Denim Shirt Embellishment--Pattern Variation #1

 

This is the first variation of the edging pattern that I used to decorate one side of a button placket on a denim shirt.

It is tatted in two rounds.  The first round is a (very slight) variation of the original design published in The Tatter's Treasure Chest, edited by Mary Carolyn Waldrep, Dover Publications, NY, 1990.  This was an out-of-copyright pattern republished by Dover Publications from a J. & P. Coats Tatting publication.  The pattern can be found on page 78-79 of The Tatter's Treasure Chest.  Round 2 is created from a component of the upper edge of Round 1.

The following pattern is going to be in the form of an EDGING PATTERN.

Round 1 Pattern 
This round can be tatted in one of two ways:
A.  Using 2 shuttles.
B.  Using one shuttle/ball of thread and the Shoelace Trick (switching the positions of the two thread sources).

R1: 11 - 6.
*
R2: 6 - 5 - 5.
RW.
Ch1:  8.
RW.
R3: 6 + 5 - 6 (to last p of prev R, R1).
RW.
R4: 6 - 5 - 6.
Ch2: 8.
RW.
Trefoil: R5: 6 + 5 - 6 (to p of prev R, R3).
R6: 6 + 10 - 6 (to p of prev R, R4).
R7: 6 + 5 - 6 (to p of prev R, R5).
RW.
Ch3: 8.
RW.
R8: 6 + 5 - 6 (to p of prev R, R7).
RW/Shoelace Trick.
R9: 6 + 5 - 6 (to p of R3).
RW.
Ch4: 8.
R10: 6 + 5 - 6 (to p of prev R, R8).
**
Repeat from * to ** until desired length.
Rx: 6 - 11.
Cut & Tie.

Round 2 Pattern
1 Shuttle/Ball of Thread--simple ring/chain tatting

R: 11 + 6 (to p of Rnd 1-R1).
R:  6 + 11 (to p of Rnd 1-R2).
*
RW.
Ch: 8
RW.
R: 6 + 5 - 6 (to p of prev R of Rnd 2).
RW.
Ch: 12
RW.
R: 6 + 5 - 6 (to p of prev R of Rnd 2).
RW.
Ch: 8
RW.
R: 6 + 5 + 6 (to p of prev R of Rnd 2, to next p of Rnd1).
**
R: 6 + 5 - 6 (to next p of Rnd1).
Repeat from * to ** until desired length.
Final R: 6 + 11 (to next p of Rnd1).

I used 6 repeats of the pattern for my shirt cuffs.

I hope this written pattern is correct!  I haven't written pattern directions this way for a long time....I'm an illustrated pattern kinda pattern writer/designer.