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70 • THE PATTERN COLLECTION

Continue from the diagram, working around the rosette before starting the rows which form the main pattern. Notice that one picot of the rosette is left unused. When the reąuired number of rows have been worked (ending at the neck edge), do not fasten off, but continue along the side, starting with a chain of (4ds, p) twice, 4ds. Tie the finał chain of the edging to the base of ring C to finish.

Second half-collar

Work the double-layered rosette as before, then tum it back to front to begin the main collar. This reversal should enable the two halves to form a matched pair.

Press the main tatting lightly and thread ribbon through the neck edging.

KNOW-HOW 14

Figs 10(a), (b), & (c) Connecting a rosette

To connect a rosette

When a series of rings is worked to form a rosette, the finał connecting join is often a problem as it so often becomes twisted. The foliowing 'rosette join' gives a perfect connec-tion without an unwanted twist. Some tatters describe it as a 'reverse join'.

Hołd the work as shown (a), with the finał ring upright and incom-plete in the hand, and the first ring

to the right. Fold the first ring for-wards to the left, so that the back of it is facing (b). Give the joining picot of the first ring a half-twist backwards and upwards (c). Insert the hook from the front, complete the join as usual and finish the ring.

With practice, one can flick the picot backwards and upwards with the hook whiłst inserting it, but at first it is easier if the two stages are separate.