The Tatting Directory
Beeton’s Book of Needlework was originally published in Great Britain in 1870 by Ward, Lock and Tyler. Instructions below as per the original. You’ll also note that the original image is extremely stylised when compared to the results of the pattern. The sample above, tatted by Snowy, is a better reflection of your expected results. [...]
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, oval means ring and purl means picot. This strip of insertion is worked with two cottons. Work with the cotton in the left hand over that in the right [...]
Beeton’s Book of Needlework was originally published in Great Britain in 1870 by Ward, Lock and Tyler. The sample above is by mistyknits. Instructions below as per the original. For modern tatters, oval means ring and purl means picot. Fill the shuttle, and commencing a loop, work 1 double, then 1 purl and 1 double [...]
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 border, edged with beads No. 4, is worked in middling-size purse silk over fine silk cord of the same colour as the silk. Before beginning [...]
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