In this picture is a hardanger christmas tree and two tatting projects. These are the only pictures I have of my tatting projects. There were a few more but I don't know who has them or what they were.
I call tatting the poor man's crochet because needle tatting (as opposed to shuttle) is not unlike crocheting except you only use one knot over and over in interesting patterns. Crochet has many different knots.
I learned needle tatting from a book I picked up at the cross stitch convention in Valley Forge PA years ago. They were available from Nordic Needle for a while also.
I am also the proud owner of several old tatting books my grandmother gave to me. Many of the projects are needle-tatting-able, although they were designed for shuttle tatting. What is the difference? I forget because I haven't tatted in a long while.
Try something new
patty
