Hug of Hearts 8. Picot Petals

8 Picot Petals Heart

This Picot Petal Heart features Picots on both the edge, and in the center with tallies and half stitch making the flower.   

In the Hug of Hearts series there are 24 designs which can be adapted further with your own choices.   See my youtube video for starting, edge variations, threads and alternative stitches demonstrated on the Border Heart.

The patterns are 4, 6 and 8 cm across at the widest point.  The 4cm suits a 28 to 34 wpc thread. Add more passives for finer threads, add some sparkle, colour thread for fun.  These can be fitted into bangles as decorations.  ~The picots on this pattern can be made just a little further outside the edge pinholes to give a larger picot, or a small picot using the existing pinholes. 

You can use a simple winkie pin, picot or a pin under 4 edge, the choice is yours.  Pairs - 18.  

Single picots can use a standard pin, the two pair picots I prefer to use a slightly thicker pin.  Test your thread to see how many twists you need for the two pair pin, I find 4 or 5 twists are ideal for my thread and pins.  Too few twists and the picots will have a double loop when the pin is removed, too many and the picot will be unsupported around the pin and may twist when pin is removed. 

Choose the end point of the heart.  This can be at the end point which is traditional and can be made several different ways depending on how the edge has been made.  If you like a worked point, then work around the point and pick a spot on the edge to close.  Many heart patterns start in the center of the top valley, this is a good place because it will always have a break in the flow to make the point and there is a little more room to hide the ends. 

Video on single picots here    

https://youtu.be/P--z4h_GRL0?si=p1J0pKNDWwbokwUp

This pattern begins with a false picot using the two edge pairs to make a picot before they work the ground.  Hang 2 pairs around outer pin, twist 4 or 5 times, cloth stitch and work through  the passives in both directions.  The picots are optional, you can make longer tallies. 

Tally Video here

https://youtu.be/Thc-6D7Y1ZE?si=JWyArfFfIGQKNbpe

There are some empty hearts in the set of 24, don’t be upset for them, they are just waiting for you to fill them with your choice of stitches.