Rocking Horse

 Rocking Horse

Designed, copyright 12/2001 and tatted by Becky Dempsey, dbdempsey@triton.net

 
DMC pearl cotton 8 #743 (horse) & 801 (rocker).

Start with rocker-uses 2 shuttles wound CTM
R 14 clr
(S/R 7/7 clr) 9 times
R 14 clr
Tie & Cut

Ring on horse's nose is first - also uses 2 shuttles wound CTM
R 4-4-4-4 clr RW
Ch 6+(to 1st picot) 8 RW
Clover: R1: 8+4-4 clr
R2: 4+4-4-4 clr
R3: 4+4+8 clr RW
Ch 10 RW
Clover (join 1st picot to last on prev. clover)
Ch 16 RW
Clover (join to prev. as before) Switch shuttles
R (Sh 2) 20+ (between 3rd & 4th rings on rocker) 20 clr
Ch 16 RW
Clover (join to prev.) Switch shuttles
R (Sh 2) 20+ (between 8th & 9th rings on rocker) 20 clr
Ch 20 ds, 3 long picots separated by 1 ds RW
1st 2 rings of clover (R1 & R2) (join R1 to R3 & R2 to R2) RW
Ch 12 RW
Clover (join R1 to R2 & R2 to R2) RW
Ch 16 RW
Clover (join R1 to R3 & R2 to R2 & R3 to R2 of 2nd clover) RW
Ch 10+ (R2 2nd clover) 2, 4 p sep by 2 ds + (R3 1st clover) 2, 4 p sep by 2 ds, 2 + (R2 1st clover),
medium picot, 5 RW
JK 10 clr RW
Ch 5+ (to 1st ring) 6. Join to base of 1st ring.
Tie & cut.