Tatted Flag Earring
Wave the flag!
I wish tatters had their own flag to wave at tatting events. It is always fun and colorful. Flags are a part of the daily life of every country I believe. We display them to honor those who have passed, those who have made great sacrifices. those who fight for causes and those who want to share their joy in life.
These earrings are from the files of the Online Tatting Class. The colors are red, white and blue from our own flag but those tatters in other nations can easily substitute the colors of their national flags.
American Flag Earrings by Sonya Loyd ©2014
Materials: 2-3 shuttles and size 20 thread in...three colors, Red for hardiness and
valor, Blue for vigilance, perseverance, and justice, and White for purity.
10 white or clear seed beads for stars.
Blue Field:
R 3-3-3-3, clr rw Ch 3-3,rw
R 3 bead+3-3-3, clr rw Ch 3-3, rw
R 3 bead+3-3-3, clr rw Ch 3-3, rw
R 3 bead+3-3-3, clr rw Ch 3-3, rw
R 3 bead+3-3 bead+3, clr rw Ch 3-3, rw
Lock Chain 12 half stitches, first half flipped, second half not flipped. rw.
R 8, close and hide ends.
Stripes using two shuttles, one with red the other white thread.
Stripes 1 and 2:
Join red thread to second picot from lock chain
R 3+ to base of blue ring 6-3, clr rw
Join white thread to the same picot to which the red thread was joined.
R 3+ to base of the next blue ring moving clockwise 3-3-3, close, dnrw (dnrw)
Ch 3, dnrw
Red shuttle R 3+6-3, clr rw.
White Shuttle R 3+3-3-3, clr, dnrw.
Ch 3, dnrw. Repeat until you have seven rings. Hide ends.
Stripes 3 and 4:
R 6+ to second picot from lock chain going counter clockwise 3-3, clr rw
Join white thread to base of last ring.
R 6-3-3, clr rw. Ch 3
Red shuttle R 3+3+ to base of blue ring 3-3, clr rw
White shuttle R 3+3-3-3, clr rw. Ch 3
Red shuttle R 3+3+ to next blue picot 3-3, clr rw
White shuttle R 3+3-3-3, clr rw. *Ch 3
Red shuttle R 3+3+ to first white ring 3-3, clr rw
White shuttle R 3+3-3-3, clr rw*. Ch 3. Repeat from * to * to end of previous stripe.
Stripe 5:
Using the red shuttle only and a 1 yd. long tail, join thread to picot of the first white ring in the last stripe.
R 9-3, clr rw. *Ch 3, Lock join to ring of the next white ring, rw
R 3+6-3, clr rw*
Repeat from * to * to end of previous stripe, hide ends.
Attach jump ring to earring finding and to tatted blue ring.
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