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Election Bookmark

© Gillian Buchanan 2001

MATERIALS

• Altin Basak No. 50 in Pale Shaded Blue
  
• 2 Tatting Shuttles

SIZE

2.5 cm wide - as long as you want! Each repeat measures 2.5 cm long.

This is a pretty design which was finished on Election Night! It features two shuttle work and Josephine rings which are not common in today's tatting patterns.

1. Wind 2 tatting shuttles without cutting the thread between them.
   
2. Start at one end, just before the turning chain.
   
3. SH1
   R 5 DS, 3 P sep by 5 DS, 5 DS, cl. R, RW (the centre P should be long enough to carry the three other Rs).
   
4. SH1
   C 5 DS, do not RW.
   
5. SH2
   JK 10 half DS, cl. R, do not RW.
   
6. SH1
   C 5 DS, do not RW.
   
7. SH2
   JK 10 half DS, cl. R, do not RW.
   
8. SH1
   C 5 DS, do not RW.
   
9. SH2
   JK 10 half DS, cl. R, do not RW.
   
10. SH1
    C 5 DS, RW.
    
11. SH1
    R 5 DS, J to last P of previous R, 5 DS, J to centre P of last R, 5 DS, P, 5 DS, cl. R, RW.
    
12. SH1
    C 5 DS, P, 5 DS, P, 5 DS, RW.
    
13. SH1
    R 5 DS, J to last P of previous R, 5 DS, cl. R, RW.
    
14. SH2
    JK 10 half DS, cl. R, do not RW.
    
15. SH1
    C 5 DS, P, 5 DS, P, 5 DS, RW.
    
16. SH1
    R 5 DS, J to same P as last R, 5 DS, J to same central P as last R, 5 DS, P, 5 DS, cl. R, RW.
    
17. SH1
    C 5 DS, do not RW.
    
18. SH2
    JK 10 half DS, cl. R, do not RW.
    
19. SH1
    C 5 DS, do not RW.
    
20. Repeat from Step 11 for the length desired. Exclude the last C, JK, C in the final repeat.
    
21. Repeat Steps 4-10 once (end turning C).
    
22. Repeat Step 11 onwards for the remainder of the bookmark, joining the last C into the base of the 1st R.