Beeton’s Book of Needlework was originally published in Great Britain in 1870 by Ward, Lock and Tyler. Instructions have been modernised by Kersti Anear. Uses 2 shuttles. Ring: 10ds, 1 picot, 10ds, cl. Chain: 8 ds, 1 picot, 8 ds. 2nd ring: 10 ds, join to picot in 1st ring, 10 ds; cl. The pattern [...]

Beeton’s Book of Needlework was originally published in Great Britain in 1870 by Ward, Lock and Tyler. Modernisation of original instructions by Kersti Anear. 5 ds *, 1 picot, 2 ds, repeat from * 4 times, 1 picot, 5 ds, cl and turn the pattern downward Repeat as that above from the very beginning, leaving [...]

This pattern is by Kersti Anear and named after the Australian Stumpy Tailed Lizard. It’s a perfect beginner’s pattern and is often used as a bookmark for men Copyright: 1998 Designed By: Kersti Anear Online Link: http://www.kersti.com/?p=418

Beeton’s Book of Needlework was originally published in Great Britain in 1870 by Ward, Lock and Tyler. Instructions below as per the original. For modern tatters, purl means picot. 4 double stitches, 1 purl, 4 times following, 3 double stitches, 1 purl, 4 double stitches, draw up the oval, but not quite tight, leave a [...]

Beeton’s Book of Needlework was originally published in Great Britain in 1870 by Ward, Lock and Tyler. Modernisation of original instructions by Kersti Anear. Using the continuous thread method and 2 shuttles: 1st shuttle: 1st ring: 10 ds, 1 picot, 10 ds, close. 2nd ring: Close to last ring, work 10 ds 1 picot, 10 [...]

Beeton’s Book of Needlework was originally published in Great Britain in 1870 by Ward, Lock and Tyler. Instructions below as per the original. For modern tatters, purl means picot. This lace is rendered stronger by the crochet rows of scallops and treble stitch round the edge. Begin with the tatting as follows: Make a circle [...]

No matter where in the world you are today, you can celebrate a white Christmas with this lovely snowman – complete with flowers in his top hat and coal buttons – brought to us by the equally wonderful Jane Eborall. Copyright: 2003 Designed By: Jane Eborall Download PDF: http://www.e.n.e.btinternet.co.uk/Snowman.pdf

TotusMel has some fabulous designs and has done much to bring tatting away from the realm of the dusty old doily. Here she brings us the pattern for these gorgeous barefoot sandals – perfect for Christmas on the Beach in the hotter parts of the world. They’d also make a fabulous addition to a beach [...]

This pattern was inspired by a collar design and created for the March/April 1998 Bookmark Exchange. To me it is a very regal pattern with the crown on the top. The bookmark is made up of one main body piece and then two crowning rows. You will need two shuttles for the second crowning row. [...]

Beautiful Angel by Martha Ess with golden halo. Copyright: 2002 Designed By: Martha Ess Direct Link: http://my.att.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=87&subpageid=259211&ck=

Allison is a farm girl living in Northern Illinois on a five acre Hobby Farm with her family. Currently pursuing a Horticulture degree, majoring in Greenhouse Studies, she offers tatting lessons out of her home in Belvidere. Designed By: Allison Direct Link:

A beautiful tatted angel with golden halo by Martha Ess. This pattern contains several long split chains. If you prefer, you may work a regular chain and cut and tie. Copyright: 2002 Designed By: Martha Ess Direct Link: http://my.att.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=87&subpageid=257571&ck=

Mark’s Trefoil Snowflake design uses SCMRs but you can swap these out for regular rings if you wish. Copyright: 2001 Designed By: Mark Myers Direct Link: http://tatmantats.wordpress.com/files/2009/04/trefoilsnowflake.pdf

Vicki Clarke from Ottawa in Canada has been tatting since she was 16. Here she shares her thoughts and findings and quite a few gorgeous patterns that will feature in future editions of Knots for sure. Designed By: Vicki Clarke Direct Link:

Beeton’s Book of Needlework was originally published in Great Britain in 1870 by Ward, Lock and Tyler. Instructions below as per the original. Note that the crochet edging can be omitted if you prefer. For modern tatters, purl means picot and oval means ring. Work * 4 double stitches (that is, 4 times following 1 [...]

Sally writes – “The SCMR is actually a modified chain, but the important thing is that it can be used to make rings that come off rings, not split-ring style, but in the way that we make rings coming off a chain.” This is another great snowflake from Sally for practicing SCMRs. To me it [...]

Sally writes – “The SCMR is actually a modified chain, but the important thing is that it can be used to make rings that come off rings, not split-ring style, but in the way that we make rings coming off a chain.” And this lovely simple snowflake is a great introduction to SCMRs. Copyright: 2004 [...]

Sally writes – “Many of you may call these Double or Triple Picots but in Malvern we call them after our dear old tatting pal Kim Wright who is no longer with us. He invented them, in our part of the world at least, and well into his 80′s did lots of them with many [...]

“Why this name? Because I designed the snowflake for the cover of the leaflet advertising my first autumn tatting course at Malvern Hills College. And claimed that by Christmas the students would be able to make one! (They did.)” Copyright: 2004 Designed By: Sally Magill Direct Link: http://www.ringoftatters.org.uk/seasonal/xmas/smagill/smagill1.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: