aunt's collar - pattern for the edging - Part 1

This is the tutorial for the edging around the square motifs. I've taken too much photos, then there will be 2 posts for this tutorial.

PART 1:  side closer to the neck.

In the next picture I pinned picots that are going to be joined: I started joining from pin number 1.

With a shuttle wound CTM, start a ring: 3ds, picot, 3ds, picot, 3ds. Join to the square motif (pin number 1). Continue the ring: 3ds, picot, 3ds, picot, 3ds.

This side, all rings are 3-3-3+3-3-3 (5 picots, considering a join "+" as though a picot). Rings join to square motifs in their central picot.

pic 1

RW and start a chain of 3ds, picot, 3ds. Reverse again and start another ring. This one is joined to previous after the first group of 3ds, to the last picot of previous ring, AND it is joined to the square motifs in pin number 2:

Then RW and start a chain a bit longer: 3ds, picot, 3ds, picot, 3ds. RW and start another ring, NOT joined to previous ring, but joined to the square motif in pin number 3:

RW and start again a short chain of 3ds, picot, 3ds. RW and start another ring. This one is joined to previous after the first group of 3ds, to the last picot of previous ring, AND it is joined to the square motifs in pin number 4. Then a longer chain follows: 3-3-3 :

Then they are all repetitions, till the last square, restarting from pic 1.

[ end of part 1 ]

Ciao,
Ninetta