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Betties Ribbon

January 2, 2011 By tatmom 2 Comments

Named after my mother-in-law, who so far is winning her fight with breast cancer. More of a doodle in tatting than a pattern…if I were to do it again, I’d probably tat a simpler flower. I really just wanted to experiment with roll tatting when I made this!

S/R 3p3p3/3p3p3 S/R 3j3p3/3j3p3 for as many repeats as you’d like.
The outside trim is node stitch – one set of 4/4, slide a bead on, lock join to a picot, repeat.

The leaves are node stitch, 10 sets of 4 per leaf, then tacked onto the ribbon where it crosses.

The flower is roll tatting – 5 large SCMR of 1 ds, then about 40 rolls, 1 ds, close. There are 4 small SCMR of 1 ds, about 20 rolls, 1ds, close.

I tacked the large petals open, and tacked the small petals folded to form a flower center – it’s very free-form, and open to individual interpretation.

The model was tatted in size 30 DMC Cebelia for the ribbon and flower, and the leaves are size 50 Flora.

Filed Under: Free Patterns

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Comments

  1. Maggie says

    March 29, 2011 at 8:40 am

    Thank you for this pattern, I have two dear friends that have had breast cancer…1 is a 7 year survivor and the other just had her surgery 2 weeks ago and will be having chemo next week I think. I presented her with a Prayer Shawl that I had blessed in my church service and presented to her last week and now this ribbon I will tat one for each of my friends. I think this is a beautiful pattern. Thanks for sharing! Peace and Love, Maggie

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    • tatmom says

      April 7, 2011 at 2:41 pm

      Prayers for your friend undergoing chemo – I hope all goes well for her!
      (Feel free to come back and share photos of your ribbons, as well.)

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