Tatting Lace

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

Tatting is a beautiful old-fashioned art and it has been around for centuries. And I love shuttle tatting, so in this post I'll show you the basics of shuttle tatting.

The years passed quickly. I’m still surprised how long the shuttles lay quiet in the drawer. There were some tatting accomplishments along the way which were unreported. This post rewinds to show the final destination for the ‘Edge Without a Cause’. The edging found a home on my great niece’s christening/baptism gown. It was a beautiful time for our family. The edge was temporarily affixed to the gown. My DSL wants to create a different gown with hand made lace throughout. I hope y’all have…

Click on the name below each picture to access the pattern. Some links will take you to a relevant blog post with pattern details while others go to a PDF file stored on Google Drive. For best quality of Google Drive documents, save the file to your computer. Some report being taken to a page where the preview is blank. If this is the case, look for a download button or press Ctrl+S to save the file to your computer. Feel free to sell or give away the items you make from my patterns. If you…

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Tatting is an old thread weaving technique that you can use to create lace. If you have never tatted before, then getting started can seem intimidating. However, there are a few simple techniques that will help you to get started with...

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I have long loved needle lace in most of its forms. I’ve not explored it in serious depth, but I have dabbled with it, read about it, and in general, I’m always attracted by needle lace, both ancient and modern. There are certain types of needle lace that appeal to me more than others, and ...

how to tat dot picot on ring pictorial and dot picot patterns

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