Block Tatted Heart by Sue Hanson

2 shuttles CTM Coats #20 deep purple shade 200. Commence with a “dead end” start. Making a mock picot & then a half stitch unflipped. Some folks do this around a paper clip. I prefer to place a “helping loop” of spare thread, over the shuttle thread to later post shuttle through to make join.

Ed.'s note: This pattern has been written with the traditional style block tatting instructions. However, it is possible today to create the block without the many turns. The first segment of the block chain is tatted as normal; the next segment is wrapped not tatted (unflipped ds.) See Jane's block tatting diagram for more info.