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Nina Libin - Beaded Necklace (Needle Tatting)

The Online Tatting Class welcomes Nina Libin. Nina shares her design for a beaded necklace with directions for both shuttle and needle tatting. Many thanks.

Two color necklace - bnl016 (For needle tatting) You will need 12 -13 yards of DMC # 20 thread, 424 (430) light color seed beads # 9 and 157 (160) blue Iris three-cut # 9. Symbols used through the pattern: ° = white seed bead · = blue Iris 3-cuts // = shape, tighten & turn upside down ^ = lock join to the previous chain ~ = reverse the work Take a ball of thread and 'needle' the tail; String: [12° + 4 · + 12° + 5 ·] 17 times + [12° + 4 · + 4°] once. This is enough beads for a 18" necklace; thread the needle; be sure that there are 4 light seeds on the loop and make the only ring in the pattern. After that there are all chains.

1. R: 1°1°1°1 - 1°1//
2. CH: 1 ·1 ·1 ·1 ·1 - 1°1//^~
3. CH: 1°1°1°1°1°1 - 1°1//^~
4. CH: 1°1°1°1°1 - 1°1//^~

5. CH: 1 ·1 ·1 ·1 ·1 ·1- 1°1//^~
6. CH: 1°1°1°1°1 - 1°1//^~
7. CH: 1°1°1°1°1°1 - 1°1//^~ For a 16 - 18" necklace,
8. CH: 1 ·1 ·1 ·1 ·1 - 1°1//^~ repeat positions 5 through 10
9. CH: 1°1°1°1°1°1 - 1°1//^~ 15 -17 times
10. CH: 1°1°1°1°1 - 1°1//^~

Copyright Nina Libin, 1986 (updated for the online class Sept.2000)

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