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When thc ring is complctc, rcmovc ir frontJ your hand and closę ir normally with shurrfe I. Cominuc thc patiem bcing worked.

TATTUD SQVARI:S

Tar red $quares nre ornamcnral scctions thar consis; •- .1 number of short rows o(chain worked baekwards and foru Js closcly upon one anorher. Hach row is built upon che previ«.M. one with rhc double stirches sranding in chc same direction. The number of double stitches per row gcnernlly corresponds 10 thc number of rows. For cxamplc, for a sejuare of 5 rows rhere should be 5 double stirches per chain row. Tartcd squares arc somerimes wrongly rtferred to as ‘rallies*, as rhey diffcr complctcly in execurion from thc leaf-shaped tallies of Cluny ratting.

Tartcd squarcs may follow on from a ring, a Split ring (see Fleur, page 74), a chain (see Marguerire, page 41) or anorher rarted squarc. In any instance there should be a smali picot or spacc just bcforc rhe first chain row. Ir is somerimes handy to insert a safery pin to form a starter picor or space bcforc commcncing thc sejuare. Your tension will havc to be slightly looser than norma! as thc chains formed nced to be straight, not curved. To prcśervc thc tension in a prcccding chain, tar a lock stitch (a first half-stitch in WWT) bcforc starting thc first row of thc squarc.

Bcforc adding a taticd square to your pnttcrns, it is wisc to work out thc direction from which you retjuire thc threads to comc after the squarc is finished. For right-handcd tatters odd-numbered chain rows bring thc threads to thc right, evcn-numbered rows bring them to thc łeft, as shown in thc rwo dirtciional diagrams.

Dircctions of 5- and 6-rvwed sąuaret

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For (his cxamplc 5 chnins of 5 double siitohcs will be ustd.

You will nced two shuulcs referred to a*. Sh.l and Sb. 1. The thread inny. be continuous or issue from one of ihc positions in your lace mcmioned abovc. Make a smali picot or pass thc threads around a safety pin and tai 5ds with Sh.l. Tum work (right to lcft). Change shuttlcs.

With Sh.2 tnt one half-stitch. prefcrahly thc sccond hnlf, to net as an clbow joint, 1 smali picot and 5ds for thc sccond chain. Then removc the safety pin.

With a crochet hook catch thc chain thread* of Sh.l from the back, and draw it through the staner picot to form a loop. Pass Sh.2 through the loop and ease the threads down so thc work lics fint. Tum work and change shuttlcs.

Using Sh.l, tnt 1 half-stitch (clbow), 1 smali picot, 5ds. Then join as beforc to thc picot of chain 2. Continue making thc sąuarc until

thc end of chain 5 whcrc, this tirnc, you can usc a norma) shuttlc/lock join. lf your tension is sufficictuly loose, your chains should be straight and lie parallel, forming a solid

squarc.

7atted square seąuence

•Some tatters usc a shuttlc or lock join herc. but this results in open loops forming at thc sides of thc sąuarc.

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