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A list of all my tutorials & experiments. Click on each (blue) to reach the post &/or download the pdf (pink). Most are presented as step-by-step pictures of actual tatting, but for many, I hope to diagram & convert to pdf ... some day.  Please note that these are what work/have worked for me. Hopefully they will work for you, too. Feedback & Input is Always welcome. If you would like me to do a specific tutorial, please email me (in my profile), &/or leave your contact email.

Happy Tatting, Always :-)

See also tons of Tatting Tutorials and Resources links that cover almost everything - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/p/tatting-resources.html  

(This page is under construction, with a lot of past tutorial links still to be uploaded) 
last entry : Sep 28th 2024

ABOUT  BEADS
Adding Findings Atop Beads  Jane McLellan's solution to adding findings/hooks to beads in a diamond formation 
Raised Beads (Alternate method). 

Beaded SR Braid - part 1 Beads on 3rd Thread ;   
Bead Effects (some tips and ideas)

Beads - numerous tips and effects applied to projects

FLOATING  BEADS - diagrams to be uploaded 
background ; 
Part 1 Pictorial - FB in thrown ring ; (see also Part 4 for alternate method)
Part 2 Pictorials - FB in Ring, variations, and Under Chain ;
Part 3 Pictorials - Varied effects & applications including FB string, in & out of SCMR, Stacked, Fringe, length variation ; Concentric (bead within beads).
Part 4 Pictorial - alternate methods and method used on sequins, and tatted rings.

pdf soon

Part 5 Pictorial - FB in SR, SCMR, and SSSR. 
practice patterns : Floating teardrops earrings (pdf link) ; Noorjahan's Rubies parure (pdf link).

Tatted Rope using split rings 

ABOUT PICOTS

Measuring the Picot (pdf) - comprehensive article on the various ways to measure picots. blog post.   

Inward Picot with Marker - tips, advantages, links

Picot Gauge in relation to Core thread & half stitch 

a comparison between Interlocking, Mrs Mee, and Tuft picots.

Interlocking Picots 

Picoted Josephine Rings - various picot effects such as Interlocking picots, Mrs Mee picots, Tuft picots, etc. comparison, observations, and notes

How to estimate length of central picot that has many rings joining to it.

SLT Picot - to switch colours/threads adding a picot. Useful in block tatting, changing chain direction, etc. 

Measured Picot on the Core thread - or mock picot or inward picot pictorial using LHK/luggage tag

Intruding Picot - pictorial ; effects and application #1 ; #2 ;

DIRECTION of Tatting : This Way or Tat? (TWoT) Series : (to be continued)
How and why tatting changes direction ; how to adapt and customize our tatting by referring to a compilation of diagrams. The series is divided into sets which include diagrams, instructions, exercises, practice patterns.Preface : Quo vadis
Introduction - an overview, who and how it can help, snowflake patterns, observation table pdf file
Set I - Rings Only - diagrams, patterns, questions, exercises, ... pdf file  UPDATED pdf link
Left-handed Tatting - a comparison of right- & left-handed tatting by Eliz Davis
Coming next : Set II - Chains Only
Paths/choices when climbing out with a split ring using Mark Myer's Luster Snowflake as an example to show process. pictorial pdf.
Magic Pathways - in Fortuna square


CHAINS in Shuttle Tatting  My ready-reference sampler list of numerous chains in shuttle tatting, pdf file
Changing Chain Curves - Convex, Concave pdf file . Video for needle tatting the methods demonstrated by Bonnie Swank

S-Chain with Picots or Picoted S-Chain pictorial ; as seen from the back.


CLUNY  TATTING

12 Cluny Tatting Tips
Hanging & Split Cluny Leaves 
Broad Cluny Leaves  multi-Warp Cluny Tatting. And Introducing "ONE SMALL STEP" to make the closing of tallies Easy !
Warp Four Cluny Tatting Tutorial - 2 Versions. pdf file
Warp Five Cluny Tatting Tutorial - pdf file
Cluny Shapes and Effects - such a variety, including 3D, & freeform - see it to believe it!
 COLOURED (and Basic) Cluny Tatting - first trials . 
The Basics of Cluny tatting - winding the loom and weaving the tally.  
Hitch the Loom - an important step before weaving (Edwige Renaudin)
Cluny Loom - converting a card loom into box loom (Jean Gordon)
Basic Colour Variation - working with 2 colours. See also bracelet pattern. 
Two-Colour Cluny Tatting - pictorial showing 2-coloured striped tally. practice pattern (butterfly) with pdf
Three-Colour Cluny Tatting - pictorial with 3-colour striped tally. prototype patterns.
Four-Colour Broad Cluny tatting - pictorial with 4-colour striped tally


ABOUT  JOINS
How to Unlock the Lock Join - a stepwise pictorial . Also published in "Tatter Chatter" Sept 2015.
Joins in Shuttle Tatting Part I -  Demystifying Joins 
Joins in Shuttle Tatting Part II - Shuttle 2 to the Rescue
how to reduce colour blip in Lock Join
Equidistant join
Picot Join to the Right (pictorials using Rotate Work)-

Part 1 (outward rings); 

Part 2 (chains & down join); 

Part 3 (terminology, and range);

Part 4 (inward rings) 

Under-Over (Alligator) Join - Part 1 ; Part 2 ; 

Layered Picot Join 

Dora Young Join variation  

Slope and Roll Join - pros, cons, links

Lock Join for Mock Onion Rings

Lock Join for Mock Rings  

LOCK JOIN PLUS Series - aka Reposition Methods
#1 - https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2020/07/lock-join-plus.html 
Summary & Practice Patterns pictorial pdf ; 
Lock Join pictorial pdf;
Reposition Threads pictorial pdf;
Shoe Lace Trick (SLT) pictorial pdf; (see also SLT Picot below)
Reverse Join (RJ) pictorial pdf

Twist Work (TwW) pictorial pdf
#2 - 

CURLED  RINGS (Ninetta's Curled Rings)
Concept, description,  comparison
Some Effects & how to
More Possibilities
Final Options / effects

MOCK RINGS - Types/Formation   
Mock rings made with ---
Under-Over Join part 1 ;
Under-Over Join part 2
Lock Join part 1 ;
Lock Join part 2 (mock onion rings) ;

Split/SCMR - a slight variation/adaptation
For Large Rings - experimenting with different methods to compare effects.

ABOUT  STITCHES : Comparison/Characteristics

PADDED DOUBLE STITCH ( pds)
Padded Double Stitch - Discussing & showcasing the potential of the self-padded DS or BDS or DDS - much beyond straight chains ! First Trials. 

• All about pds - term , use,  characteristics ....,
• Pictorial showing 3rd way of Padding the stitch,
• A table of comparison between pds, BDS, DDS.   pdf file

Padded Stitch and Variable Padded Stitch Effects - Lumpy Line, Spiral Knot Stitch, Vapour Stitch, Knobbly Line.

Folded Rings & Curled Rings
Comparing Folded Rings and HMSR pdf of table
Half Moon Split Rings (HMSR) & Folded Rings . pdf of table
Inward & Outward facing rings - explained by comparing ring to a fish. pdf link .
Twist Work in Reverse Stitch (TwW)- a stepwise pictorial. This is also how stitches are wrapped in Daisy Picot
About Dot Picot
Comparing Picots - Interlocking, Mrs Mee, and Tuft picots
Treble Tatting (tds) -  a visual study ;  stepwise how-to pictorial ; how to join & variations ;  half treble  ; tds worked as a Twisted picot pictorial ; Notation for graduated or variable tds.   
Measuring the Picot - so many ways to measure picots - complete article pdf  part of article published in Bellaonline July 2018 
Filigree Stitch with Dora Young Knot/Join - filling enclosed spaces.
Mimosa Knot - deconstructed

Knot Stitch - pictorial and Comparing Knot Stitch and Split Chain  NEW 2021

SPLIT  RING  BRAIDS - 
1. INTERLACED  SPLIT  RINGS  BRAID and similar techniques
How to Start Interlaced SRs   
Over & Under Interlaced Split Rings .
Under & Over Interlaced SRs 
Interlaced Rings revisited - pictorial  
Interlaced Rings with only 2 shuttles - pictorial 
See also Switch the Core  

2. INTERLOCKED  SPLIT  RINGS

Tatted Rope using split rings 

Interlocking Split Ring Braids - Part 1 using Ninetta and Karen's methods ; Part 2 using Kathy's method ; Part 3 Tatted Rope Chain Ninetta's method. 

3. SPLIT RING BRAIDS

Beaded SR Braids - part 1 Beads on 3rd Thread ;

Single Shuttle Beaded Braid

ABOUT  EFFECTS
Perpendicular Concentric Josephine Rings - how to make 3D Onion Josephine Rings !
Padded Tatting Solutions. Part 1 - Starting with an auxiliary thread! Especially handy in 3D tatting.
Padded Tatting Solutions. Part 2 - Ending with auxiliary thread from the shuttle itself !!!
Corina's Fringe (a spot adaptation) - Adapting Corina's fringe . Some more notes (difference between Fringe Tatting and Tatted Fringe) and Tatted Fringe Picot, along with a practice pattern.
Twisted Picot (Floating) (TwP)- stepwise pictorial, & variations
Twisted Picot (Floating) with Knotted Bead(s). 
Curlicues - pictorial (dead end / floating / single shuttle split chains)
Rings Enrapt / Wrapped Rings - an experimental new effect, which can also be used in bare thread or mignonette tatting to reinforce or to make 2 colour tatting possible as applied here.
Overlapping Split Rings - A quick & simple way to achieve a Celtic tatting effect using only SRs.
Tatted Cotter Pin Links with a Double Twist - taking off from Marilee's original tutorial, some possible directions
Ikuta Picots Method 3 - pictorial pdf Overlapping picots and variations
Josephine Ring Cluster - pictorial included in pdf
Chain around ring how-to : Row 9 of Renulek's Wiosna 2015. Lots of other ways to tat same motif.
Changing colours in onion ring type motif - various methods shown in same motif as above.
Layered Onion Rings
Double Core Split Ring - working Starlet & Leaf Clover motifs continuously in Renulek's Snow Doily, using 2 colours. pdf with diagram.
Captured Onion Ring - Kathleen Minniti's method   
Captured Onion Rings compared   
Picoted Josephine Rings - comparing methods with process pics - regular/Interlocking picots, Mrs Mee picots, Tuft picots (2 ways) 

Tatted Fringe and adaptations. with practice pattern ; and other effects.

STARTING / HIDING / FINISHING 
Winding Thread CTM 
Winding Shuttles CTM 
Making Skeins from Hanks (or Balls) 
Making Balls from hanks - very useful for HDT !
Bobbin Shuttles - How to firm up a loose/running bobbin 
Starting Dead End Chain (SSSCh) - including Curlicues
Starting with a chain (& starter picot) in 2-colour tatting. pictorial pdf
Closing a Ring - experimenting with different methods table pdf
Hiding End Tails without a Knot - vast compilation of links and tips. diagrams-only pdf . 
Tatting over Tails - the middle path. PART 1 & PART 2. pictorial pdf  
Hiding ends Knot-free in rings - as in Quatrefoil medallions pictorial pdf
Making the thread last longer - using extender thread ; SCMR instead of ring
Hiding Colour Blip in Lock Join 
Switch the Core - optimizing thread usage in split rings. pictorial (pdf soon)
Adding new thread WITHIN a ring - pictorial pictorial pdf (published in IOLI Bulletin 2020
Adding new thread to a bare thread or rings only pattern - pictorial
How to Block Lace Using a Rolling Pin - A pictorial pdf included
Hiding ends in Split Ring without sewing 
Whip Stitch to hide tails - with diagram pdf  
Needles used and related tips
Tassels - tips and tricks  
Curled Ring Connectors   
False CTM - PART 1 ; PART 2
CTM with Extra shuttle 2 thread - a tip 
Adding, Hiding, blip-free and knot-free in colour tatting ; more tips/tricks - tips

Hiding ends in Chain 

Starting knotless with split rings - pictorial pdf ;  starting SR with picot pictorial pdf ; 

Luggage Tag Loop or Lark's Head Knot - pictorial and uses

CONTINUOUS TATTING -

1. CLIMBING OUT 
False CTM - PART 1 ; PART 2. 
Vintage style continuous tatting  

Climbing out with Mock Picot (with bead at base) - 2 methods. pictorial  

2. MAGIC SQUARES / MAGIC PATHWAYS

https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2018/04/retreading-path.html 

MAKING  IT  EASY
Magic Circle/Ring in tatting
Gapsosis can be good ... sometimes - situations when a little 'gapsosis' or bare thread space between elements can be desirable.
Avoiding gapsosis in trefoil and thrown ring clusters - a pictorial
Double Core SSSR - hiding unwanted colour diagram pdf of 2-colour motif. 
Large Ring Options - 4 different ways of working a large ring.
How to estimate length of central picot that has many rings joining to it.
When to Post a Shuttle?
How to String Beads - pictorial
How to count stitches in black or fine threads - with diagram pdf   
How to Tat Uniform Motifs and medallions - a list of 10 general factors. Jeanie Schekel's additional tips.
How to power a shuttle winder - Jean Gordon with pdf & video.

Substituting SQDR with SCMR 

SLT Picot - to switch colours/threads adding a picot. Useful in block tatting, changing chain direction, etc. 

Measured Picot on the Core thread - or mock picot or inward picot pictorial using LHK/luggage tag

       
COMMON  THREADS 
Techniques may have different names but there may be some common factor running through them. Once we can tease out these common threads (presented as Sets below), learning becomes easier. 

Set I : Overhand Tie - this movement is common in SLT, CKP, Puncetto knot, Pointed chain.
Set II : Rings on Ring - thrown/floating rings off a central ring can be done by SQDR (or R on SR), RR, SCMR, LTROR. (Central Ring with Multiple Thrown Rings)  pdf with table, pictorial, practice pattern
Set III : Picot Gauge in relation to Core thread & half stitch - including a comparison between Interlocking, Mrs Mee, and Tuft picots.
Set IV : Gapsosis can be good - situations when 'gapsosis' is required.
Set V : Post a Shuttle - 13 situations when posting a shuttle is needed.
Set VI : One-Pass Lace - characteristics and comparison between Magic Square, Magic/Infinite Pathways, and one-pass doilies. 
Set VII : Creating a Point - (only listing with links) mimosa knot, 1 stitch SCMR, pointed chain, dot picot, ... to be pictured soon.  

-         Shoelace trick (SLT), switch shuttle or reverse work

-         Frivole’s one-stitch SCMR  

-         Jon Yusoff’s pointed chain 

-    Martha Ess’ folded chain (2 half-stitches) 

-         Usha Shah’s dot picot (or a half stitch dot picot as in pattern, to reduce 'bulk')

-         Ninetta Caruso’s right angle

-         Daniela Mendola’s mimosa knot 

https://tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/2019/12/gotham-towers.html

Set VIII : Thrown Ring Methods - so many easy-to-make thrown/floating and 8 rings! pdf file.

Changing Chain Curves : Convex, Concave pdf file

False CTM - part 1 ; part 2       
3D Roses from various patterns and my vertically curled ring

Hybrid Tatting - thoughts and use of needle in shuttle tatting

Double Chain and variations. A conceptual framework.

Padded Stitch and Variable Padded Stitch Effects - Lumpy Line, Spiral Knot Stitch, Vapour Stitch, Knobbly Line.

QUICK TIPS
2 quick tips  ;   2 sliding tips  ;



QUICK  DESIGNING  IDEAS  - Numerous paths to designing 

moved to Tatting Patterns & Designs

GRAPHIC DECONSTRUCTION OF STITCHES
An attempt to graphically represent various stitches & techniques in shuttle tatting. An ongoing series.
FS/BS Tatting or when to use DS & RODS  pdf file