These articles and free tatting tutorials will help you learn to needle tat. You will find links to other sites with useful information in the Tatting Tutorials section listed on the front page.

Alicja Kwartnik Needle Tatting
Both of Alicja Kwartnik's needle tatting books are printed in Italian. However, the patterns are presented with full color detailed photos and numbered diagrams. Although intended as a needle tatting book, all the patterns may be tatted with the tatting shuttle as well.

Beaded Needle Tatting Basics
Beads are threaded onto the shuttle and/or ball threads and brought into position as the double stitches are formed or placed over picots during joining.

Beginners Needle Tatting Instructions

Building Good Tension Ring by Ring
Building good tension with one shuttle work, rings only; small projects to practice.

Clara Haase pats #1 #5
These two designs are by Clara Haase whose name appears more than once in Needlecraft Magazine. Here they are from Oct. 1925 issue.

Climbing Out from the center
One development in the method of tatting has allowed the tatter to eliminate much of the tedious work of cutting and tying so common in older patterns. Its use allows the tatter to climb out from the center of a pattern and work to the outer rows without cutting the threads. This is climbing out.

Considering Joins: No. 3 Use of Joining Tools
Learn about some of the tools you can use to make joins.

Gapsosis
Thoughts on Opening a Closed Tatted Ring. Here are a few suggestions on opening a closed ring and an explanation of gapsosis.

Good tension in Tatting
Learn to achieve good tension as you work.

Half-closed Rings [offsite link]
The half-closed ring is a very traditional decorative technique. 6 vintage edgings.

How to Open A Closed Ring
Thoughts on Opening a Closed Tatted Ring. Here are a few suggestions on opening a closed ring and an explanation of gapsosis.

Joining Needle Tatted Rings
Needle Tatting - The Basic Join

Joins - Onion Ring, LHPJ, Inverted
Onion Ring, Lark's Head Picot Join (LHPJ), Inverted (Dutch) Ball Thread Join. These are techniques used in constructed large pieces of lace from smaller bits. There are many types of join, i.e., up, down, shuttle lock join, onion ring, split ring, swirl, lark's head picot join (LHPJ),et al

Joins - Tied, Catherine Wheel, Alligator
Joins - Tied, Catherine Wheel, Alligator The join is a technique used in constructed large pieces of lace from smaller tatted bits. There are many types of join, i.e., up, down, shuttle lock join, onion ring, split ring, swirl, lark's head picot join (LHPJ), and many others.

Joins -Up, Down, Shuttle Lock Join
Joins -Up, Down, Shuttle Lock Join The join is a technique used in constructed large pieces of lace from smaller tatted bits. There are many types of join, i.e., up, down, shuttle lock join, onion ring, split ring, swirl, lark's head picot join (LHPJ), and many others.

Josephine Knot (Ring)
The Josephine Ring or Knot is easy to tat and offers many options for embellishing .

Josephine Ring (Knot)
There are two basic stitches in tatting, a first half stitch and a second half stitch. These stitches used singly create the Josephine ring or knot.

Left-Handed needle tatting [offsite link]
Here are some excellent instructions for learning to tat with a needle if you are left handed.

Needle Tatting Demonstration [offsite link]
There are lessons and patterns here for beginners.

Needle Tatting Double Stitch
The Construction of the Needle Tatted Double Stitch

Needle Tatting Practicing the Double Stitch
Practicing the Needle Tatted Double Stitch

Needle Tatting Shuttle Style
You can use a tatting needle or blunt tapestry needle as if it were a shuttle. The needle is attached to a long cut thread as normal, and then manipulated in the same manner as a shuttle.

Needle Tatting Two [offsite link]
Here is a great resource for both shuttle and needle tatters. The site does specialise in needle tatting and there are excellent how to instructions.

Onion Ring Join with the Tatting Needle
The Onion Ring Join with the Tatting Needle takes a little more manipulation to make correctly

Tammy Rodgers´ Needle Tatting Instructions [offsite link]
Tammy Rodger´s needle tatting illustrations are simply great!

Tatting Picots no. 1 - The Basics
Some suggestions for making picots in your work.

Tat´s All Tips and Tricks [offsite link]
Tat´s All has lots of excellent tips and tricks for the learner and for the more experienced tatter.

Triple Picot
The triple picot is a decorative picot often used for added texture in tatting designs.

Using a needle as if it were a tatting shuttle
You can use a tatting needle or blunt tapestry needle as if it were a shuttle. The needle is attached to a long cut thread as normal, and then manipulated in the same manner as a shuttle.

Using Wire in Tatting
Using wire in tatting, tatting with copper wire, stiffening tatted lace with copper wire, applying thread to wire using needle tatting style.

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