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Abbreviations:        
Wsh1 Working Shuttle 1 Wsh2 Working Shuttle 2 SR Split Ring
/ 2nd half of SR seta 6 first half of ds setb 6 second half of ds
+ join ^ very small picot SLT shoe lace trick (tie knot!)
B bead        

 

Materials:

No. 20 thread, 10 beads

 

Skills required:  Knowledge of split rings and Victorian ‘sets’

 

Trunk - 2 shuttles start with Wsh1

Row 1

R1:       4 – 4 – 4 – 4

SR2:     4 – 4 / 4 – 4

SR3:     4 – 4 / 4 – 4

SR4:     4 – 4 / 4 – 4

SR5:     4 – 4 – 4 / 4

Row 2

SR6:     4 – 4 – 4 / 4

SR7:     4 – 4 / 4 +(SR4) 4

SR8:     4 – 4 / 4 +(SR3) 4

SR9:     4 – 4 / 4 +(SR2) 4

SR10:   4 / 4 +(R1) 4 – 4

Row 3

SR11:   4 / 4 – 4 – 4

SR12:   4 +(SR9) 4 / 4 – 4

SR13:   4 +(SR8) 4 / 4 – 4

SR14:   4 +(SR7) 4 / 4 – 4

SR15:   4 +(SR6) 4 – 4/ 4

Row 4

SR16:   4 – 4 – 4 / 4

SR17:   4 – 4 / 4 +(SR14) 4

SR18:   4 – 4 / 4 +(SR13) 4

SR19:   4 – 4 / 4 +(SR12) 4

SR20:   4 / 4 +(SR11) 4 – 4

Row 5

SR21:   4 / 4 – 4 +(R1) 4

SR22:   4 +(SR19) 4 / 4 +(SR2) 4

SR23:   4 +(SR18) 4 / 4 +(SR3) 4

SR24:   4 +(SR17) 4 / 4 +(SR4) 4

SR25:   4 +(SR16) 4 / 4 +(SR5) 4 – continue to base with

Base

SR26:   4 – 4 / 4 – 4

Ch:       6 – 6

R27:     4 +(SR26) 4 – 4

Ch:       6 – 6

R28:     4 +(R27) 4 +(SR5) 4 – 4

*Ch:     6 – 6

R29:     4 +(R28) 4 – 4

Ch:       6 – 6

R30:     4 +(R29) 4 + (SR6) 4 – 4

Repeat from * all round base of trunk joining to SR15, 16 &25. 

Repeat R29 joining 2nd p to SR26.  Make last Ch T & C

 

Branches – shuttle & ball thread.  Add 10 beads to ball thread

*R1:     4 +(space at top of trunk where SR’s join – see fig. ???) 4  SLT

Ch:       6 – 6 ^ 1 seta B setb 1 +(^ on this chain) 6 +(– on this chain) 6  SLT

R2:       2 +(p on next SR at top of trunk) 2

Ch:       6 – 6 ^ 1 seta B setb 1 +(^ on this chain) 6 +(– on this chain) 6

 

Repeat from * 8 times using R1 when joining to space where SR’s

join at the top of the trunk and R2 when joining to p on SR’s at top of trunk.