Little superduo squared motif with tutorial

For all of you that want to know more about super-duo and twin beads, I've found an interesting video (and I'm soooo happy that I can understand it without subtitles!!!). The link to the video is here.

I hope you will enjoy this little motif. This time I've tried to write a tutorial instead of a visual pattern, let me know if this works for you. The 2 strands of dmc metallic thread I've used is very similar to a size 40 thread. Superduo beads are about 1/4" high, normal beads are Gutermann rocailles 9/o.

Tools: a gauge half inch wide (I used one plastic collar stay for men dress shirt) used horizontally;
another gauge of 1cm wide (or 0.4 inch), used vertically;
a thin wire, folded, to be used as a needle.

Load CTM 2 shuttles, putting 20 normal rounded glass beads in SH2 and 8 super-duo beads, then 4 normal beads, then another 8 super-duo beads in SH1.

From now on, SD will stand for "super-duo bead", and NB for "normal rounded bead".

First round: Start with a ring with SH1, putting 8 SD plus one normal bead inside the ring. Tat 4ds, then slip 2 SD in place of a picot, 4ds. Put one NB from the shuttle and use the gauge half inch wide horizontally for a long picot. Repeat the sequence for other 3 times.Close the ring.

Second round: Climb to the next row leaving a bit of thread (half of a picot size), then with SH1 start a ring of 4ds, leave a long picot, vertically using the gauge of 0.4 inch, then other 4ds, close the ring. (*) Reverse work and start a chain: 10ds long. With SH2 make a split ring, slipping inside 5 NB. Split ring is: 4ds, then slip one NB in place of a picot, first half of a ds, split second NB, second half of a ds, slip third NB, first half of a ds, slip fourth NB, second half of a ds, slip fifth NB, then tat 4 ds. With SH1 tat the down side of the split ring: 3ds, one SD, 3ds, another SD, 3 ds. Close the split ring. Now tat a chain of 10ds.

Using a thin wire as an helper, fold it and grab the long picot of the first 4-4 ring through the SD holes.

Reverse work and with SH1 start a ring of 4ds, join to the picot coming from inside SDs, then tat 4ds and close the ring. Don't take out the wire before you have the join completed.

Make a lock join with SH1 to the long picot of first round. Then tat another ring with SH1: 4ds, long picot 0.4 inch, 4ds. Repeat from (*) another 2 times.

For the last corner, tat the chain of 10ds and then the split ring, equal to previous one, tat the second chain of 10ds and the joining ring of 4-4, then lock join to the starting point and tie. If you want, you can cut there the thread or make a decorative chain of split rings, 6/6 , as I did.

Ciao,
Ninetta