Mimi's Round Robin Doily from Spitzenliste

Spitzenliste Round Robin
January 1998 – August 1998

The thread we used to make this doily is DMC Cebelia size 30 in ecru. Most rounds are made with 2 shuttles. Finished size is about 6.5 inches (17 cm) diameter.

Key to abbreviations:

R = Ring
Ch = Chain
SR = Split Ring
SR 4 – 4 / 4 – 4 = split ring, making 4 – 4 in the usual manner, then switching to the 2nd shuttle to tie on 4 – 4 on the opposite side of the split ring.
– = picot
+ = join
± = picot that is a picot in the first repeat but joins in repeats thereafter.
Sh 1 = shuttle 1
Sh 2 = shuttle 2
(will only indicate the shuttle number when there is a change from one to the other)

Round 1 – Mimi Dillman, Snohomish, Washington USA

2 shuttles.

R 4 – 4 – (small picot) 4 – 4.
*SR 4 – 4 / 4 – 4.*
Repeat from * to * 10 times
SR 4 / 4 – 4 + (to small picot in first R) 4.

The result is a ring of 12 rings. Climb out by means of false picot.

SR 2 – 2 – 2 / 2 – 2 – 2. RW
Ch 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3. RW
*R 2 – 2 – 2 + 2 – 2 – 2. RW
Ch 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3. RW*

Repeat * to * all around, joining the last chain to the split ring made after climbing out.

Round 2 – Georgia Seitz, Anchorage, Alaska, USA

2 Shuttles. Shuttle join to middle picot of any chain. Begin with Sh 1.

*Sh 1: Ch 3 ± 4.
Sh 2: R 3 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 3.
Sh 1: Ch 5.
Sh 2: R 3 + 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 3.
Sh 1: Ch 5.
Sh 2: R 3 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 3.
Sh 1: Ch 4 – 3.
Shuttle join to next center picot on next chain
Sh 1: Ch 3 + 9.
Sh 2: R 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2.
Sh 1: Ch 9-3.
Shuttle join to next center picot on next chain*
Repeat from * to * all around.

Round 3 – Miriam Gidron, Arad, Israel

Ball and shuttle. Refer to the picture for joining.

*R 3 – 3 – 3 + (to lone small R of previous round) 3 – 3 + (to adjacent small R of previous round) 3 – 3 – 3. RW
Ch 3 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 3+ (shuttle join to center picot of big R in previous round) 3 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 3. RW
R 3 – 3 – 3 + (to small R on other side of big R) 3 – 3 + (to next lone small R) 3 – 3 – 3. RW
Ch 3 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 3. RW

Repeat from * to * all around.

Round 4 – Steph Peters, Manchester, England

She liked Georgia’s Round 2 so much that she repeated it here!

2 Shuttles. Shuttle join to middle picot of any chain. Begin with Sh 1.

Round 5 – Etha “Maus” Schuette, New Jersey, USA

2 Shuttles.

*Sh 1: R 3 – 3 – 3 – 3. RW
Ch 7. RW
R 3 + (to 3rd p of previous R) 3 – 3 – 3. RW
Ch 10.
Sh 2: R 3 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 3.
Sh 1: Ch 7.
Sh 2: R 3 + 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 3. RW
Sh 1: Ch 7.
Sh 2: R 3 + 2 – 2 – 2 – 3.
Sh 1: Ch 10.
Sh 1: R 3 – 3 – 3 – 3. RW
Ch 7. RW
R 3 + (to 3rd p of previous R) 3 – 3 – 3. RW
Ch 10 – 7.
Sh 2: R 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2.
Sh 1: Ch 7 – 10.*

Repeat from * to * all around.

This pattern copyright Mimi Dillman, Georgia Seitz, Miriam Gidron, Stephanie Peters, and Etha Schuette 1998.

This page originally created 16 July 1999

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