Fancy Cross by Roger aka Freedman

This is another piece I've tatted this week while keeping the grandchildren. It's an easy pattern to follow which Roger shared on the old msn needletatting website years ago. I altered the bottom as I was running out of thread and I thought this might work better for attaching a ribbon at the base.

Motif #16 for 2nd 25 Motif Challenge of 2016

size 20 Manuela thread

Roger aka Freedman crosses

My oldest daughter wanted to do some tatting this weekend. After looking through my collection of patterns, she chose one of Roger aka Freedman's patterns designed in 2000. It looked like fun so I loaded a shuttle, too. I love the fact that one full shuttle and a ball were perfect to complete each cross. I finished one and started another while we watched a movie together last night. Then I finished the second one this afternoon. Both of these are made with size 20 Manuela threads. The red one is like the original pattern.  The other has the longer base recommended in the pattern.

Roger shared this pattern years ago on his NeedleTattingTwo website.