick

CTM- continuous thread method, do not cut thread between ball and shuttle

+ join (where to join is indicated in brackets)

tw- turn work, to tat back in the direction you just came from you will turn the tatting like a page in a book

 

Materials

Shuttle or needle

Red, grey and a skin toned thread are needed

 

Wind 1.5 yards of red thread on shuttle CTM.  Needle tatters normal tail

Please note you will be joining to the opposite side of the day 1 motif

R1          2 p 2

C             8

R2          2 +(corner p on Day 1 motif) 2

C             8

R3          2 + (base of next ring on Day 1 motif) 2

C             8

R4          2 +(next p on Day 1 motif) 2       

C             8

R5          2 p 2

C             tw slt 10

R6          2 + (base of R4) 2

C             8

R7          4 +( base of R3) 4

C             8

R8          2 + (base of R2) 2

C             10 join to base of R1.  Cut and hide ends

You are done with the red thread

Wind 1/2 yard of grey thread on a shuttle CTM with ball.  Needle tatters will change thread on their needle

You will also need to have the skin-coloured thread on a shuttle or needle handy

 

Lock Join to the base of R6

C             6 vsp 6

Set down the grey thread and pick up the shuttle with the skin-coloured thread

R            6 +(base of R7) 6 vsp 6  before you close the ring pass the shuttle with grey thread through the ring.  This will join the ring to the chain. 

You are now done with the skin-colored thread.  I hide my ends in the next chain

C             4 vsp 4 vsp 4 lj (p on skin colored ring) 6 vsp 6 lj (to base of R8)

C             tw slt  8 lj (last vsp made) 6

SCMR    4

C             6 lj (next vsp) 8

SCMR    4

C             8 lj (next vsp) 6

SCMR    4

C             6 lj (next vsp) 8 join back to beginning.  Cut and hide ends

Gnome with beard braids.