Citizen Schools Tatting Class V
In this Citizen School class we began to read patterns, and made (various amounts of) butterflies!
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Citizen Schools Tatting Class IV
The teens learn needle tatting, and others make more progress with their shuttle tatting. Regardless of the method, both groups are making tatted rings and chains and picots.
Citizen Schools Tatting Class, the Third
This week half the class learned how to make rings in addition to chains, and I ponder introducing needle tatting to those still struggling with the double stitch.
Tatting Tip: Hiding Thread Ends in a Ring-Only Pattern
Are you making a ring-only pattern, like a hen-n-chicks pattern, and need to add more thread? Here’s how to you hide the extra ends when you only have rings.
Tatting Tip: Avoiding the Folded Join
Don’t want to make a folded join? Here’s how to join the last ring to the first WITHOUT using a folded join.
Reading Patterns and Making Projects, Part 2
Continuing the last lesson on reading patterns, this tutorial adds chains, very small picots, rosettes and rounds with shuttle and ball thread and two shuttles.
Tatting Tip: A Crocheter’s Hand Position
Crocheters often find a modified hand position more comfortable to tat with.
Reading Patterns and Making Projects, Part 1
This tutorial goes step-by-step how to read tatting patterns, focusing on ring-only patterns. Includes clear instructions to tat a daisy, butterfly and a simple edging.
A First Tatting Success
My mom is learning to tat with my Absolute Beginner tatting video tutorials, and successfully managed to shuttle tat her first ring.
Tatting Vocabulary Primer
A brief explanation of several basic tatting terms. Focus is on terms used so far in the Absolute Beginner Tatting Series.
How to Tat a Ring
Video tutorial shows how to make the ring in shuttle tatting. This involves tatting with only one color, and describes a tip to check if all your double stitches transfer, or flip, correctly.