This original doily pattern by Irina Astratenko is recomended for “intermediate master” level tatters and should take about 70 hours to complete. The completed doily has a diameter of 40 cm. Irina sells the 10 page pattern on her website. Designed By: Irina Astratenko Online Link: http://www.beadsky.com/patterns_t.php?page=2&ln=en

This celtic Christmas wreath was designed by Jane Eborall. The outer row represents the holly with some gold beads to add some ‘sparkle’. The middle row is the mistletoe and the inner joining round is a mixture! This design uses split rings. Pattern link is a PDF. Copyright: 2005 Designed By: Jane Eborall Download PDF: [...]

This gorgeous heart is presented by Christel Weidmann in Switzerland. Pattern is written and in German but should be relatively simple to work out. The image here is the one shown on the website, if you have made this pattern and have a more colourful image I’d love to use that instead! Copyright: date unknown [...]

Jeanne Lugert – NATA #39, Ladytats – has been online for over 12 years. Here you can see her blog full of inspiration not just for tatting. Copyright: 2008 – 2011 Designed By: Jeanne L. Lugert Direct Link:

This pattern is made in remembrance of the victims of the bombing in Oslo and the massacre at Utøya, July 22nd 2011. The chains are joined to the ring by Catherine Wheel Joins (CWJ), Anne provides a link to a video to show how these joins are made. Copyright: 2011 Designed By: Anne Bruvold – [...]

This cute bookmark is a great way to practice set stitches in chains and is brought to us by Sharon Briggs. The sample here was tatted by Alizandria Copyright: 2006 Designed By: Sharon Briggs Direct Link: http://sharonstattedlace.blogspot.com/2006/07/small-bookmarks.html

Jon Yusoff from Malaysia is a housewife with a passion for tatting and this blog is to share that passion with anyone with the same interest. Filled with patterns and gorgeous examples of her work, I can guarantee that you’ll be bookmarking this one! Designed By: Jon Yusoff Link:

AnneB’s Christmas Hearts joined together to form a gorgeous square doily with classic joining wheels. You’ll need to know rings, split rings, chains and self-closing mock rings to make this one. Pattern in English as a PDF. The first link below is to the pattern for the base heart, the second link shows you how [...]

Jon Yusoff has designed this lovely Heart of Daisies, filled with lots of gorgeous flowers. A perfect way to use up small pieces of left-over threads too! Jon gives two versions of the instructions, with and without split rings. Copyright: 2008 Designed By: Jon Yusoff Online Link: http://tatsaway-patterns.blogspot.com/2008/08/heart-o-daisy.html

A simple yet effective heart pattern just perfect for Christmas or Valentine’s Day or just because. Shown here is two variations – with and without picots which give a very different effect to the finished piece. You’ll need to know rings, chains and self-closing mock rings to make this one. Pattern in English as a [...]