Joining Picots
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A joining picot is used to join two rings together when you want them held in a certain place.
The flower uses joining picots to keep the “petals” in place. Here is the pattern. |
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Flower Ring 1: 3 ds, p, (3 ds, p) twice, 3 ds, close ring. Rings 2-4: 3 ds, jp, 3 ds, p, 3 ds, p, 3 ds, close ring. Ring 5: 3 ds, jp to ring 4, 3 ds, p, 3 ds, jp to ring 1, 3 ds, close ring. Fasten off, tie ends together and sew them in. |
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| 1. Complete the 1st ring. |
| 2. Work the 1st 3 ds of the 2nd ring. |
| 3. Hold ring 1 and insert the hook in to the picot. |
| 4. Yarn over hook |
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5. And draw through. Complete the ring as in the pattern and repeat for rings 3 and 4. Ring 5 is a little different as it has two joining picots. Work it as for rings 2-4 up to the 2nd joining picot. |
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Fold the work around so that you can insert the hook in the correct picot on ring 1. 6. If you fold the work around to the front |
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7. Your hook will end up in front of the work when you have completed it. |
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8. If you fold the work around to the back |
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9. Your hook will end up behind the work when you have completed it. While this is not important when you are working on a single layered motif, you will need to take note of where you need the hook to end up when working multi-layered motifs. |
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These are the basics of Crotat. There are other things to learn but you will now be able to follow any basic crotat pattern. When you have practised a little, and are confident with everything you have learned so far, then you can carry on with the slightly more difficult techniques which come next. |
Now we are going to make a Crotat String >>>>>>
