Tatted ornament makena

Makena This pattern is named after Makena, who arrived in the world on the same day this design was created.

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Instructions are written to make the design with beads in the center picot of each ring of the motif.

Feel free to omit the beads or add beads to every join.

Supplies:  Clothes pin  Fabric stiffener  Pearl cotton – size 8 or size 5  Scissors  Seed beads – 48 (optional) Abbreviations: - = Picot + = Join b = Bead on picot Ch = Chain

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Sewing needle Small round balloon Tatting shuttle Small “zip-lock” plastic bag

Cl = Close ring R = Ring Rw = Reverse work

First Motif: String 8 beads onto shuttle thread.

Pull one bead forward for ring. R 8 – 8 b 8 – 8. Cl. Rw. Ch 8 – 8. Rw. *Pull one bead forward for ring. R 8 + 8 b 8 – 8(to last picot of previous ring) Cl. Rw. Ch 8 – 8. Rw. Repeat from * five times. There will be seven rings and seven chains.

Pull one bead forward for ring. R 8 + 8 b 8 + 8. (to last picot of previous ring, to first picot of first ring) Cl. Rw. Ch 8 – 8. Rw. Tie and cut threads.

Second Motif: String 8 beads onto shuttle thread.

Pull one bead forward for ring. R 8 – 8 b 8 – 8. Cl. Rw. Ch 8 + 8. (to the picot of the first chain on the first motif). Rw. Pull one bead forward for ring. R 8 + 8 b 8 – 8 (to last picot of previous ring) Cl. Rw. Ch 8 + 8. (to picot of the second chain on first motif). Rw. *Pull one bead forward for ring. R 8 + 8 b 8 – 8 (to last picot of previous ring) Cl. Rw. Ch 8 – 8. Rw. Repeat from * four times. There will be seven rings and seven chains.

Pull one bead forward for ring. R 8 + 8 b 8 + 8. (to last picot of previous ring, to first picot of first ring) Cl. Rw. Ch 8 – 8. Rw. Tie and cut threads.

Third Motif: Repeat second motif except join the first two chains of the third motif to the fifth and sixth chains of the second motif.

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Fourth Motif: Repeat the third motif except join the first two chains of the fourth motif to the fifth and sixth chains of the third motif.

Also join the fifth and sixth chains of the fourth motif to the fifth and sixth chains of the first motif.

You should now have a complete ring of motifs (like a small bracelet).

Fifth Motif: Repeat second motif, except join all chain picots to the chain picots of one side of the “bracelet”.

Sixth Motif: Repeat fifth motif.

Finishing: You should now have a very messy, wrinkly, tatted “cube”. It won’t look too pretty yet.

Insert the small un-inflated balloon into the center of the cube.

Blow it up as much as you possibly can.

Tie the balloon closed.

Pour a bit of fabric stiffener into the zip bag. Put the balloon inflated tatting into the bag and be sure to cover all the tatting liberally with fabric stiffener. (You could cover the tatting with fabric stiffener first, then blow up the balloon inside the ornament, but it’s much harder to blow up the balloon after covering the tatting with fabric stiffener than before dipping in the stiffener.)

Use the clothes pin to hang your ornament up to dry.

Hang by the end of the balloon.

Let dry for 24 hours.

Pop the balloon.

Remove the balloon carcass from the ornament.

If all goes well, you should now have a stiff three dimensional ornament.

Using a dry stiff paint brush or paint brush to brush away any leftover bits of glue.

Add a ribbon, thread or ornament hanger to your tatted ball.

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