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Hippopotamus (Richard the Welsh Hippo)– 2008 © Jane Eborall |
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The hippo was suggested by Jennifer who's son is a hippopotomaniac (IF there is such a word!). The pattern is worked in one pass and uses split rings and a few rows of chains. Using a number 20 thread he measures 3 3/4" from nose to tail. Richard was also used as the first 'Tat it and See' experiment where the pattern was broken down into 'bite sized' pieces and released at intervals. The link for this is here. |
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Abbreviations |
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R |
ring |
Ch |
chain |
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– or p |
picot |
SR |
split ring |
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vlp |
very long picot - size betwn ( ) |
+ |
join |
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vsp |
very small picot (smallest you can make) |
Lj |
join made with shuttle thread |
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S |
start |
DNRW |
Do not reverse work |
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FP |
false picot |
/ |
after the / make 2nd half of SR |
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SS |
Switch shuttles |
T & C |
Tie and cut |
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Cl |
close |
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lock stitch chain – work first half of the double stitch as usual followed by second half UNFLIPPED to lock it. In the instructions the number of times you need to work this is shown as x and the number. So x 3 would mean you work first half ds flipped (turned) followed by second half ds unflipped (not turned) - three times.
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2
shuttles required. Between
all the rings up to SR18 leave a small thread space roughly ⅛” NB
– I have used italics (and red text) where those who like to do ‘front side, back side’
tatting need to reverse the order of working double stitches.
This does not apply to the second side of a regular split ring. |
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Body
Using shuttle 1
R1: 2 – 6 – 6 –
2 Cl
R2: 2 + (R1) 6 –
6 – 2 Cl
R3: 2 + (R2) 6 –
6 – 2 Cl
R4: 2 + (R3) 6 –
6 – 2 Cl
R5: 2 + (R4) 6 –
6 – 2 Cl
SR6: 2 + (R5) 6 / 2 + (R1) 6
Cl
SR7: 6 – 2 / 6 – 2 Cl
R8: 2 + (SR7) 6
– 6 – 2 Cl
R9: 2 + (R8) 6
– 6 – 2 Cl RW SS R10: 2 + (SR7) 6 – 6 – 2
Cl R11: 2 + (R10) 6 – 6 – 2
Cl RW SS
SR12:
2 + (R9) 6 / 2 + (R11) 6 Cl
SR13:
6 – 2 / 6 – 2 Cl
R14: 2 + (SR13) 6 – 6 – 2 Cl
R15: 2 + (R14) 6 – 6 – 2 Cl
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R17: 2 + (R13) 6 – 6 – 2 Cl
RW SS
SR18: 2 + (R16) 2
– 4 / 2 + (R17) 6 Cl Front Leg
SR19: 2 – 6 / 4 –
4 Cl
SR20: 4 / 4 – 2 –
6 Cl SS
Ch: 10 RW
R21:
2 + (last p SR20) 2
Cl RW
Ch: 10 DNRW SS
SR22: 4 / 6 +
(last p SR20) 2 + (next p SR20) 4
Cl
SR23: 6 / 4 +
(SR19) 4 + (R17) 4 Cl Lower body
SR24: 4 / 4 Cl
SR25: 4 / 4 Cl Lj
(R11) SS
Ch: 8 Lj (R10) SS
SR26: 4 / 4 Cl
SR27: 4 / 4 Cl Lj
(R1) Back leg
SR28: 8 / 4 – 4 Cl
SR29: 4 / 4 – 2 –
6 Cl SS
Ch: 10 RW
R30:
2 + (last p SR29) 2
Cl RW
Ch: 10 DNRW SS
SR31: 4 / 6 +
(last p SR29) 2 + (next p SR29) 4 Cl
SR32: 6 / 4 +
(SR28) 4 Cl Lj (R2) SS Back
Ch: 10 Lj (R3) 6 Vlp (1 ¼") 1 + (Vlp after twisting 12
times) 6 RW
R33:
4 + (R4) 4 Cl RW
Ch: 14 RW
R34:
6 + (R5) 6 Cl RW
Ch: 10 RW
R35:
4 + (R8) 4 Cl RW
Ch: 10 RW
R36:
4 + (R9) 4 Cl RW
Ch: 10 RW
R37:
4 + (R14) 4 Cl RW
Ch: 10 RW
R38:
4 + (R15) 4 Cl RW
Neck
Ch: 8 vsp 4 vsp 4 vsp 4 Lj (R16) vsp 4 RW
R39:
4 + (p SR18) 4 Cl
RW
Ch: vsp 4 RW
R40:
4 + (p SR19 front leg) 4
Cl SS DNRW
Ch: vsp 4 Lj (vsp below R39) * vsp 4 Lj (next vsp last Ch) repeat from *
3 times RW SS
Ch: * vsp 4 Lj (next vsp last Ch) repeat from * twice
vsp 4 Lj (next vsp last Ch) 4 Lj (last vsp of last Ch) RW SS Lower Face
Ch:
2 RW
R41: 6 vsp 5 Cl RW
Ch:
6 RW
R42: 4 vsp 3 Cl RW
Ch:
6 RW
R43: 3 vsp 2 Cl RW
Ch:
8 vsp 1 DNRW
LSC: x 3 Lj (R43) x 4 Lj (R42) x 4 Lj (R41) x 4 Lj (last vsp on
neck – adjacent to R16) continue with
Ch:
4 Lj (next vsp neck Ch) 4 Lj (next vsp neck Ch) 4 Lj (next vsp neck)
RW SS
Ch: 2 SS
Ear
R44: 10 – 2 Cl SS Upper Face
Ch: 2 + (R44) 12 RW
R45: 6 vsp 6 add bead to centre of R before closing by pulling
down the core thread from the centre of vsp. Add bead to the core
thread, take the shuttle through the loop and close carefully. RW Ch: 12 RW
R46:
6 vsp 6 Cl
RW
Ch: 8 Lj (vsp R46) 2 T & C to vsp on lower face chain. For help with this pattern, please email me. |
