Star Medallion

This pattern builds on the Simple Star pattern, adding a decorative border to the star. To attach the border to the star, the star pattern must be altered to include additional picots. Since the star is tatted with the knots facing inward, the added picots are reverse, or backwards picots. These are created by turning the double-stitch before the picot into the first half of a double stitch twice, and the double-stitch after the picot, into the second half of a double stitch twice. In the diagram these altered stitches are indicated by a grey number 1, on either side of the picot.

    Requires:
  • Two shuttles
  • Two colors of thread (pictured example uses size 20.)

Start by tatting the star...


Start at a point of the star.

    Diagram Key:
  • Black numbers indicate double-stitches.
  • Pink Loops   picot/join
  • Brown Loops   backward picots
  • LS   lock stitch
  • P   picot between LS and SS
  • SS   single stitch
  • Grey 1   2 single stitches
    Text Abbreviations:
  • Numbers indicate double-stitches.
  • -   picot
  • =   join
  • +   larger picot

The second picot you make on the first ring, (marked with a +) will be the center picot right in the middle of the diagram. Make it a little bigger than the other picots, but not too huge.

    First Point to Point:
  • Chain 2 - 1 first half twice - second half twice 2
  • Ring 3 - 4 + 4
  • Chain 1 first half twice - second half twice 1
  • Ring 4 = 4 - 3
  • Chain 2 first half twice - second half twice 1 - 2
  • LS P SS

LS ( lock stitch). On the shuttle, this is a stitch that is not flipped, so that it doesn't slide down the core thread. You tighten the thread up before making the lock stitch, (which is only half a stitch.) Then I leave a P (picot) in the middle of the half done stitch, and the SS here stands for the second half of a doublestitch, to hold the picot in place.

The important thing is that the core thread should be tightened and fastened, and that there's a picot loop at the top of the point, and you're ready to start back down the other side.

You now should have a curved section going from point to point on the star, with two of the 5 center rings attached to it.

    Additional Point to Point (repeat 3 times):
  • Chain 2 = 1 first half twice - second half twice 2 = 1 first half twice - second half twice 1
  • Ring 4 = 4 - 3
  • Chain 2 first half twice - second half twice 1 - 2
  • LS P SS

Once you have repeated 3 times, you should have five center rings, three completed star points, and two half points. Now you're ready to join up the last two points and complete the star.

    Last Point to First Point:
  • Chain 2 = 1 first half twice - second half twice 2 = 1 first half twice - second half twice 1 = 2 first half twice - second half twice 1 = 2
  • Tighten the thread, fasten to your starting point.

You are now ready to begin the border. The border uses four split rings along the outer edge between each point of the star, and three ordinary rings filling in the space inside. The split rings are made by starting out to make an ordinary ring (with the star color), and then instead of tightening and closing the ring, creating additional non-flipped stitches on the opposite side of the ring (with the contrasting color). Once both sets of stitches have been made, the ring can be tightened and closed. All five border sections are made in exactly the same way.


    Border section (repeat 5 times):
  • Split Ring (color 1) 4 / (contrast color) 2
  • Flip work over to other side
  • Ring 3 = 2 - 3
  • Flip work back to starting side
  • Split Ring (color 1) 5 / (contrast color) 3
  • Flip work over to other side
  • Ring 2 = 2 = 2 - 2
  • Flip work back to starting side
  • Split Ring (color 1) 5 / (contrast color) 3
  • Flip work over to other side
  • Ring 3 = 2 = 3
  • Flip work back to starting side
  • Split Ring (color 1) 4 / (contrast color) 2
  • Connect to the picot of the next star point.

When you have completed all five sections, finish off your thread, and you're done.


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