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Butterfly Here is a little butterfly that I tatted with one shuttle, and size 5 DMC Pearl Cotton in a rich dark blue. I made the pattern up as I went along, using up the thread at the end of the shuttle.

1 Shuttle
Make the wing Picots in graduated sizes
  • Upper Wing: R 6-2-2-2-2-5-3. Close, do not RW
  • Lower Wing: R 3+3-2-2-6. Close, do not RW
  • Lower Wing: R 6-2-2-3-3. Close, do not RW
  • Upper Wing: R 3+5-2-2-2-2-6. Close, do not RW
  • Head: R 10 Jos Knot, Large Picot, 10 Jos Knots. Close, cut large picot into antennae
  • Weave thread ends through towards rump, for wing tails. Cut even.


  • R=Ring      - = picot      RW= Reverse work
    Jos Knot=Josephine Knots, or only the first half of the double stitch.
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    Finished
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