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You have to learn the double stitch to do tatting. In fact, it's the only stitch that's required to make tatting. Everything else is embellishment.
The intricate art of Needle Tatting is not a skill for the meek! You'll need plenty of patience and great eye-hand coordination to accomplish this miniscule weaving. The result is a finely woven,...
A picot isn't actually a stitch; it's the space between the stitches. A picot is made by leaving a space between double stitches.
When tatting, you'll be joining rings to form your patterns. Here's how to link one ring to the next.
The Josephine Ring is also known as the Josephine Knot and Josephine Picot.
If you are pining over the Beanile tatting technique developed by artist Nina Libin and love the look it creates, consider learning to do it yourself. Creating beautiful lacy tatting and beads is...
Shuttles for tatting come with either a post in the center or a removable bobbin. Here's how to get thread onto the shuttle.
Tatting is the art of making knots in a continuous thread to form rings, ovals, and strings and, in the end, anything from delicate handkerchiefs to bookmarks.
The ring is a basic "stitch" for delicate tatting work.
The node stitch is usually written in patterns in "sets of stitches." As the work progresses, small "nodes," or bumps, appear equally spaced on both sides of the piece.
Here's the key to reading the abbreviations used in a tatting pattern.
Tatting is a type of needlework used to make lace or lace edgings. You can use a single shuttle, two shuttles or a shuttle and a ball, along with tatting thread, heavier than regular sewing...
Tatting is a thread craft used to create decorative and sturdy laces for various uses. By creating a series of knots and loops, this thread-knotting technique can create any number of designs. One...
There are various thread-based crafts throughout history. Many, however, involve special tools. Tatting is a knotting technique, often used to create durable lace crafts, that doesn't require any...
People have been stiffening tatting since the early 1920's. Many have used sugar and water as a stiffening agent, only to find that it became sticky and attracted insects. Stiffen tatting for a...
Variegated thread is thread that is dyed several different colors or different shades of one color. Using variegated thread for tatting projects will create bold and beautiful pieces when the...
Tatting can create complex and beautiful lace patterns. One drawback is that the more complex and larger the piece is, the more thread it uses. This means that you'll need to join a new piece of...
Attach tatting to clothing to create delicate looking designs. You can add tatting to edges or to the items themselves to change the look of clothing and purses. Create tatting designs in...
There tends to be a hesitancy for people to mount hand made lace to usable cloth items, because of the amount of work gone into tatting the lace. Mount tatting on a ready made handkerchief with...
The thread knotting craft of tatting can create delicate and durable lace patterns for many different uses, such as collars, edging and doilies. Since the basic tatting techniques involves...
Lace has served to decorate linens and clothing for a very long time. While most lace is machine made today, there are a number of antique lace types, each with their own characteristics. Most of...
Tatting is a needlecraft that turns simple thread into lace edging, doilies, collars and other decorative pieces. The craft can be done using nothing more than a needle and thread; many tatters,...
Tatting with beads allows you to create beautiful edgings, designs or single motifs. Beads can be used to accent your tatting, or you can create pieces that are entirely beaded. Accent beads work...
Lace making with a tatting shuttle was considered gentle work for women in the 19th century. Wealthy women used tatting shuttles made of gold, silver and ivory. The finer shuttles had engravings...
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