In every kind of tatting, the double stitch that comes after the picot is independint of the loop. Thus, if the directions say, 2 d s, 1 p, 3 d s, 1 p, 2 d s, etc., you must count the d s that served to form the loop and not make 2 d s, 1 p, 4 d s, etc. To join the different rings, oval, etc., together by means of picots, take up the silk that runs over the left hand with a crochet needle or pin, inserting it into the picot downwards from above, draw the silk through, pass the shuttle through the loop thus formed, and pull it up like any other stitch.

     SINGLE ON HALF KNOTS. JOSEPHINE PICOTS (Figs. 10 and 11). The Josephine picot or purl, as it is also called in tatting, consists of a series of single or half knots formed of the first knot only. These pictos may be made of 4 or 5 knots, or of 10 or 12 knots.


     DETACHED SCALLOPS. Make 12 d s with one shuttle, then tighten the silk so as to draw them together into a half ring; the next d s must touch the last d s of the scallop before it.

     SCALLOPS JOINED TOGETHER AT THE TOP. With one shuttle make 4 d s, 1 p, *8 d s, 1 p, 4 d s, close the half ring, 4 d s, draw the thread through the p and repeat from *.

     SCALLOPS WITH PICOTS. Make with one shttle 4 d s, 1 p, *3 d s, 1 p, 2 d s, 1 p, 2 d s, 1 p, 2 d s, 1 p, 3 d s, 1 p, 4 d s, close the ring.

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