Snowflake on Ring - 2

© Jane Eborall

 

 

Materials required No. 20 Crochet cotton,  1 shuttle,  small beads,  small plastic (or brass) ˝” ring.  (I used plastic Austrian/festoon blind rings which measure ˝” in diameter and cost VERY little!)

 

Abbreviations
B	bead (on chain or shuttle thread) to replace picot			+B	join with bead added to previous p
RG	plastic/brass ring			T & C	tie and cut
^BBBB	3 beads on chain thread & one on shuttle thread all moved into position.  (see fig. 2)

 

Method Add 6 beads to the shuttle thread & 42 beads to chain thread before starting.   Also further beads are needed for adding to picots.

 

Start with clover of: - R1:       3 - 3 - 3 - 3 *R2:     3 +B(R1) 3 +(RG) 3 - 3 R3:       3 +B(R2) 3 - 3 - 3 Ch:       4 B 4 R4:       2 +B(R3) 2 - 2 Ch:       5 B 5 ^BBBB 5 B5 R5:       2 +B(R4) 2 - 2 Ch:       4 B 4 R6:       3 +B(last p R5) 3 +(2^nd p R3) 3 - 3
Repeat from * five times (6 points) joining 3^rd ring of last clover to 2^nd p of R1 and last R5 to 1^st p of R1  T & C

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