square medallion In leaf design

Anne Orr's pattern. It is from J&P Coats Crochet, Cross Stitch & Tatting Book #14, 1923. Courtesy by Georgia Seitz, this publication is available here: http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art30942.asp.

Tatting is at pages 7 and 8.

(UPDATE: links in Georgia Seitz's site: http://www.georgiaseitz.com/bella/anneorrbook14notes.html)

Note that the term “split ring” is never mentioned, the author indicates to tat a ring, then there is the “R st” that is “take work off from hand (reverse) turn over, put work on hand”... then, with the shuttle number 2, make the other side of the ring with the reverse stitches, that are not flipped.

I ONLY CHANGED HOW THE STEM IS DONE. Where original instructions say “...with a crochet needle, make five stitches around the three threads for stem...”, I substituted crochet stitches with Priscilla’s knot stiches, it works very well and – anyway – the technique is coeval (1924). The technique is in Priscilla#3, page 15, Diag.1-6.

I tatted it using DMC Special Dentelles size 80 cotton thread, then my graduated picots for the leaf are from 1/8” to 5/8”, gauge used horizontally (so height of  picots is half the size of the gauge).

Legenda: (added by me, but it is the same as in others Anne Orr’s publications)
ds = double stitch
p = picot
cl. = close
Con. R = connecting ring
 lr = Lr = large ring
 sr = small ring
R st. = reverse stitches, then the number of reverse stiches follow (second side of the split ring, as it is called now)

--------- ORIGINAL PATTERN: ---------- DIRECTIONS FOR SQUARE MEDALLION IN LEAF DESIGN.

MATERIAL - Coats Mercerized Crochet No. 10. Two Shuttles.
The different parts of this pattern are designated as Center Medallion (C. M.) Stem, Leaf and Large and Small Connecting Ring. (Con R.)
Measure of ten yards of thread, wind on Shuttle No.1. Do not break thread. Measure off ten yards more, wind on Shuttle No. 2.

CENTER MEDALLION  CENTER RING - 2 ds, p, 2ds, p, 2ds, p, 2ds, cl. Tie threads to take fourth picot. Do not cut threads.

Begin large ring, shuttle No. 1: 5ds, p, 5ds, p, 5 ds, take work from hand.
*Shuttle No. 2.

SMALL INNER RING - Space one eighth inch, 4ds, pass shuttle No. 1 under thread on hand to make joining, p, 4ds, cl. Space one eighth inch. Join thread to center ring. R st, shuttle No. 2, 5ds. Complete ring with shuttle No. 1, p, 5ds, p, 5ds, in ordinary st. cl.  *Second l r, 5 ds, p, 5ds, R st. 5ds, join thread of shuttle to center ring.

Small inner ring like first, join thread to same picot of center ring. Complete ring like first, as indicated by *s.
Third Lr like second.
Fourth Lr like second, except after joining to center ring, complete ring in R st, 5ds, join to picot of first L r, 5ds, p, 5ds, cl. Tie thread. Ch 5ds, join thread to last p. of Lr.

STEM – Ch 5ds, space three eights inch.

LEAF – Center ring of Leaf. Shuttle No. 1, 3ds, five picots, separated by 2ds, graduating from one fourth to three fourths inches. 1ds, 5 picots, three fourths to one fourth inches, separated by 2ds, 3ds, cl. Ch 3ds, p, ch 3ds, sr, 2ds, join to last p of center ring, 1ds, p, 1ds, cl. Ch 3ds, p, 3ds, sr, 1ds, join to last r, 1ds, join to next p of center ring. Twist p, before joining, 1ds, p, 1ds, cl.
Continue until there are 5 chains and five rings, twisting picots once twice or three times, according to length from right to left on one side of leaf, and from left to right on other side. Ch 6ds, p, 6ds, for point of leaf. Continue on other side, making five rings and five chains.
Make large Con. R. in place of picot in second last chain with shuttle No. 2. (Lr. Con. R, 5ds, p, 5ds, p, 5ds, p, 5ds, cl.)
Tie threads to center ring, with a crochet needle, make five stitches around the three threads for stem, and tie.  Continue stem, chain 5ds, join thread to first picot of next lr of center medallion. Ch 5ds, join to next p of center medallion with shuttle No. 2 sr, 4ds, join to last p of Con. R, 4ds, cl.
SECOND CON R - 4ds, p, 4ds, cl. Ch 5ds, join to next p of  L r. Make three more like first leaf, but in place of picot in second chain, make Large Con.R. Join to second small Con.R. and to Large Con. R, on first leaf. Begin last small Con.R with shuttle No. 2, 4ds, R st, shuttle No. 1, 4ds, cl.
LARGE CON. RING - 5ds, join to picot of second ch of first leaf, 5ds, p, 5ds, R st, 5ds, cl.. Tie threads.

---------- END ORIGINAL PATTERN ----------

I uploaded a diagram in Flickr. Here's the link: https://flic.kr/p/2iF7KhX
(UPDATE: Please, see also https://ninettacaruso.blogspot.com/2020/05/mock-and-split-but-still-genuine.html)

Ciao,
Ninetta

UPDATE:
Aurora Lozada found another way to tat the centre:
 https://tathelper.blogspot.com/2020/04/an-onion-ring-challenge-i-havent-tatted.html)