Abbreviations used in Patterns

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B+

A join to a picot, with a bead slipped onto the picot before the join.

DS

Double Stitch

P

Picot

RA, RB, RC, ect.

Ring Designations

RW

Reverse Work

SC

Split Chain, with stitches for each shuttle seperated by /

SCMR

Self Closing Mock Ring. Instructions for it can be found here.

SR

Split Ring, with stitches for each shuttle seperated by /

SS

Switch shuttles.

+

Join

±

Join to a picot below instead of above current line of work. This join is used in doing Onion Rings. For Instructions on this technique, go here.

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1/8 inch(3mm) picot

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1/4 inch (6mm) picot

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3/8 inch (9mm) picot

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1/2 inch (1.3cm) picot

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5/8 inch (1.6cm) picot

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3/4 inch (1.9cm) picot