Needle tatting tutorial

Hey y'all, welcome to my DIY Needle Tatting (Easy Tutorial) post. You may be wondering what tatting is, tatting is a form of lace making with rings and chains made out of knots and loops. With tatting you can make dollies, shawls, lace edgings, and more. Tatting has been around for centuries, some people even

I love tatting both needle and shuttle tatting. Here is another tutorial on needle tatting, making split rings.

I am goin on a trip soon and will be flying, so I can't take my Needles with me on the flight, so I am learning how to Shuttle Tat. I tried to do this YEARS ago and just could NOT wrap my head (or my hands) around this! Well, thanks to Needle Tatting and actually knowing what the knots are supposed to look like and thanks to the wonderful ladies over at InTatters, I have taken up Shuttle Tatting! Well, this is my absolute Very First piece of Shuttle Tatting! Got the Ring and Chain figured…

Tatting is a technique that uses loops and knots to create decorative doilies and lace edging. Tatting can be recognized from the arched chains or small rings included in the lace. A common hobby in the mid-19th century, colors used in the technique usually are white or off-white.

How to Tat a Flower for Beginners: Learning this process for the first time may take an hour to an hour and a half. With some practice, later flowers will probably take only half an hour or forty-five minutes to tat. Terms (each time one of these terms appears in the document, it is …

Tatting is a beautiful and rare craft where thread is knotted to form lace. There are two types of tatting and this page will give beginners an introduction to both, with patterns and video tutorials.

A list of quick and easy free tatting patterns from across the web. Surprise your friends, family, or even yourself with one of these cute patterns.

There are many explanations of and tutorials on how to make twisted picot joins floating through cyberspace. I have decided to add my own explanation because I believe that an AHA moment of understanding can sometimes take more than one explanation or a photograph that clicks with someone. Perhaps this description of the twisted picot join will be helpful... Here is a simple motif which is ready for its final join i.e. twisted picot join. A is the picot by which the final ring will be joined…

I have finished with my 2nd Lesson. Very interesting one too. Had to tat 5 different lengths of Ring and Chain with a variety of Picots and Joinings. I used the same number of stitches for all of my Rings and Chains so the effects would be more noticable. These little bits will come in handy when it comes time to actually design my own work. I will be able to refer back to them and actually SEE what more picots look like on a Ring or what a certain type of Join will do to a Ring and Chain…