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Medium Sized Seahorse – 2 Versions © Jane Eborall 2003

Materials required

Two shuttles. No. 20 thread in two colours for both versions.

Abbreviations   

Wsh1

Working shuttle 1 (the shuttle being used)

Wsh2

Working shuttle 2

SR

Split ring

RoSR

Ring on split ring (side 2)

B

Move bead to take place of picot

+B

Add bead to picot before joining

Btwn

Between

T & C

Tie & cut ends

vsp 

Very small picot

SLT

Shoe lace trick -tie a knot

Vlp

Very long picot. Please see this page for tips on adding beads to Vlp

Both versions are worked in the same way from SR1 to SR20.  The only variation occurs in the last 4 split rings.

Version 1

32 beads are required (21 of these are added to the very long picots).  1 slightly larger bead is needed for the eye.  The seahorse is worked in one part starting at the tip of the tail.  Start with Sh#2 as the working shuttle.

SR1:     2 / 2

SR2:     3 / 3

SR3:     4 / 4

SR4:     4 / 4

SR5:     5 / 5

SR6:     5 / 5

SR7:     6 / 6

SR8:     6 / 6 SLT

SR9:     4 / 4 – 2 SS

R10:     2 + (SR9) 2 – 2 – 2

Ch:       10

R11:     3 +B (last p R10) 3 – 3 – 3

Ch:       10

R12:     4 +B (last p R11) 4 – 4 – 4

Ch:       8

R13:     4 +B (last p R12) 4 – 4

SR14:   4 – 4 – 1 / 6 SS

Ch:       4 vsp 4 SS

SR15:   2 / 6

SR16:   2 / 6 SS

Ch:       4 + (vsp on last Ch) 4 SS

R17:     1 + (2^nd p SR14) 4 – 4 Add the eye bead before closing the ring by pulling the core thread down through the picot towards the centre of the ring and adding the bead. Take Wsh2 through the loop and carefully tighten up ring.

Ch:       8

R18:     3 + (R17) 3 – 3

Ch:       12

R19:     3 +B (R18) 3 – 3

Ch:       10

R20:     3 +B (R19) 3 +B (2^nd p SR14) 3 – 3

Ch:       8

SR21:   3 +B (R20) 3 +B (2^nd p R13) 2 / 4 Vlp 4

SR22:   6 +B (R12 using Wsh2) / 2 + (Vlp with 7 B’s) 2 Vlp 2

SR23:   6 +B (R11 using Wsh2) / 2 + (Vlp with 7 B’s) 2 Vlp 2

SR24:   4 +B (R10 using Wsh2) / 4 + (Vlp with 7 B’s) 2

Ch:       10 + (joins btwn SR9 & SR10). T & C

Version 2

18 beads of which 5 beads are added to Wsh2 before starting.  1 slightly larger bead for the eye.

Work from SR1 to Ch following R20 then continue with

SR21:   3 +B (R20) 3 +B(2^nd p R13) 2 / 8

SR22:   6 +B (R12 using Wsh2) / 3 RoSR (3 B 3 B 3 – 3) 3

SR23:   6 +B (R11 using Wsh2) / 3 RoSR (3 [+B last RoSR] 3 B 3 – 3) 3

SR24:   4 +B (R10 using Wsh2) / 2 RoSR (3 [+B last RoSR] 3 B 3 B 3) 2

Ch:       10 + (joins btwn SR9 & SR10). T & C

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