By Wally Sosa ©2001
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License.
NeedleDreams' Blog 2005 Online blog with photos taken by me. Tatting pattern of my desings and photos of my laces Waleska Sosa Wally Sosa Materials:
Rick Rack Size Medium
Shuttle
Thread #30 or Perle #8
Crochet hook #14 for joining to the rick rack
Abbreviations:
R: Ring
CH: Chain
CL: Close
RW: Reverse Work
+ : Join to rick rack bump
- : Picot
-- : Long Picot
Instructions:
Prepare the rick rack, cutting the amount desire. Try to make "straight" the ends and dab a little of fabric glue or white glue to the ends. This is going to help to avoid the rick rack to unbraid and help with the joining of the tatting in that area.
R: 8 ds, join to one of the bumps or the rick rack, 8 ds. CL. RW
*CH: 8 - 2 -- 2 - 8. RW.
R: 8 + (join to the same last bumb) 8. CL.
R: 8 + (to the next bump) 8. CL. RW*
Repeat from * up to the end of the rick rack. Finish the pattern at the end with the 2nd ring.
CH: 8 - 2 -- 2 - 8. RW.
R: 8 + (to the end of the rick rack) 8. CL. Repeat until you have 5 rings at the end of the rick rack. Finish with a ring.
R: 8 + (join to the next bump) 8. CL. RW.
Continue the pattern around. 
