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Flowery SCMR Bookmark © Jane Eborall – 2006

 

 

 

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Materials required.  Thread (20 or 40) and 2 shuttles.

 

Skills required.  Knowledge of split rings and self closing mock ring. 

 

Abbreviations

 

R

ring

Ch

chain

– or p

picot

SR

split ring

/

after the / make 2nd half of SR

vsp

very small picot (smallest you can make)

SLT

Shoe Lace Trick (tie a knot)

+

join

SCMR

Self Closing Mock Ring

Cl

close

SS

Switch shuttles

OTT

Over the top join

T & C

Tie and cut

Rw reverse work

 

Starting End – using Sh1 (green) as working shuttle

R1:     2 – 6 – 6 – 2

R2:     2 + (3rd p R1) 6 – 6 – 2 See fig. 1.  Rw before continuing.

    Rw

 

  Rw

  Rw

First Side

SR3:   6 / 2 + (last p R2) 1 – 3 Rw

Ch:     vsp 1 SLT Rw 5 – 5 SLT Rw (see fig. 2)

SCMR4:         10 + (vsp on Ch) 3 SS

          R A:    3 + (SR3) 4 – 4 – 3 Cl SS cont SCMR

          3 SS

          R B:    3 + (R A) 6 – 6 – 3 Cl SS cont SCMR

          3 SS

          R C:    3 + (R B) 4 – 4 – 3 Cl SS cont SCMR

SCMR: 3 Cl SCMR Rw (see fig. 3)

*SR5:  6 / 3 + (R C last SCMR) 3 Cl SLT Rw (see fig. 4)

SR6:   6 / 3 – 3 Rw

Ch:     vsp 1 SLT Rw 5 – 5 SLT Rw

SCMR7:         10 + (vsp on Ch) 3 SS cont SCMR

          R A:    3 + (p last SR) 4 – 4 – 3 Cl SS

3 SS

          R B:    3 + (R A) 6 – 6 – 3 Cl SS cont SCMR

          3 SS

          R C:    3 + (R B) 4 – 4 – 3 Cl SS

SCMR: 3 Cl SCMR Rw

Repeat from * for length required finishing after a SCMR7 which should face the opposite way to the first one worked.  See fig. 5

SR:     6 / 3 + (R C last SCMR) 1 – 3 Cl SLT Rw

 

  Side 1 finished

 

Second End

R1:     2 + (p on last SR) 6 – 6 – 2

R2:     2 + (last p R1) 6 – 6 – 2 Rw SS changing this shuttle to green too.  See fig. 6

 

Second Side

Ch:     2 + (last p R2 of end) 8 Cl Rw

R1:     8 + (p on Ch 1st side) 8 Cl Rw

Ch:     14 Rw

R2:     8 + (p on same Ch 1st side) 8 Cl Rw.  See fig. 7

Ch:     8 + (p on R A next SCMR) 4 take shuttle thread under the space betwn two SR’s of first side and put shuttle through loop made (OTT join - see fig. 8) SLT and continue with

*Ch:   4 + (last p R C last SCMR) 8 Rw

R1:     8 + (p on next Ch 1st side) 8 Cl Rw

Ch:     14 Rw

R2:     8 + (p on same Ch 1st side) 8 Cl Rw

Ch:     8 + (p on R A next SCMR) 4 take shuttle thread under the space betwn two SR’s of first side and put shuttle through loop made (OTT join) SLT and repeat from *

For the final Ch on the last repeat work

Ch:     8 + (1st p R1 of first end) 2 T & C to base of ring on first end.

 

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