Tatting - Hen & Chicks Corner

Here is the corner I designed for the Hen & Chicks Edging I showed you in my previous video. Hen & Chicks is a classic edging that can be found in many vintage and out of copyright tatting publications but it's a straight edging which doesn't have a corner. There are many solutions that would work and no doubt other people have come up with their own designs but this is my idea of a corner for Hen & Chicks. I hope you like it! The thread I used in this video is Lizbeth size 20 in colour "Antique Violet Lt". Here is the pattern (Edging and Corner) Hen & Chicks Edging: R4-4 rw leave 4mm bare thread (and between each subsequent element) R3-3-3-3 rw *R3+2-2-2-2-2-2-3 rw R3+3-3-3 rw R4+4 rw R3+3-3-3 rw R4-4 rw R3+3-3-3 rw Repeat from * To Turn the Corner: After a large ring, R3+3-3-3 rw R4+2-2, rw (there are no bare threads after this ring and between the following 5 elements) R2-2-2-2-2 rw R3+2-2-2-3 dnrw R3+2-2-2-2-2-2-3 dnrw R3+2-2-2-3 dnrw R2+2-4 rw start leaving a 4mm bare thread again from here R3+3+3-3 and continue from * above