Celtic knot Angel.pdf

Hallie Lou the Celtic Knot Angel

This pretty little tatted angel is

designed after a piece of machine lace

that someone showed me in 2007 when

I was on the road teaching tatting.

The head and wings are about the same

as the original, but the skirt is a Celtic

knot because the Celtic weaving on the

machine made piece was not easily

replicated in tatting.

We can never have too many angels!

Begin with one shuttle and ball of

thread CTM. The head is a reverse ring

with rings thrown off, although it may

be done with a SCMR if you are more

comfortable with that technique.

Head

Ring with rings thrown off [ r st is an unflipped stitch, larks head knot, or whatever you want to call it.]

(3 r st (Ring 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2) 3 r st (*Ring 2 + 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2) 3 r st (*Ring) 3 r st (*Ring) 3 r st (*Ring)

3 r st) The *Rings are all the same. To close the center ring you pull the core, i.e. ball thread, not the shuttle thread

end!

Celtic Knot

Please read my article on tatting large rings and long chains that look good:

http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2008/ruthplongringchains.pdf

Lave about 1/8” thread space then tat a lock stitch. One half of the stitch flipped, and then the same

half not flipped. This counts as the first stitch of the next chain.

Bchain ( 30 – 30 – 30 – 30 – 30 – 30 ) The BDS will hold the straighter shape. Normal DS want to curve

around in a circle in 30 stitches. Shape this chain about every 10 stitches so it has the shape of the final

Celtic knot with the picots at the bends in the chain so you can join to them later. It is a good idea to tat

a stitch gauge with 1 inch of normal ds, and 1 inch of BDS to compare and see if your tension needs to

be tighter, or if you need to adjust the number of stitches for the BDS because they take up more space.

To weave this knot you will need to unwind your shuttle and pull a couple of yards of thread to cut from

the ball. The amount of thread you will need to finish tatting the angel depends upon the size of thread

you use. My sample is DMC Pearle cotton size 8. I needed a couple of yards for both thread ends.

Begin at A and follow the arrows.

Hallie Lou the Celtic Knot Angel

After weaving the knot wind the thread ends on two

shuttles, and then join into the thread space

between the head and the Celtic knot.

Wing1

Choose the shuttle as S1 whose thread is closer to

the Knot and use the shuttle as S2 whose thread is

closer to the head to use as the ball thread.

S1 Chain (4 + 6) Join to the picot of the thrown off ring around the head – see photo diagram. Turn

Ring (6 – 4 – 6) turn

Chain (10)

S2 Ring (4 – 2 – 2 – 4) turn

Chain (4) turn

Ring (4 + 2 – 2 – 4) turn

Chain (2 + 2) turn

Ring (4 + 2 – 2 – 4) turn

Chain (2 + 2) turn

Ring (4 + 2 – 2 – 4) turn

Chain (4) turn

Ring (4 + 2 – 2 – 4)

S1 Chain (10 – 10) Next tie the two threads on the opposite side of the thread space between the head

and the Celtic knot, or do an alligator join over the thread space.

Skirt

Chain (8 + 2 + 15) The first join is to the wing, and the second join is to the Celtic knot. Turn

Ring (3 + 3 – 3 – 3) turn

Chain ( 4 + 2 – 2 + 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 + 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 ) turn

Ring (3 + 3 – 3 – 3) turn

Chain (2 – 2 + 4 + 15 2 + 8) tie the ends together in the thread space between the head and the Celtic

knot.

Follow the photo diagram, but notice that I made too many picots on one side of the bottom of the skirt.

It’s NOT a mistake, just a pattern variation… well, ok, it is a mistake too.

Hide the ends and cut them close to the work, or use them to make a loop to hang this angel on the

wall, or from a lamp, or window shade, or anywhere you need an angel.

Enjoy!

After tatting the first wing, join into

the thread space between the head

and the Celtic knot. Next, tat around

the skirt, then join into the thread

space between the head and Celtic

knot, and then tat the second wing

the same as the first wing.

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