Tischband Tat Along - Blatt 2 Pattern

Find out more about the Tat Along here and here.

Pattern for Blatt 2 (Leaf)
Shuttle and ball thread. For Size 40 threads, wind about 1m on the shuttle. Start chain using a safety pin or paper clip.

- joining picot
-- normal picot
turn: make a lock stitch and flip tatting
*: joining sites

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Fig. 1

Fig. 2

Fig. 3

Ch 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - 5 -- turn

5 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + turn (join to picot made with safety pin / paper clip) (Fig. 1)

Tip: Allow some space on the core thread under the picots for joining. Do not push the stitches together too much.

Ch 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + turn

Ch 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 2 - 2 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + turn

Ch 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 4 + 4 + 5 + 5 + 5 + turn (Fig. 2)
Ch 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 5 + 5 + 5 + turn
Ch 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 2 - 2 + 6 + 6 + 6 + turn (Fig. 3)

Ch 6 + 6 + 6 + 4 + 4 + 6 + 6 + 6 + turn

Ch 6 + * 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + turn *

Ch 6 + 6 + 6 + * 6 + 6 + 6 +

End as desired and cut threads.

Make four Blatt 2 (leaf) taking note of joining sites indicated by *.

Frivole made a video which is very helpful so please have a look before you start the leaves.

Please leave a comment or e-mail me if you have any questions or if you find any mistakes in my interpretation of the pattern.
This pattern is from Ruth Scharf's book Occhi and is shared here with permission from Ruth.  If you would like to buy the book, you may do so by contacting Volker Scharf at Volker.Scharf@t-online.de.