Forty Original Designs in Tatting By Nellie Hall Youngburg Novel and Unique Designs with Complete Instructions for Every Pattern Designed and Executed by Nellie Hall Youngburg Brookings, SD© 1921. As a summer tatting project tatters in the Online Tatting Class have been rewriting and modernizing the patterns in this vintage tatting book. Diagrams and new models have been prepared to help the tatter follow the patterns more easily. Both the original public domain booklet and the new version are being posted online to share with all tatters everywhere.







Tatted Edging No.8 and Insertion No. 9 Pg. 2 New model by Michelle Mattingly



Using 2 shuttles or shuttle and ball thread begin with the cloverleaf. It might be easier to follow the pattern if you invert the diagram.



Cloverleaf (leave no space between rings)

R of 7 picots separated by 3 ds clr

R 3 + (join to last p of first ring) (3 -) x 6, 3 clr

R 3 + (join to last p of previous ring) (3 -) x 6, 3 clr rw

CH 7 - 3 - 3 - 5 rw

R 6 + (join to cloverleaf) 6 clr leave no space

R 6 - 6 clr rw

CH 5 - 3 - 3 - 7 rw







Repeat

Cloverleaf (leave no space between rings)

R 3 - 3 + (join to last small ring) 3 - 3 + (join to center picot of adjacent large ring on cloverleaf) (3 - ) x 3, 3 clr

R 3 + (join to last p of first ring) (3 -) x 6, 3 clr

R 3 + (join to last p of previous ring) (3 -) x 6, 3 clr rw

CH 7 - 3 - 3 - 5 rw

R 6 + (join to cloverleaf) 6 clr leave no space

R 6 - 6 clr rw

CH 5 - 3 - 3 - 7 rw



For insertion, join rows by center picot of chains.