Introduction: How to Shuttle Tat
I have been tatting for over 20 years, I love it, yet I have been very reluctant to put down in writing how to do it. Yet when I look at other peoples tutorials, they seem to miss important parts that hung me up until I found someone to teach me. I have taught many people how to tat and I have several others who want to learn, but getting together has been the challenge. Tatting has been around for a little over 200 years. A lot of the best vintage patterns are found in women’s magazines dating from 1930’s and 40’s. Those patterns are beautiful and although I do a lot of vintage tatting, I rewrite their patterns and write my own patterns using more modern notations, because they are just easier to read. So here is my attempt at explaining how to shuttle tat.
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Tatting Shuttle (plastic ones are about $2 each)
#10 crochet thread (please make your life easier and get thread that has a strong twist to it, without the twist the knots don’t slide well, and the better they slide the easier it is to tat)
Scissors
First I will go through the terms you need to understand and then the instructions on how to do them. Second you need to practice, a lot.
Terms:
Round- instead of rows
Ds=double stitch
R= ring
P= picot (or “-“on a pattern)
Ch = chain
Round = row
Connect picots = +
RW=Reverse Work
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Round: tatting is done in rounds, going around the center of the design or motif
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