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Anitra's Owl – Jane Eborall © 2006 |
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This is one of a series of 3 onion ring designs (an elephant and a flying pig) are also in this set. To make an onion ring please see this page. |
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| Materials required:- no. 20 thread, 2 small beads on Sh1 for eyes and 3 yellow beads for beak (or the equivalent bugle bead) which are added to a long picot (see this link). The completed owl measures approx. 2" x 1 ¾". |
| Skills required – Skills – onion ring, drop picots, block tatting., Victorian ‘sets’. |
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Abbreviations |
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R |
ring |
Ch |
chain |
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– or p |
picot |
SR |
split ring |
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/ |
after the / make 2nd half of SR |
smp | Small picot |
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+B |
add bead to picot before joining |
SS |
Switch shuttles |
| RoCh | Ring on Chain |
vsp |
very small picot (smallest you can make) |
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Lj |
join made with shuttle thread |
+ |
join |
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RoSR |
ring on split ring |
Cl |
close |
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S |
start |
seta |
four first half of ds |
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setb |
four second half ds |
T & C |
Tie and cut |
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DNRW |
Do not reverse work |
Dp | down picot – work 2 first half ds, p (using second half ds) then another second half of ds and back to pattern – see diagram below |
| NB The red arrows on the diagram are to indicate the direction in which the wings are worked. |
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Body – using Sh1 only (onion ring) R1: 2 smp 2 smp 2 smp 2 R2: small space 3 * + (next smp R1) smp 3 repeat from * once smp 3 + (space @ base R1) Cl R3: small space 3 smp 3 * + (next smp R2) smp 3 smp 3 repeat from * once + (next smp R2) smp 3 smp 3 + (space @ base R2) Cl R4: small space 6* + (next smp R3) vsp 6 repeat from * five times + (next smp R3) vsp 6 + (space @ base R3) Cl DNRW Add in Sh2 Ch1: vsp * 6 Lj (next vsp R4) vsp repeat from * twice vsp 3 vsp 3 Lj (next vsp R4) Vlp (to take 3 beads – beak) 3 vsp 3 Lj (next vsp R4) * vsp 6 Lj (next vsp R4) repeat from * to * once vsp 6 Lj (space base R4) Outer body – left side Ch2: 4 – 2 – 4 Lj (next vsp Ch1) 8 Lj (next vsp Ch1) 6 Lj (next vsp Ch1) SLT & TURN Wings Ch: 6 vsp 6 vsp 6 SLT & TURN Ch: 7 Lj (last vsp previous Ch) 7 Lj (next vsp previous Ch) 7 Lj (vsp @ top of wing) 2 Lj (next vsp Ch1) SS Head SR5: 3 / 3 SR6: 3 / 3 Rw SS R7: (bead on thread round hand before starting) 6 vsp 2 seta B setb 2 Rw SS SR8: 3 / 3 SR9: 3 / 3 SR10: 1 Lp (tuft) 2 / 3 SR11: 3 / 3 SR12: 2 Lp (tuft) 1 / 3 SR13: 3 / 3 SR14: 3 / 3 Rw SS R15: (bead on thread round hand before starting) 2 seta B setb 2 + (Vlp on Ch1 [with beads added] & R7) 6 Rw SS SR16: 3 / 3 SR17: 3 / 3 SS Lj (next vsp on Ch1) Ch: 2 Lj (next vsp Ch1) Wing Ch: 7 DP 7 DP 7 SLT & TURN Ch: 6 + (last Dp) 6 + (next Dp) 6 + (same vsp at top of wing) RW SS Outer body – right side Ch: 6 Lj (next vsp Ch1) 8 Lj (next vsp Ch1) 4 – 2 – 4 T & C base |
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| For any help with this pattern, please email me. |
