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Frog Motif & Frog Earrings - © Jane Eborall |
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frog motif measures approx. 2” x 2 ½” when worked in No. 20 thread
and 1½” x 1½” when worked in Altin Basak no. 50 thread. |
| Materials:- Beads – 2 small yellow beads (on shuttle thread), 2 black beads with large holes (4 of each for earrings). Two earring findings. PVA glue for stiffening earrings. |
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| SR | split ring | vsp | very small picot | RW | reverse work |
| - | picot | Cl | close ring | ||
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N.B. Adding the eye beads – keeping the yellow bead at the back of the hand when working the ring, pull the thread running round the hand through the black bead and form a loop (Eye1). Take the shuttle through the loop and gently tighten thread (Eye 2). Move the yellow bead into place on top of the black bead (Eye 3). Next pull the thread back through the black bead once again and take the shuttle back through the new loop (Eye 4). Ease the beads gently into place. See diagrams below. |
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Head
ring and body chain Starting at S make ring of
10 vsp 8 add bead (explained above) 6 add bead 8 Cl and RW. For earrings work 4 vsp 4 between the two eyes. (The vsp is for the earring finding).
Continue
with chain of 4 vsp 2 vsp 6
vsp 2 vsp 8 vsp 2 vsp 6 vsp 2 vsp 4.
Join to vsp on head ring, tie and cut |
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Upper
legs – 2 shuttles Join
threads to upper vsp on body SR
4 vsp 1 / 2 + vsp on body 4 SR
1 +vsp on previous R 5 / 8 – 1 Cl Cut
ends to form toes |
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Lower
legs – 2 shuttles Join
thread to lower vsp on body SR
2 +vsp on body 4 / 4 vsp 2 SR
7 vsp 2 / 2 +vsp on previous SR 5 SR
2 +vsp on previous SR 4 / 8 – 1 Cut ends to form toes |
| If you should find any mistakes or have any problems with working this pattern, please contact me. |
