Materials:
Shuttle Size 14 or 15 crochet hook
to add beads to picots
Size 30 Thread 3mm Pearl Beads
or 4mm Austrian Crystals
R = Ring - = Picot -- =
Long Picot
+ = Join cl = Close Ring RW =
Reverse Work
Ch = Chain
Trunk: R4 - 4 - 4 - 4cl. R4 + 4 - 4 - 4 cl.
(connect to last picot of previous ring). R4 + 4 - 4 - 4 cl. (connect
to last picot of prev ring).
R4 + 4 - 4 + 4 cl. (1st join connect to last picot
of prev ring, 2nd join connect to first picot of first ring). Cut
and tie off ends.
Tree: R4 - 4 - 4 -- 4 cl. (leave picot -- long enough to add bead later) RW. CH4 -- 4. RW *R4 + 4 - 4 -- 4 CL. (connect with a bead to last picot of prev ring). RW CH 4 -- 4. (connect base of tree to the 4th and 5th ring on the second picot) (Repeat *Ring, Chain, Ring until you have 8 rings). Cut and tie off ends.
Second row: R 4 - 4 + 4 -- 4 cl. (connect with a bead to picot on prev chain). RW. CH 4 -- 4. RW *R4 + 4 + 4 -- 4 cl. (1st join connect with a bead to last picot of prev ring, 2nd join connect with a bead to picot of prev. chain). RW. Ch 4 -- 4. (Repeat *Ring, Chain, Ring until you have 7 rings.
Keep repeating rows until you have a total of 7 rows.
Tip: Wind Shuttle full and cut from ball. When starting a row, unwind approx 2 yards and use that as your ball thread, you will have less ends to sew in this way.
If you are using 4mm Austrian Crystals, do all 5 double
stitches..
EX: 5 - 5 - 5 -- 5 cl.
One last note: Take care tatting with the Austrian Crystal faceted beads they can cut the threads with handling the work...The thread can fray and then wear or even cut the thread.
Someone suggested this solution "I found that it works if you add a bead above and below the faceted bead, like (a seed bead), this seems to cushion the faceted bead away from the bare thread..."