The FREE tatting pattern for this fabulous “Super Bowl Snowflake, as named by the creator, Waleska (Wally) Sosa, works up with just 16 total yards of thread.
Two shuttles are needed in order to tat this snowflake, and the continuous thread method between the two shuttles is used, with 8 yards of thread wound onto each shuttle.
For this pattern, a center ring is first tatted, followed by just 2 additional rounds to completion.
Knowledge of the following techniques is needed. The list of techniques is quite extensive.
- Ring
- Picot
- Chain
- Reverse Work
- Split Ring
- Self-Closing Mock Ring
- Split Ring
- Thrown-Off Ring
- Magic Thread Trick (for hiding the ends)