Easy Celtic Tatted Wreath

Copyright 2004 Rozella Linden

This wreath is the letter O in the word JOY shown here. The tatted candy cane is the
letter J, and the Y is tatted tiny snowflakes.

Ring (3 - 3 - 3 - 3) turn
Chain (8 - - - 8) Turn
Repeat until you have 5 rings separated by 5 chains and nothing is joined
together yet.
This will bend around in a circle with the rings towards the center of the
circle, and the chains around the outside.
Ring (3 - 3 - 3 +) Join to the the first picot of the first ring. Turn
Chain (8 - - - 8)
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Ring ( 3 + 3 - 3 + 3) Join to the the third picot of the first ring and the first
picot of the second ring, but before tatting the second join be sure the
shuttle and ball thread are both in front of the tatting. Turn
Chain (8 - - - 8) Turn
Repeat from ***** around until there are 11 rings that form a complete circle with overlaping chains between them. Tie the last chain end to the base
of the first ring to complete the wreath. Hide and cut the ends.