Beeton’s Book of Needlework was originally published in Great Britain in 1870 by Ward, Lock and Tyler. This illustration shows the centre of a tatted couvrette in full size, and measuring 12 inches across. Separate rosettes like the pattern may be joined together with smaller ones, and form a very pretty couvrette. The pattern is [...]

Beeton’s Book of Needlework was originally published in Great Britain in 1870 by Ward, Lock and Tyler. This one may need some deciphering! This very simple lace consists of scallops which look as if they were slightly gathered. It must be worked with tatting cotton. Each scallop consists of 5 plain, 1 purl, 5 plain, [...]

I had long admired this gorgeous mask in TotusMel’s Etsy store and was so very happy to see the pattern available on Instructables. I ended up making one for Halloween 2009 and it’s one of my prized tatting possessions. “My tatted mask is made with cotton thread, swarovski crystals and a few small pieces of [...]

This lovely tatted star design by Jon Yusoff is a remake of an earlier design. Jon has provided both written and visual patterns here and it’s simple enough to be a good project for a confident beginner. Copyright: 2008 Designed By: Jon Yusoff Online Link: http://tatsaway-patterns.blogspot.com/2008/10/star-in-clovers-purple-star.html

This is the pattern that Jon Yusoff use’s as her profile picture for her blog. It’s fairly simple to do, although some of our beginner tatters may find the split ring a little tricky. Jon has provided a clear visual pattern. Copyright: 2008 Designed By: Jon Yusoff Online Link: http://tatsaway-patterns.blogspot.com/2008/10/jons-heart.html

This gorgeous tatted scarf pattern is brought to us by TotusMel. As she says herself “It’s a very simple pattern, so all those just starting out or returning to tatting after a time will have something interesting to try out. The beauty of this piece is that even though it is simple, the finished project [...]

Beeton’s Book of Needlework was originally published in Great Britain in 1870 by Ward, Lock and Tyler. Instructions below as per the original. The pattern is meant for ornamenting a veil and is sewn upon the net at regular distances. For No. 19 work 25 double, divided by 1 purl, join the stitches into a [...]