| This Tutorial is working with One Needle and off the ball. First printed on Needle Tatting with Tatman aka Roger ©2001  This tree is worked from the bottom with 7 rings and 6 chains, this will show you were the splits have to be made as you use the continuous thread method to work up to the top ring, using split rings and chains.
If you want the pattern using one needle to make the split rings and chains,  |
 Work your rings and chains up until the last two. In this case I have done 5 rings, and 5 chains.
My 6th ring is going to be a off center split ring.3ds + 3ds - 3ds / 3ds on eye of needle, close. |
|  Now the 7th ring is made off the side, doing next split ring 3ds - 3ds - 3ds / 3ds on eye of needle, close.
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 To make the split chain, make 3ds on the blunt end on the needle, slide it off and shape the half chain. UN-thread the eye of the needle, and place it on the first half of the chain and using the eye thread make 3ds. |
 Now just turn the position of the needle from that left position to the right. Put the eye of the needle in the base of the 6th ring and last chain made. Re- Thread the needle and pull it through. This brings the needle thread up so the two threads are in the center of the split chain. |
 Once you have the split shaped and both sides together. Start the next split ring. 3ds - 3ds / 3ds - 3ds Work across until the last two ring and make them split rings as you did on the first row. Continue up the tree and you will see once you reach the 5th row you will have the 1st split up, chain and then the two split rings. On the 6th row you will do a off center split and then the other ring, split chain and that brings you to the top ring. |
 Working out of a center motif would be the same thing, work up until the last chain to be made. Do half the split chain on the blunt side, un-thread the needle and hold the eye next to the first half and make the second half. Re-Thread the needle and pull through. |
 Now your back to the center of the split chain, you can continue with the next round, in this case we made a split ring and then we could do our chain and our next ring in the usual manner. |
