How to Read Tatting Patterns

How 3 common methods of tatting patterns work, and how to read and apply them. Please keep in mind that this is quite a bit along in my tatting series, so at this point I'm going to assume that you already know how to make the basic tatting knot, and that it slides properly, that you know how to make a ring with just a shuttle, and with a shuttle and a ball, and that you know how to make and join picots. If you don't, I would probably suggest that you go back to those videos I have previously made, or any of the others on Youtube, and become comfortable with making them before digging too far into reading patterns. :)

Again, I am goin to err on the side of "long and potentially boring" instead of "short, sweet, and possibly skipping over something you wanted to know." I figure you can always skip ahead, but you can't pause and expand.

Here are some links for tools and materials like the ones I am using in this video. Not all are readily available on Amazon, so I have included some suitable replacements. If you would like links unaffiliated with Amazon, please scroll down. Also note that these are Amazon Affiliate links, and as an Amazon Associate I potentially earn a very small commission from qualifying purchases.
DMC Pearle Thread size 12: amzn.to/41Ag4gc
DMC Cotton size 10: amzn.to/48yqnUi
Lacis Large (3 ⅝") Tatting Shuttle: amzn.to/4aDBHAD
Small Tatting Shuttle with removable bobbin: amzn.to/3tDrMKr
Small "click" Style Tatting Shuttles, set of 2: amzn.to/478FbIp
Crochet Hook Set for joining picots: amzn.to/3RWfczi

If you would like alternatives to Amazon, here are some unaffiliated links to storefronts that I use often:
www.lacis.com
www.vansciverbobbinlace.com


Links:
antiquepatternlibrary.org

gutenberg.org

The Encyclopedia of Needlework on Archive.org archive.org/details/krl00402634


Here are some links for tools and materials like the ones I am using in this video. Not all are readily available on Amazon, so I have included some suitable replacements. If you would like links unaffiliated with Amazon, please scroll down. Also note that these are Amazon Affiliate links, and as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
DMC Pearle Thread size 12: amzn.to/41Ag4gc
DMC Cotton size 10: amzn.to/48yqnUi
Lacis Large (3 ⅝") Tatting Shuttle: amzn.to/4aDBHAD
Small Tatting Shuttle with removable bobbin: amzn.to/3tDrMKr
Small "click" Style Tatting Shuttles, set of 2: amzn.to/478FbIp
Crochet Hook Set for joining picots: amzn.to/3RWfczi

If you would like alternatives to Amazon, here are some unaffiliated links to storefronts that I use often:
www.lacis.com
www.vansciverbobbinlace.com

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