Using Snuffle Mats

Disclaimer: Please note that I am not a professional dog trainer. Any comments or observations below come from personal experience in training my own dog and receiving input from various professional, reputable dog trainers. Please feel free to do your own research on line or contact dog trainers for their …

Tatting with Visual Patterns

Tatting with Visual Patterns (Konior) Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced   This is my all time favorite tatting book.  The 59 patterns are presented both in diagram form and basic abbreviated written form.  They are easy to follow.  All of the patterns I’ve tried in the book so far have come out very well.  …

Shuttles

There are many types of shuttles on the market these days.  The most common one until recently has been the pointed-oval aluminum …

Starting a Pattern

Because most of tatting is worked in the round, finishing a piece starts with the beginning.  If you want to avoid a …

Hiding Threads

There are several methods for giving your tatted pieces a streamlined, smooth finished look with no little square knots beginning and ending …

Needle Tatting

This form of tatting is made using a needle rather than a shuttle.  The stitches are formed on the needle, then the …

Reading Tatting Patterns

There are several styles of patterns and while they all look different, they do say the same thing, some just take up …

Picots

Picots are loops of thread left between the stitches in tatting.  They are used for making joins as well as decoration.  Lots …

Flipping the Knot Tip

This seems to be the most difficult maneuver in tatting.  If you are tatting right-handed, once you pass the shuttle over or …