Ice Drops

Diane let me know where to fine these beautiful  20 mm. coins Etsy  

I received them not too long ago and thought about  changing the recipe a bit to show these beautiful peacock eyes.
she mentioned that she worried that the patterned might cover them up.
so I really didn't mine the original but having plenty of time to think on it.  I used smaller thread size 80 and this helped.

 With size 80 thread.  Make 14 rings altogether, connecting picots on each side rings of,  6 picot 3 picot 6,  in-between each ring a chain or 8 picot 8 connecting the last ring and chain.
With out cutting, round two starts right on top of the first ring, make another round of same size rings and chains, (fold back chains of last round) but this time lock join at base of the rings the smaller chain of only 8 double stitches( this way you have two circles of rings and chains.
Don;t forget to slide the 20 mm. coin in when you are down to the last 4 rings left.
That was the hardest part working with coin in, and now you start with last round  (never cut and tie till end)
you make a chain of 8, then a ring of 6 connect to first available picot 6 and close ring then chain of 8 then Josephine knot of 8 half stitches, chain of 8 then another ring of 6 picot 6 connecting to next picot go all the way around, cut and tie :)