This is the first butterfly I ever tatted.
| Materials | DMC Cordonnet Special No 60, two shuttles. |
| Description | The
diagram shows part of the design. It shows how to join the various parts.
Roman numbers number the rounds, or better: parts. The normal numbers give
the order of working the rings and chains. Part I (shuttle and ball) 1. Ring 9-9 2. Chain 20-10; long picot (length as desired) 3. Chain 10-20; long picot equal to previous picot 4. Chain 3-3-3 5. Ring 6-6 6. Chain 3-3-3 7. Ring 3-3 8. Chain 3-3-3 9. Ring 6-6 10. Chain 3-3 11. Ring 6-6 12. Chain 3-3 13. Ring 6-6 14. Chain 3-3 15. Ring 6-6 16. Chain 7x3 d.s. 17. Chain 3-3 18. Chain 3-3 19. Chain 3-3 20. Ring 6-6 21. Chain 3-3 22. Ring 6-6 23. Chain 3-3 24. Chain 3-3-3 25. Ring 6-6 26. Chain 3-3-3 This is the body. Part II (one shuttle) 1. Ring 6-12-6-6-6-6 2. Ring 6-6-6-6-6-12-6 Part III (two shuttles) Shuttle A: 1. Ring 15-15 Shuttle B: 2. Ring 4x4 d.s. Shuttle A: 3. Chain 6x3 d.s. 4. Ring 15-15 Shuttle B: 5. Ring 4x4 d.s. Shuttle A: 6. Chain 6x3 d.s. 7. Ring 15-15 8. Ring 15-15 Shuttle B: 9. Ring 4x4 d.s. Shuttle A: 10. Chain 6x3 d.s. 11. Ring 15-15 Shuttle B: 12. Ring 4x4 d.s. Part IV: (shuttle and ball) You can work this round and the next one also using two shuttles. When moving to the next round, switch the shuttles to change the direction of the chains. All chains 4x3 d.s. Part V: (shuttle and ball) All chains 4-3-3-4. The second wing (starting from part II) is the first wing's mirror image. At the time I designed this one, I didn't know much about climbing out of rounds using split rings and chains. I leave it to you to come up with a better way of working this butterfly to avoid cutting the threads! |
