Netted Watch Pocket Edge from Tatting and Netting

This week's edge comes from a pattern for a pocket watch found on pages 145 and 145 of this version of Tatting and Netting.

This edge was made to go around the entire half-circle of the front of the pocket watch and therefore needed some changes to make the sample made with rows instead of rounds. Here are the instructions for the sample I made.  I used two mesh sticks: 1/8" and 1/4".


To begin, create 3 rows of netting using a 1/8" mesh stick by netting an odd number of loops net into the foundation loop.  Net 2 more rows with 1 knot in each loop.

First row of the edge:  Using a 1/4" mesh stick, net 3 knots into the first loop of the row, *skip the next loop, net 4 knots in one loop*; repeat from * to * across the row.

Second row of the edge: Using the 1/8" mesh stick, net 1 knot in each loop of the last row.

Third row of the edge: Using the 1/8" mesh stick, net 1 knot in each loop for 3 loops, *skip the next loop, net 1 knot in each loop for 3 loops*; repeat from * to * across the row.

Fourth row of the edge: Without a mesh stick, net 1 knot in the first loop, now using the 1/8" mesh stick, net 1 knot in the next loop, skip the loop over the loop skipped in the last row, net 1 knot in each loop for 2 loops, repeat form * to * ending with net the last 2 loops together.