Tatting Flowers

Today at Modern Homemakers we’re tatting flowers. These are free tatting patterns and these tatted flowers use needle tatting instructions, and therefore do not require a shuttle.

Tatting Flowers Part 1

Tatting Flowers Part 2

Flower Tatting Pattern

Ring 1 the center inner circle

[Ring (ic) 5,p,5,p,5,p,5 close]

5 double stitches, picot (loop), 5 double stitches, picot (loop), 5 double stitches, picot (loop), 5 double stitches, close with a knot. Turn work to flatten knot so it’s more like a square knot, then turn it back.

 

Outer chain and rings

[ring 3,(p),3,p,3,(p),3 close]

3 double stitches, picot (loop), 3 double stitches, picot (loop), 3 double stitches, picot (loop), 3 double stitches, close with a knot. This time loop the needle thru the back of the knot under the first ring and bring the needle towards you to make the knot.

 Chain 1

3 double stitches join the picot (loop) with the third picot loop from the first ring, 3 double stitches, picot (loop), 3 double stitches, picot (loop), 3 double stitches, close with a knot made with the picot loop on the inner circle.

ring 2

[ring 3,(p),3,p,3,(p),3 close]

3 double stitches, join the last picot (loop) of the chain, 3 double stitches, picot (loop), 3 double stitches, picot (loop), 3 double stitches, close with a knot. This time loop the needle thru the back of the knot under the first ring and bring the needle towards you to make the knot.

 

Chain 2

3 double stitches join the picot (loop) with the third picot loop from the second ring, 3 double stitches, picot (loop), 3 double stitches, picot (loop), 3 double stitches, close with a knot made with the picot loop on the inner circle.

repeat the steps of the outer chains and rings until you have created 4 rings and 4 chains.

on the 4th chain the last picot will join into last picot of the ring

3,p,3,(p),3 close

loop needle into picot from underneath

to do this, create the chain while joining the frist picot loop with the last picot loop of the ring, 3 double stiches, picot loop, 3 double stiches, then pull the needle thru without looping the thread. then pull it taunt, then you are able to turn the work and join the first loop of the very first ring, 3 double stiches, pull these off the needle. then tie a knot and loop the needle thru the bottom of the first ring.

I usually do 2 knots.

hide the ends by sewing them into the inner center ring.