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Ear Clips Pattern
Tatted ear clips with outer and center sections in Ardern's crochet cotton, finished with a silk-covered pad and glued to ear-clips. Originally published in Tatting.
Materials
- Tatting shuttle
Pattern instructions
Outer Section
1 ds. (lp., 2 ds.) 7 times, 1p., 1 ds., close ring, tie and cut.
(3 ds., 1p.) twice, 3 ds., join to p. of center ring, 3 ds. (1p., 3 ds.) twice, close ring, r.w.
3 ds. (1p., 1 ds.) twice, 1p., 3 ds., r.w.
3 ds., 1p., 3 ds., join to 4th p. of previous ring, 3 ds., join to next p. of center ring, 3 ds. (1p., 3 ds.) twice, close ring, r.w.
As before.
Repeat from * 6 times more, joining 4th p. of last ring to 2nd p. of first. Tie and cut.
Center
As for center of first section, r.w.
Join thread to p. of center ring, * 3 ds. (1p., 1 ds.) twice, 1p., 3 ds., join to next p. Repeat from * to end, tie and cut.
Sew small section to center of larger section, gathering slightly. Cover a small pad of cotton wool with white silk and sew to back. Glue to small ear-clip.
