Sparrow Kelley (model/photo)

Midnight Violets

Tatted lace might sound like something from your grandma's coffee table, but this dark edging is far from that. This pattern looks like something from a gothic graveyard, and it's simple enough to do in your eternal sleep, which is great for beginning tatters.

by Sparrow Kelley

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Difficulty

All Tied Up At the Moment
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Finished Measurements

Approximately 1.5"/3.8cm H and as long as you like, depending on the number of repeats you do.

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Sparrow Kelley (photo)

Download

Midnight Violets Diagram (pdf format)

Materials

• Size #20 tatting thread in your choice of color
• Tatting shuttle
• Matching or contrasting ribbon oddment

Design Notes
Special Thanks to M. Geiss-Mooney for test tatting the project and helping work out kinks. Her sunny yellow version can be seen at the bottom of the page, made with #20 Flora cordonnet tatting thread, color #225.

This pattern is basically a repeat of the sequence ‘three double stitches, picot' the only thing to worry about is how many picots are in a ring and where to join.

In the diagram the numbers are NOT the number of stitches, but the sequence in which the rings and chains are made. Green numbers are chains and orange numbers are rings. The purple circles indicate where a join is located.

Written Pattern Key:
R: ring
Ch: chain
Rw: reverse work, or turn
# (In this case 3): number of double stitches
—: picot
+: join

Directions

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Sparrow Kelley (photo)

Row 1:

R1: 3 — 3 — 3 — 3 rw
Ch1: 3 — 3 — 3 — 3 rw
R2: 3 + 3 — 3 — 3 rw
Ch2: 3 — 3 — 3 — 3 — 3 rw
R3: 3 — 3 + 3 — 3 — 3 rw
Ch3: 3 — 3 rw
R4: 3 + 3 — 3 — 3 rw
Ch4: 3 rw
R5: 3 + 3 — 3
R6: 3 + 3 — 3 — 3 — 3 — 3 — 3 — 3
R7: 3 + 3 — 3
Ch5: 3 rw
R8: 3 + 3 — 3 — 3 rw
Ch6: 3 + 3 rw
R9: 3 + 3 — 3 — 3 — 3 rw
Ch7: 3 + 3 — 3 — 3 — 3 rw

Repeat from beginning for desired length, but change the first ring.
Work R1: 3 + 3 — 3 — 3 rw instead and in subsequent repeats.

After your final repeat, work the following:
R1: 3 + 3 — 3 — 3 rw
Ch1: 3 — 3 — 3 — 3 rw
R2: 3 + 3 — 3 — 3 rw

Row 2

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M. Geiss-Mooney (photo)

R1: 3 — 3 + 3 rw
Ch1: 3 — 3 — 3 — 3 — 3 rw
R2: 3 + 3 + 3 rw
Ch2: 3 — 3 — 3 — 3 rw
R3: 3 + 3 + 3 rw
Ch3: 3 — 3 — 3 — 3 rw

Repeat for length of Row 1, joining where shown on the diagram, but change the first ring. Work R1: 3 + 3 + 3 instead and in subsequent repeats.

After your final repeat, work the following:
R1: 3 + 3 + 3 rw
Ch1: 3 — 3 — 3 — 3 — 3 rw
R2: 3 + 3 — 3 rw

Finishing

Attach a length of ribon to each end as a fastener.

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