Stumpy
© 1998 Kersti Anear
The bookmark on the left is shown original size and was tatted using six strands of DMC embroidery cotton for both the shuttle and ball threads. It reminds me of the Stumpy-Tail lizards of Australia.
Instructions
- Ring A : 5ds p 10 ds p 5ds
- Ring B : 5ds join to previous ring, 15ds p 5ds
- Ring C : 5ds join to previous ring, 10ds p 5ds
- Chain A : 5ds
- Ring D : 5ds join to previous ring, 15ds p 5ds
- Chain B : 5ds p 10ds
- Clover Leaf
- 1st Ring : 10ds join to previous ring, 5ds p 5ds
- 2nd Ring : 5ds join to previous ring, 10ds p 5ds
- 3rd Ring : 5ds join to previous ring, 5ds p 10ds
- Chain C: 10ds p 5ds
- Ring D
- Chain A
- Ring 5ds join to previous ring, 10ds p 5ds
- Ring B
- Ring C
- Chain A
- Ring D
- Chain D : 5ds join to opposite chain, 10ds
- Clover Leaf
- Chain E : 10ds join to opposite chain, 5ds
- Ring D joining to Ring A
- Chain A and join to base of first three Rings.
Cut embroidery cotton into lengths that are twice the length of the bookmark, fold over and join through one of the end Ring Bs.
Loved the stumpy bookmark so much that I used the pattern to make earrings. They are stunning. Thank you for the pattern.
That’s fabulous – do you have a photo? I’d love to see them.
Here is the public link where a picture of the earrings are.
See the website for a picture.
I don’t see “reverse work” in the pattern. Is that correct?
In many patterns you’ll find that reverse is implied when changing from ring to chain and is only mentioned when you do something unusual, such as not reverse.