11.12.13 Snowflake

I apologise for the title of this snowflake but could not think of a name so late in the evening and wanted to get the pattern to you as soon as possible.  Many thanks to all who have showed interest in it. 

The reason for calling the snowflake 11.12.13 is because today is the last time this century that there will be three consecutive numbers.  

Anyway it has been an evening of blood, sweat and tears trying to get the pattern written in an understandable form and Jane got cross with me - over the internet!  I just can't understand why a pattern is so difficult to write down.   Okay yes I should have written it in a better form when I first tatted it, but I just can't work like that.

11.12.13
SNOWFLAKE © Sally Kerson 2013

Abbreviations

R ring

p picot

vsp Very
small picot

Cl close

RW Reverse
work

DNRW do
not reverse work

LCh Lock
chain (first
half made normally, second half wrapped)

SR Split
ring

Lj Lock
join

LBP Long
beaded picot (for bugle bead)

+B add
bead to picot

BBB Move
3 beads onto picot

MB
Move bead from shuttle 2

T
& C Tie and Cut

Materials
required – 4
yards on Sh1 and 3 ½ yards on Sh2 wound CTM. Add 24 size 11 seed beads
to shuttle 2. 6 more size 11 seed beads are added to picots and 6
bugle beads for long beaded picots plus 6 safety pins or paper clips
for holding the picots.

R1: 4
p 2 vsp 4 LBP 4 vsp 2 p 4 Cl
DNRW

R2: 4
+B (R1) 2 vsp 4 LBP 4 vsp 2 p 4 Cl
DNRW

R3,
R4 & R5 – repeat
R2

SR6: 4
+B (R5) 2 vsp 4 LBP 4
/ 4 +B
(R1) 2 Cl RW

LCh *
11 vsp
1

RW

R7: 6
+ (LBP) 6
Cl RW SS 3 bead around
hand before starting

R8: 1
Lj (vsp on LCh) 7 BBB MB 7 vsp 1
Cl DNRW SS

Ch: 1
+ (vsp R8)

LCh: 11
Lj (vsp on
same inner R)

Ch: 2
Lj (vsp on next ring)**

Repeat
from * to ** and Lj into the first Lch on R1 T & C