Hello! I'm stuck on this round of my doily (Jozef Stokolowski). I can make exactly one SCMR but then I don't know how to proceed. If there's a video link anyone can share i will be super grateful!

My original cardstock holder is taking up too much room and I wanted a way to still quickly access each gague. Latch earrings plus jump rings. Why didn't I think of this before? I'm curious to know what else people have come up with to store these. Please let me know if you want.

Tatting on the beach ⛱️ This motif is called Victory and it's another tutorial from Maimai Kaito to practice keeping the rings even. There are 12 in total, six of each size with a short chain in-between. I think I'm improving slowly but those chains are awful 😂

If anyone has any tips for tidy short chains, please do let me know! I'll make another couple of these as they are really handy for practice and hopefully the next one will look less strangled!

For some reason, I can't link the video properly, but as we have a few newbies, this should take you to the video if you want to have a look 💙 https://youtu.be/l7294oBG5Ow?si=o-esG7d_wwZ0f9Tg

This is a question for tatters who celebrate Hanukkah. Right now I’m tatting snowflakes for next December. I work in a small 4-person office (all women) and two co-workers are Jewish. If I make everyone a snowflake with a ribbon for hanging (probably Jon Yusoff patterns), would it be inappropriate to make them for my Jewish colleagues in Hanukkah colors?

Lizbeth has a beautiful variegated thread in shades of indigo and light blue. I could work in some silver highlights. Or keep the colors separate. Would beads be OK? I don’t want to be tacky or insult anyone.

I’ve been playing with learning how to tat for a while now. I just can’t seem to get my anything the same size. This ring is too small, that chain is too long… Any suggestions on how to keep it even?

I was curious about the difference in sizes and was surprised how delicate the thread felt between 10 and 80. I'm tempted to buy a spool of size 100 just to see how thin it is. I thought i heard there is a size 200?

hey, im a beginner and i have lots of shuttles that are not connected to a ball. but most of the youtube pattern require shuttle connected to a ball. is it okay for me to just simply knot two pieces? or is there a technique for it?

may be a silly question but i make mistakes and cut the ends very quickly that is why i have lots of shuttles without a ball.

hi! i just finished my first tatting project, a medallion model. it’s not perfect but any means but i spent time lots of time and kinda proud of myself. however i really struggled about changing to ring to chains. i couldn’t get rid of these yarn wraps no matter how i tight i pulled it. a tip about this and generally how can improve my project and technique? if you comment about it, i would be happy thank you.

(also i was so lazy to hide my ends for this first project so sorry about )

I am currently making edging No 845 from the Tatter's Treasure Chest. I got that book for free on my Nook several years ago.

This edging also appears in The Tatting Book, Book III, which was published by The Spool Cotton Company in 1938. That book is available in the Antique Pattern Library (https://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org/pub/PDF/6-TA003Clarks111.pdf).

I am interested in tracing this pattern (and other antique patterns) to their origin. Was this pattern published in a magazine before it was published in a book, and if so, which magazine? Is there a way to find out who designed it?

Update: It looks like tracing a pattern like this would be impossible. I did manage to learn that it has a name. It is called a hen and chick edging.

I made a friend a garter for her wedding back in August! It is by far my biggest project to date. 35 hours total.

This is the first little tatting loop i am satisfied with. Used the book “Shuttle tatting without a teacher” by Betty Alderson. Took me a week from no knowledge at all to doing this pattern. Now time to improve the regularity and maybe move to a thinner thread. 🧶

First time using a chart instead of writin directions is this the correct way to read the first 2 rounds?

11 ds , p , 11 ds , close loop

9 ds, p , 4 ds , connect to p from first loop, 4 ds , p 9dd

What do you prefer after joining to a picot to complete:

Just a second-half stitch or a complete DS?

I just started shuttle tatting. Slowly working myself down into smaller thread sizes as I get more and more confident.

I watched a couple of YouTube videos, and now I can reliably make a loop, join picots, and make chains. I sort of understand reading patterns. What are some of the best resources for learning to read charts and other techniques?

Total newbie here, trying to learn from videos and tutorials. I cannot seem to make the first double half hitch in such a way as to be able to slide it up and down. I relax the thread in my left hand and pull with my right hand, but it just makes a tight knot. Is this just something I have to keep trying until it clicks for me, or does anyone have a tip for me? Thanks in advance.

Hi all, I've knitted & sewn a lot in the past, even done a little crochet.

I had a stroke this summer that left my left arm not working. I'm looking for something crafty I can do one handed& after watching asome beginner videos I think I can do shuttle tatting with just my right hand

If you've have any insight or tipsthat may get me go Ng on this . I'd appreciate it! Thank you!

Hi everyone, just wanted to say thank you for the tips and motivation on my previous posts. I've been practicing the folded join more and I think it's stuck now 🤞

I've made a couple of motifs from Maimai Kaito's YouTube tutorials and can see I need to work on my tension. I don't seem to have the same problem when I'm using a thicker thread, so I'm hoping with practice, everything will get tighter and neater with the size 20 I'm using. Who knows, maybe my drawing will also improve 😂

The vintage DMC thread I’m using is lovely but this is the second time I’ve broken the thread closing a ring on this bookmark. Still trying to decide if I want six or seven repeats.

(The green thread is my magic thread loop for finishing.)

Pattern is “Flower Bracelet” by Kendra Goodnow, free on the Handy Hands website.