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MATERIALS

• No. 20 Crochet Cotton
• Two Tatting Shuttles
• Hook for joining

SIZE

• 5 cm high, 4.5 cm wide

This initial is worked in two sections, the left hand arm first then the right hand V shape is joined to it.

FIRST SECTION

1. Wind shuttle but do not cut off from ball thread.
2. R 4 DS, 3 P sep by 4 DS, 4 DS, cl. R, RW.
3. C 4 DS, P, 4 DS, RW.
4. R 4 DS, J to last P of previous R, 4 DS, 2 P sep by 4 DS, 4 DS, cl. R, RW.
5. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 four times in total, making a line of five Rs and 4 Cs.
6. C 4 DS, 3 P sep by 4 DS, 4 DS, lock join to central P of previous R, do not RW.
7. C 4 DS, P, 4 DS, lock join to free P of next R, do not RW. Repeat this C four times in total.
8. C 4 DS, 3 P sep by 4 DS, 4 DS, J to base of 1^st R and finish ends.

SECOND SECTION

1. Wind two shuttles CTM (Continuous Thread Method).
2. SH1
   R 4 DS, 3 P sep by 4 DS, 4 DS, cl. R, RW.
3. SH1
   C 4 DS, P, 4 DS, RW.
4. SH1
   R 4 DS, J to last P of previous R, 4 DS, 2 P sep by 4 DS, 4 DS, cl. R, RW.
5. SH1
   C 4 DS, P, 4 DS, RW.
6. SH1
   R 4 Ds, J to last P of previous R, 4 DS, 2 P sep by 4 DS, 4 DS, cl. R, do not RW.
7. SH1
   R as before but RW when finished.
8. SH1
   C 4 DS, J to free P of adjacent C, 4 DS, RW.
9. SH1
   R as before, RW.
10. SH1
    C 4 DS, P, 4 DS, RW.
11. SH1
    R as before, RW.
12. SH1
    C 4 DS, 3 P sep by 4 DS, 4 DS, lock J to central P of previous R, do not RW.
13. SH1
    C 4 DS, P, 4 DS, lock J to free P of next R. Repeat this C once more.
14. SH1
    C 4 DS, J to appropriate P of C on previous row (NOT one of the lock join Cs, this J should be made to the second C up in the row of 4 Cs made after a R was reverse worked).
15. SH2
    R 4 DS, J to same P as previous C, 4 DS, J to base of R on upright bar (next to the C whose P you have just joined to), 4 DS, J to free P of next C on upright bar, 4 DS, cl. R, do not RW.
16. SH1
    C 4 DS, J to same P as last J on the R, 4 DS, do not RW.
17. SH1
    C 4 DS, P, 4 DS, lock J to free P of next R, do not RW. Repeat this C once more.
18. SH1
    C 4 DS, 3 P sep by 4 DS, 4 DS, J to base of 1^st R of the V section and finish ends.