Tatted Bag

I hang this bag on my wrist to hold my thread while I'm tatting, so the ball doesn't keep falling off of my lap and rolling away. If you make it with size 20 thread it'll be a good size for a small ball of thread, and size 10 will make a bag big enough for a larger ball, like Cebelia.

[Picture of green tatted bag with tatting coming out of it] R=ring
Ch=chain
p=picot
ds=double stitch

Center: R of 8ds, p, 8ds.
Ch of 2ds, 9p sep by 2ds, join to p from R, 2ds, 9p sep by 2ds, join to base of R, break thread.

Round 1: R of 5ds, join to any p from Ch of previous round, 5ds.
*Ch of 4ds, p, 2ds, p, 2ds, p, 4ds.
R of 5ds, leave a free p in Ch and join to next p, 5ds.*
Repeat from * to * 7 more times.
Ch of 4ds, p, 2ds, p, 2ds, p, 4ds, join to base of first ring in round, break thread.

Round 2: R of 3ds, p, 2ds, join to center p of Ch from previous round, 2ds, p, 3ds.
Ch of 4ds, p, 2ds, p, 2ds, p, 4ds.
R of 3ds, p, 2ds, join to same p as last R, 2ds, p, 3ds.
*Ch of 4ds, p, 2ds, p, 2ds, p, 4ds.
R of 3ds, p, 2ds, join to centerp of next chain along, 2ds, p, 3ds.
Ch of 4ds, p, 2ds, p, 2ds, p, 4ds.
R of 3ds, p, 2ds, join to same p as last R, 2ds, p, 3ds.*
Repeat from * to * 7 more times.
Ch of 4ds, p, 2ds, p, 2ds, p, 4ds, join to base of first ring in round, break thread.

Round 3: *R of 3ds, p, 2ds, p, 2ds, p, 3ds.
Ch of 4ds, join to first p of Ch from previous round, 2ds, join to next p, 2ds, join to last p, 4ds.*
Repeat 8 more times, joining last Ch to base of first ring in round and breaking thread.

Round 4: *R of 3ds, p, 2ds, join to center p of R from previous round, 2ds, p, 3ds.
Ch of 4ds, p, 2ds, p, 2ds, p, 4ds.*
Repeat from * to * 8 more times, joining last Ch to base of first ring in round and breaking thread.

Rounds 5-10: *R of 3ds, p, 2ds, join to center p of Ch from previous round, 2ds, p, 3ds.
Ch of 4ds, p, 2ds, p, 2ds, p, 4ds.*
Repeat from * to * 8 more times, joining last Ch to base of first ring in round and breaking thread.

Round 11: *R of 3ds, p, 2ds, p, 2ds, p, 3ds.
Ch of 4ds, p, 2ds, join to center p of Ch from previous round, 2ds, p, 4ds, *
Repeat from * to * 8 more times, joining last Ch to base of first ring in round and breaking thread.

Round 12: Repeat Round 4.

Round 13: Repeat Round 5.

Thread a cord or ribbon between Rounds 11 and 12 to make a handle.

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