Tatting - The Self-Closing Mock Ring (SCMR) Demystified!

Update 2019 - Please see the new video I have now made for this technique (link in right-hand corner of video).

YouTube has now removed annotations from old videos so sadly this one which didn't have sound, also no longer has written explanations. Please see the new video!

I think many new tatters are scared by the thought of the SCMR. I want to show you that in fact, it's not difficult at all and a very useful technique to have in your tatting "arsenal".

Basically the self-closing mock ring is a CHAIN made on doubled up thread. And because it's a chain, you have the other shuttle available to make rings off this chain. So if you'd like a ring with other little rings all around it, the SCMR is the technique to use.

In this video the SCMR has 5ds, R7, 5ds, R7, 5ds.

There is a self-closing mock ring in the centre of the maple leaf that is my avatar.