2017 25 Motif Challenge # 13 Marie's pattern sorted out

I saw this beautiful pattern and had thread left from 

my Ice Drop earrings so I decided to try it.  A ton 

of beads and lots of thought, plus trial and error 

has produced this beautiful Snowflake-link here:

http://westpinecreations.blogspot.com/2017/12/icy-blue-snowflake.html 

I knew how to get the "diamond" of beads on the 

tops of the rings and chains, but the tricky part was 

trying to figure out how to get the "diamonds" at 

the base of the rings.  I took photos of what I did.

On the first chain(not pictured) I slid 2 beads from 

the ball thread and one from the shuttle.

From then on it was like this....Before starting a 

ring, slide a bead from the shuttle up to the end of 

the chain.

 And....slide 4 beads into ring, 3 for the top diamond 

and one for the bottom of the ring, while holding the 

other bead at the end of the chain(between my finger 

and thumb).

 Tat your first stitch of the ring close to the bead at 

the end of the chain(which holds it in place), then 

continue tatting your ring.

 For those who don't know how to do the diamond 

at the top of the ring, slide 3 of the beads(from around 

the ring) to the top near the finger and thumb, and 

one bead from the shuttle.

 Tat your next ds to draw the beads into the diamond 

shape, and continue with your ring.

 When closing the ring, it was best for me to hold the 

bottom bead to the left and pull closed slowly.

 Now, as you see in the above picture you have 2 

beads of the bottom of the ring diamond in place, 

so next slide one bead from the ball, and one from 

the shuttle into place, and tat the first part of your 

chain.

 Next, make another diamond(this time on the top 

of the chain-which is like the top of the ring) slide 

3 beads from the ball and one from the shuttle into 

place.

 Then tat the next half of the chain

 Now, we slide a bead from the shuttle up to the 

chain again and continue working the snowflake.

 And, It's beautiful!!  :)

**Oh, I tatted the last chain and cut and tied it 

between the bottom and side beads of the final 

diamond.

And for size, it's smaller than a bangle bracelet,

was hoping to make it a suncatcher.

Tatted in size 40 Lizbeth Honey Drizzle with 

golden beads.

Happy tatting everyone!!! :)