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Very Small Butterfly - © Jane Eborall

 

Four beads can be added to the wings -  shown in the second scan.

 

 

Materials: 

1 ½ yards no. 20 thread.  1 shuttle and a safety pin

 

Abbreviations:

vsp

very small picot SCMR             self closing mock ring + join

Wind thread onto a shuttle and attach end to a safety pin. 

Using the safety pin as a shuttle make a chain on the thread after looping it round the ring finger and starting 6” from the pin.  This is the start of the SCMR.  All chains are made with the safety pin and rings with the shuttle.  The arrow in fig. 1 represents the safety pin!! 

 

Ch:       2

R1:       8 – 6 vsp 2

Ch:       2

R2:       2 + (vsp R1) 2 – 4

Ch:       2 – 2

R3:       4 – 2 vsp 2

Ch:       2

R4:       2 + (vsp R3) 6 – 8

Ch:       2

 

Take the safety pin through the loop made round the ring finger and close the SCMR

With the shuttle make the first half of next SR.  Use the safety pin to make the second half.

SR:       4 / 4

Cut to leave ends for the feelers.