free tatting pattern--little buds doily

Hello! Today I'm going to be sharing my first two full free patterns from my new instagram account themodtatter. There I post daily components of the full free tatting patterns I'll be rounding up here!

Here's the first: Little Buds Doily

Round 1:

1. R 8-5-5-8, cl, rw

2. Ch 6-6, rw

3. R 8 join to last picot from previous ring 5-5-8, cl, rw

Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you have 14 rings. On that 14th ring, instead of your last picot, join to the first ring. End with step 2 and join that last chain to the bottom of the first ring.

Round 2:

1. R 8-5 join to picot from any chain from round one 5-8, cl, rw

2. Ch 8-8, rw

Repeat steps 1 and 2 until you have 14 rings. Join your final chain to the top of the first ring

Round 3:

10 yards on ring shuttle

4 yards on chain shuttle

1. R 8-8, cl

2. R 10 join to picot from chain from round two 10, cl

3. R 8-8, cl, rw

4. Ch 10-10, rw

Repeat steps 1, 2, 3 and 4 until you have 14 large rings, 28 small rings, and 14 chains. Join last chain to top of first ring cluster.

Round 4:

12 yards on ring shuttle

5 yards on chain shuttle

1. R 10-10, cl

2. R 10-10, cl

3. R 10-10, cl

4. R 10-10, cl, rw

5. Ch 14 join to picot from chain from round three 14, rw

Repeat steps 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively until you have 56 rings and 14 chains. Join final chain to the bottom of the first cluster of rings.

Round 5:

12 yards on ring shuttle

8 yards on chain shuttle

1. R 10-10, cl

2. R 12-12, cl

3. R 10-10, cl, rw

4. Ch 10 join to picot from step three of round four 14-14 join to picot from step two of round four 10, rw

Repeat steps 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively until you've gone all the way around. Join your final chain to the bottom of the first cluster of rings.

Block and tie ends!