Picot Flake Snowflake

This as a flake for more advanced tatters. It uses split rings.

Materials DMC No. 60, two shuttles.
Size This snowflake has a diamater of 7 cm (slightly under 3 inches).
Description The diagram uses two colours: dark blue is for the 'normal' part of a split ring. Light blue is for the 'split' part of the ring. The normal part appears in the text below before the slash. The part following the slash is the split part. Good luck!

Shuttle A:
1: Ring 8x3 d.s.

Shuttle A/B:
2: Ring 4x3 d.s. / 4x3 d.s.

Shuttle A:
3: Ring 4x3 d.s.

Shuttle A/B:
4: Ring 4x3 d.s. / 4x3 d.s.
5: Ring 6 d.s. / 6 d.s. Reverse work

Shuttle A:
6 Chain 6 d.s.

Shuttle B:
7: Ring 5-2-5

Shuttle A:
8: Chain 6 d.s. Reverse work.

Shuttle A/B:
9: Ring 6 d.s. / 6 d.s.

Shuttle A/B:
10: Ring 4x3 d.s. / 4x3 d.s.

Shuttle A:
11: Ring 4x3 d.s.

Shuttle A/B:
12: Ring 4x3 d.s. / 4x3 d.s.

Work this six times in total.

Please note: after closing Ring 5 the second and all subsequent times, you join to the base of the previous Ring 9.

The last time you make Ring 12, it doesn't have to be a split ring.