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Little Heart

© Gillian Buchanan 2002

MATERIALS

• Altin Basak 50, I used Shaded Green/Blue/White.
• 2 tatting shuttles
• Hook for joining

SIZE

• 3 cm wide x 3 cm high

1. Wind 2 tatting shuttles with about 3 yards of thread each, do not cut the thread between the shuttles.
2. SH1
   R 8 DS, P, 8 DS, cl. R, RW.
3. SH1
   C 2 DS, 11 P sep by 2 DS, 2 DS, RW.
4. Split Ring
   SH1 4 DS, P, 6 DS, SH2 4 DS, P, 6 DS, cl. R, Shuttle Thread/Downwards Join into the P of the 1^st R, do not RW.
5. SH1
   Start SCMR by dropping loop of thread, C 6 DS, J to adjacent P of previous R, 4 DS, P, 4 DS, do not RW.
6. SH2
   R 4 DS, J to last P of C, 9 P sep by 2 DS, 4 DS, P, 4 DS, cl. R, do not RW.
7. SH1
   C 6 DS, put SH1 through loop for SCMR and draw up mock ring, do not RW.
8. SH1
   Start another SCMR by dropping loop of thread, C 6 DS, J into space at base of the last R (the one made with SH2), 4 DS, J to last P of SH2 R, 4 DS, P, 6 DS, put SH1 through the loop for the SCMR and draw it up. Shuttle Thread/Downwards Join into the P of the 1^st R.
9. Split Ring
   SH1 6 DS, J to P of last SCMR, 4 DS/SH2 6 DS, P, 4 DS, cl. R, RW.
10. SH1
    C 2 DS, 11 P sep by 2 DS, 2 DS, J into the base of the 1^st Ring and finish ends.