Tabs ("Bleeding Heart" flowers)
This
pattern is worked sideways (from the narrow end). You can just keep
working it until you have the right length. No guessing at how long a
starting chain has to be. Its Inside edge (the side you will sew onto
something) is a row of turning chains. The Outside edge is a row of
tabs with trefoils (three long picots, leaflets) at the points.
See diagram posted on Aug. 22, 2015.
See diagram posted on Aug. 22, 2015.
Notes. Please read
this section.
- Picots (p):
3, 4, 5, or 6 ch, not counting the loop around the hook, and sc in
2-ch space in the point of the tab.
- Trefoil:
All are 3 picots attached into the 2-ch space at the point of the tab
with a single crochet (sc). There are 3 picots, the middle one bigger
than the side two, made (for example) like this: ch 4, sc in 2-ch
space at point of tab, ch 5, sc in same 2-ch space, ch 4, sc in same
place. You can use 3-4-3 chs or 5-6-5 or whatever combination you
like best. See Notes at end of pattern.
- V-stitch:
dc, ch 2, dc in same ch 2 space which is the ch 2 top of the previous
V-stitch. Some V-stitches are made 3 ch (equals dc), 2 ch, dc.
This
pattern is in new-style (American) notation.
Materials
-
DMC Baroque (size 10) in white or ecru. I like ecru better for this
pattern. Applied to a white item it looks pale gold. Smaller sizes of
thread make a more delicate edging, but this is supposed to be a bit
of a heavy pattern, so smaller sizes don't look as good.
-
Size 8 or 9 (1.4 mm) hook. You could use 10 (1.3 mm).
-
Tapestry needle for weaving in ends.
About
the pattern
The
tabbed edging is made on a spine of V-stitches. V-stitches are dc, ch
2, dc (like a minimalist shell). V-stitches are made in the top two
ch of the previous V-stitch and are connected with turning ch's. Tabs
are downward arches of close-packed long stitches such as dc and tr
worked on a turning chain.
Turning
chains are always 6 ch and alternate sides. There are no turning
chains where the tabs attach. See diagram at end.
INSTRUCTIONS
Foundation:
Ch
5, make a ring. This is where you will attach the first tab. Ch 6,
turn.
ROW
1
Make
a V-stitch (dc, ch 2, dc) into the ring. Ch 6, turn.
ROW
2
V-stitch
into previous V-stitch. Ch 6, turn.
Note
that the turning chains alternate from side to side of
the V-stitch spine.
ROW
3 -- The Tab, the Most Complicated Bit, Part One
V-stitch
into V-stitch. DON'T ch 6 and DON'T turn. You are fixing to make a
tab. From the dc you just made, ...
*
[beginning of repeat after last row, ignore * first time]
...
2 ch, then 6 dc's into the previous ch-6 turning chain on the same
side. Then do 2 ch and another 6 dc's. Make 2 ch and sl st into side
of previous V-stitch. [Note: For the first tab only,
2 ch and sl st into the side of the original ring]. You have now
worked back towards the beginning of the edging, attached to the
previous V-stitch, and are ready to do the outside of the tab.
ROW
4 - The Tab, The Most Complicated Bit, Part Two
a.
Chain 2, then one more than the number of long stitches in the side
of the tab. If you did 6 dc, that's ch 7. This chain goes down the
side of the tab.
b.
Sc into the 2-ch space at the point of the tab.
c.
Now you will make a trefoil of three picots. Ch 4, sc in 2-ch space.
Ch 5, sc in 2-ch space. Ch 4, sc in 2-ch space.
d.
Chain 7, the same number as you did in the first part of row 4 (one
more than the tab long stitches). This chain goes up the other
(forward) side of the tab. Ch 2, sc into last V-stitch. Ch 1,
sc into top of V-stitch to start the next V-stitch. Note no
turning chain.
Ch
5, (= dc + ch 2), dc into top of previous V-stitch. This makes a
V-stitch as described in Notes.
Ch
6, turn.
ROW
5 -- Back to simple again!
V-stitch.
Ch 6. Turn.
ROW
6 -- Starting the motif over.
V-stitch.
Continue from the star * in ROW 3.
Notes
on alternative numbers of stitches.
Try
making the top turning chains 4 instead of 6. This leaves the
bottom ones plenty big for the tabs, and the top ones less obtrusive
when you sew the edging to a hand towel or collar or whatever.
Another variation of this puts 16 long stitches in a 2-ch turning
chain. This was too hard for me. But you can ...
...
Try different arrangements of long stitches. As written above, it's 6
dc, 2 ch, 6 dc. How about:
3
dc, 3 tr, 2 ch, 3 tr, 3 dc?
8
dc, 2 ch, 8 dc?
2
hdc, 3 dc, 2 tr, 2 ch, 2 tr, 3 dc, 2 hdc?
Some
work for me, some don't. See what you like.
Different
trefoils
I
used 4 ch picots on the sides with a 5 ch picot in the midde. How
about 5 ch p, 6 ch p, 5 ch p? Or 3 5's? Or any arrangement you might
like, providing they are either all the same or the
middle one is bigger.
Finishing
Careful
ironing brings out the trefoils. You don't have to pin them out, just
push them with your fingers to uncurl them, then run the iron over
them. The body of the pattern holds itself in shape. The picots tend
to curl up somewhat. Providing you used cotton thread, iron at the
cotton setting with steam.
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