Tatting Resources

This is where I will keep adding & updating links to 
tatting resources, tutorials, nomenclature, techniques, tips, etc. 
My quick 'n' easy reference.

last updated : Nov 18, 2024  (re-categorising and updating since Apr 23 2019 - I still need time ;-P)

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RESOURCE-FULL  SITES / BLOGS

for all kinds of tatting tutorials & help – a first-stop in search

(in fluid categories) 

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NOTE: 

All links with georgiaseitz.com/ have been updated with new links. Please go to https://www.theonlinetattingclass.com/ for the search. 

I have not yet changed the respective links here. 

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MAIN TATTING RESOURCES

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ALL-ENCOMPASSING   

Karen Cabrera - Frivolite-tatting lessons on youtube ; Karen's list of tatting lessons

Jennifer Williams - diagrams & tuts for various techniques & patterns based on them; https://www.cariad-tatting.com/techniques)

The Online Tatting Class by Georgia Seitz - (work of transferring files in progress) ; The Online Tatting Class videos - include beginner, advanced, shuttle, needle, designing, 

Jane Eborall - Tips & Techniques
An Element-al Approach to Tatting Design, Location of Instructions and Patterns by Technique list of techniques with tutorial & pattern links compiled by Eliz Davis
Craftree 
Noo Bear - tips, basics, techniques, patterns by Monique Biggs on youtube

Tatting Pattern Central - how to tat tutorials. (several links do not work)

BEGINNER RESOURCES

Beginning Tatting Series – video demos by Tamie Montgomery at a follow-along pace

Beginner Shuttle Tatting classes (Georgia Seitz OTC)

Absolute Beginner Tatting Series - videos & posts by Heather.

ABC Tatting Patterns - Laura Evans' - lots of info on tatting, including terms, tuts, patterns & needle tatting

Tatting Central - a compilation of tatting-related resources

Georgia Seitz Online Beginning Shuttle Tatting Tutorials - videos

Sharon Briggs tips for beginners including videos.

Beginner Tutorials listed by Eliz Davis
Tatting Lessons - videos by Esther L videos 

Basics of Tatting - Maria P (Piccoli Capricci)
This ‘n’ Tat – Lisa C Trumble
Tatting for the absolute beginner and some tatting/lace history - videos by Bryce Adams

A Complete Course in Tatting (Hungarian) - László Antal shuttle tatting tutorials

porfinerika - Kika Porfinerika shuttle and needle tatting videos

Frivolite - Hilo Bolillo y Tul. Spanish videos

Christa's Tatting Corner - videos with tutorials and patterns in Tamil by Christa's Creative Corner (for beginners and more).

ADVANCED RESOURCES

Georgia Seitz Advanced Class videos ; intermediate - advanced classes. TOTC Techniques page.

Craftree  - ongoing collection of resources

Bella Online Tatting  Georgia Seitz (ed)

Jon Yusoff - How-tos

tatman (Mark Myers) - how to tat lace, including videos

Frivole  - Techniques videos & pictorials & Frivole's Youtube Channel

Ninetta Caruso - original techniques, solutions, tips, patterns. Ninetta's flickr albums & YouTube channel.

Shuttlebirds - list of sites 

Martha Ess - blog  

Teri Dusenbury - Modern Tatting tutorials as well as videos
Gina Brummet (threads of a tatting goddess)

Robin Perfetti - including how to use technology in tatting designing !

Leigh's Needlework & Craft Bibliography - includes over 400 tatting book/magazine reviews, besides other crafts

Palmetto Tatters Guild

Christiane Eichler  - "Dreams of Lace" . great tips/tuts for beginners, including needle/shuttle

Sabina Carden-Madden  - lessons including patterns, and techniques

Anastasija P. Yelisejeva - Basic ways of tatting , Russian translation of terms, Tips , Tutorials with pattern,  etc.

Claudia Meza  in Spanish update 2021: this link not working, but her blog and her 'how to tat' pages.

Anne Bruvold (nuperelle)

Corina Meyfeldt - (cmhandmade) lovely tuts, ideas, & patterns.

Linda S Davies (toptattyhead)

Miranda (tatting fool)

Lacis Museum 2016-2017 - slideshow of exhibits

Carollyn (Madtatter80) Brown - videos, pictorials, tips, patterns

Marie (West Pine Creations) - tutorials and pattern

Anetta - tutorials (Polish)

Agnieszka Michalowska - including videos (Polish)

Jane McLellan - lots of tips & experiments through blog posts

Daniela Mendola - pictorials and videos

Lilas Lace

Marilee Rockeley - including videos
Sushma’s Craft and Creations videos 
Tatting Lace - shuttle tatting videos
Elena Kozinenko (FairyLace) - articles, tutorials, videos, patterns, etc. (shuttle, needle, & cro-tat). 

Rachael Mohler (xstchntat) - few videos
Edda Gaustella - videos ; blog with tutorials 

Sparrow Spite - videos   

Daniela Ambrosini - videos for both shuttle (mini course), shuttle tatting lessons;  and needle (mini course), and needle tatting lessons. In Italian. All playlists (including lots more tatting).

muskaan

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TECHNIQUES  AND  TUTORIALS

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1. TATTING and STITCHES

HISTORY of Tatting - 
Bellaonline annotation ; Tatting Origins - Martha Ess ; A Story of Tatting - Laura Evans 
Tatting History Project - Joan Thomas traces tatting history through Workbasket.

Historical Author Profiles - Crafpedia contains profiles of historical authors and designers

Historical & Etymological Roots of the word Tatting
PieceWork magazine - several articles on vintage tatting, Victorian tatting, etc.

Articles on Tatting origins, comparison with crochet, tools, etc. - Loopholes (Cary Karp)

Historical tatting piece - lacenews. {pic of old piece with Lozenges - needle lace filling and tied picots} 

Frivolity - Carin Jansen

Craftree - through posts, threads, library, etc. 

Something Under the Bed - huge bibliography of tatting resources and history compiled by Leigh Martin

Terms for Shuttle & NeedleTatting - with explanation 

Standardized Tatting Pattern Notation - Palmetto Tatters Guild  see TOTC

Tatting Abbreviations and Tatting Terms, Abbreviations, and Techniques lists from Shuttlebirds.com
An Element-al Approach to Tatting Design, Location of Instructions and Patterns byTechnique list of techniques with tutorial & pattern links compiled by Eliz Davis

An Element-al Approach to Tatting Design  A quick list of possibilities in tatting and design compiled by Eliz Davis

Knotting v/s Tatting stitches - bellaonline 

7 Methods of Tatting - bellaonline

Different Methods of Shuttle Tatting - (includes links to Palmetto Tatters "Tatting Hands" sample videos) link inactive Jan2024

This is how I tat - video by Shirley Hays

Comparing some Stitches/Techniques – Deconstruction & Common Threads as listed in My Tutorials.

Difference between stitch and technique - Ninetta

Tatting movements and stitches - Ninetta
Comparing Cro-Tatting, Needle Tatting & Shuttle Tatting - Amy Lynn Hess
Three Types of Tatting - Elena K 

Needle And Shuttle – What’s the Difference – Gloria Nelson

Hybrid Tatting (needle & shuttle combined) – Sharon Fawnes (taught by Wally Sosa at Palmetto Tat Days 2017) and a comparative analysis and examples - Muskaan

DOUBLE STITCH/KNOT (ds or dk)

French stitch or English stitch? 

Directional Tatting (frontside/backside tatting) Georgia Seitz video 

Deconstructing FS/BS tatting with pdf of graphics

Reverse Riego method

Directional Tatting Judith Connors (Craftree)

Direct Tatting (Reverse Stitch) pictorial showing unflipped stitches

Reverse stitch  – Judith Connors (June 2014 Craftree)

How to count stitches in black or fine threads - with diagram pdf .

TREBLE  TATTING (tds)

Ninetta Caruso introduced a new stitch in June 2018 - the treble tat stitch : 

Treble Tatting Stitch SUMMARY and all her links 

Treble Tatting - Ninetta Caruso (starting post; see also later ones) . video for tds ; video for climbing out. 

half tds and ptds and fs/bs in tds ;

tds in split ring (reverse or direct tatting) video; 

tds split chain (right to left) and video ; and (left to right) as in tatting around cabone pictorial ;

needle tatting the tds video;

how to un-tat a tds video; 

starting without the very first ds;

There are tons more effects and pictorials Ninetta has been sharing in her blog since June 2018 - eg. tds in Maltese ring, pearl tatting, with beads, various picots/picot effects, along with patterns. Search through label 'treble'.

why treble is a stitch - movements and stitches

Treble Tatting - muskaan : a visual study ; stepwise how-to pictorial ; how to join & variations ; half treble ; padded treble ;  treble worked as a Twisted picot ; Notation for graduated or variable tds; 

comparing treble tatting with treble crochet and twisted picot ;

Treble and spiral ring - Victoria Clark’s video
Treble Tatting - God's Kid video in Just Tatting group (facebook).

NEEDLE TATTING

Georgia Seitz Online Beginner Needle Tatting Class - videos; beginner to advanced classes . 

Learn Needle Tatting With My Flower Pendant by Totus Mel

Needle tatting for Beginners video by Maria Papia

Needle Tatting videos by Tamie for the Online Tatting Class
Kaye Judt demonstrates the basics of needle and shuttle tatting
Tips & Tutotial Links (for Needle & Shuttle Tatting) - Gloria Nelson

Needle tatting basics - RustiKate videos

Needle tatting demos with patterns collection of videos posted by Michela Di Gioia (Italian)
Needle tatting tutorials and patterns - videos by Antonella Berardi as Le Cose Della Anto (Italian)
Needle Tatting - bilingual (Italian & English) videos by Angie Canty
needle tatting videos - Daniela Ambrosini (Italian)

Basic NT and more video tuts/patterns - Shasta Shae

CRO-TATTING

The Art of Crochet Tatting with tutorials and patterns
Cro-tatting rows of rings and split rings - Amy Lynn Hess
Elena Kozinenko video demo for 3 types of tatting (youtube video link)

HYBRID TATTING
Hybrid tatting using shuttle and needle - Sharon Fawnes

Hybrid Tatting - thoughts and use of needle in shuttle tatting - muskaan

LEFT-HANDED TATTING

Left-handed shuttle tatting tips  Mirror Jane 

Left to Right or Right to Left - Victoria Ong

Making the Left-handed double stitch - Tatted Treasures video

Left handed Folded Join - Marilee Rockeley
Left-handed Needle Tatting videos - RustiKate
Avoiding Gapsosis - Grace Tyler
Some basic tips and TWoT application - Eliz Davis
Shuttle Tatting Instructions Left and Right handed - Carrie Carlson

The Flip - video by Patty Dowden

SINGLE-HANDED TATTING

pictorials and videos by Marilee Rockeley
Tatting with one hand: Ring - Marilee
Tatting with one hand: Chain and Join - Marilee

Judi Banashek's Dispensing Thread Tatting for limited dexterity in left hand

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2. STARTING AND FINISHING

HANDY KNOTS

Leader Thread in shuttle : Gina Butler's video showing a knot that can be undone when required. 

Beginning with a slip knot pictorial by Gina Butler

Weaver's Knot demo by Mark Myers ( tatman )
Shoe lace trick (SLT) – Wally Sosa . aka overhand tie/knot ; pictorial pdf by Muskaan
Square knot 
Luggage tag loop (or larks head knot)
Invisible Knot - video le cose della anto
Surgeon"s Knot and here ;  also called Ligature . good for a flat finishing knot

STARTING WITH A CHAIN aka DEAD  END / BLIND  START

Starting with a chain using paperclip  & without paperclip - Frivolé

unflipped 2nd half st or lock stitch – Sue Hanson

dead end start with  very small picot in block tatting - Martha Ess

Starting with chain (and starter picot) in 2 colour tatting - stepwise pictorial pdf Muskaan

HIDING ENDS / ADDING THREAD 

An Annotated Compilation of Resource Links on how to hide ends without knots - lots of methods with links

Tatting to the End. Contemplating ends when starting - Georgia Seitz

Jon Yusoff’s Dealing with Ends – many ways of finishing off tatting.

Frivole’s Finishing on a Chain - no ends to sew in. Pictorial on flickr. Also a post on Jeanie’s Magic Loops.  Also,  Magic Loops video demo 

How to Hide Ends with the Magic Thread Trick with video

Charlene’s Hiding Ends  

Cactus’ New Way of hiding ends . A diagrammatic representation (tape tail to core thread while tatting)  

Tatting Chic’s tips in the Comments section

Jane Eborall's Tips & Techniques on Starting & Finishing - many methods & instructions, including knotless method of starting & adding new thread.

Knotless method of Hiding End Tails. Muskaan

Hiding Ends in a single ring pattern – Ninetta

Using SSSR to hide ends – pictorial by Miranda ; video by Marilee

Adding thread with Lark's Head Knot video by Marilee

Adding New thread (LHK variation) - Sabina Carden-Madden

Whip stitching ends by Carollyn ; whip stitch and diagram pdf by muskaan

Tatting over Tails - the middle path pictorial muskaan

Hiding ends in Split Ring without sewing muskaan
Adding new thread WITHIN a ring muskaan pdf link

Adding new thread to bare thread pattern

Needles used in hiding ends

Hiding thread ends - video
Magic Thread Trick (MTT) with floss threader – Crazy  Mom Tats (Sandra)
False CTM - Jane McLellan
False CTM - PART 1 ; PART 2 - muskaan
Hiding ends in Floating Chain (no knots) - muskaan
Changing colours, knotless tricks ; more tricks/tips - muskaan.
MTT for central ring and more MTT links - Ninetta

How to hide ends in shuttle tatting - 5 ways by Sparrow Spite video

Starting knotless with a Split Ring - muskaan  pdf link

Start a Split Ring with a Picot (knotless) - muskaan pdf link 
Adding more thread in needle tatting - video by Maria Papia

BLOCKING AND STIFFENING 

Blocking with a Rolling Pin pictorial and pdf

Testing stiffeners on tatting by Corina Meyfeldt

How to stiffen lace 2 ways.

Snowflake blocking template from Robin
Template for blocking doilies from Sherry Pence

How to stiffen snowflakes by Barbara Tozzano

Challenges of Stiffening Tatting - Part 1 ; Part 2 -  The Threadbears

How to stiffen lace with starch - JeddahMom

How to stiffen a doily with candle wax - JeddahMom

How to stiffen tatting lace - FairyLace 

How to puff up tatted motif - Pitsibaa video ; Muskaan pictorial.

TASSELS

Tassel-making tips and tutorial links compiled 

Tatted Tassel how-to and patterns - Gill Colthart

Tassel pictorial (on Facebook)- Mandy Kerwell-Bez

Twisted Tail on tagged bookmark - Rachael Mohler

SEWING 

Sewing tatted lace to fabric 

Faggoting & Tatting part 1 – Bellaonline

Sewing lace to hanky - several links ; more tutorials and tips.
Sewing lace to fabric edge - Judith Connors

FINISHING (for jewellery, etc) 
Macrame nylon loop zipper pull - Marilee
Hidden earring post using onion rings - Ninetta
Tatted Bracelet Clasp - seesawyer
Sliding Closures for bracelets (using Square Knot) - video

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3. LOOK OUT FOR

CHANGING DIRECTION  (and/or colour)

[Reverse Work (RW), Turn Work (TW), Rotate Work].

Reverse work, turn work and rotate by Georgia Seitz and  pictures here 

Reverse & Turn Work An Exploration part of the Absolute Beginner Tatting Series by Heather Tatter.

Reverse work v/s Turn work – Sherry Pence

Reverse Work and Do Not Reverse Work - Gloria Nelson

TW in block tatting by Martha Ess, with a pattern.

“Reverse Work” versus “Turn Work”  Tatting Tutorial by ladyshuttlemaker

Twist Work (TwW) in Reverse Stitch - step-by-step pictorial & comparative account. Very similar to pearl tatting and Daisy Picot. one-page pictorial pdf
Lock Join Plus, aka Reposition Methods with pictorial pdfs and patterns muskaan

This Way or Tat ? (TWoT)

Changing Chain Curve (convex, concave) - various methods pdf - muskaan. Video for needle tatting the methods by Bonnie Swank

CONTINUOUS TATTING (including BRIDGING)

To reduce tail ends, find a way to work continuously!

Climbing out using an extra chain - in Endrucks' Doily #28, 1922 , Georgia Seitz.

Climbing out from the Center (COOR – climb out of round/row) - Georgia Seitz

Deconstructing Magic Squares – Robin Perfetti

Magic Pathways ; Magic or Infinite Pathways deconstructed ; Continuous 2-colour tatting  - muskaan
CTM with Extra shuttle 2 thread - a tip 

False CTM - PART 1 ; PART 2. 

Vintage style continuous tatting  

Knot Stitch (pictorial and comparison with split chain) from Priscilla Book 3 - muskaan

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

See also Mock Picot, Split Chain, Split RIng

Avoid using 2 shuttles - Jon Yusoff

EFFICIENT USE OF THREAD - NO WASTAGE

Loading Loops - video by Noo Bear
Estimating thread required - video by Noo Bear

avoiding slubs/winding shuttle - muskaan

GAPSOSIS (or gaposis)

Preventing Gapsosis Georgia Seitz ; 

Gapsosis Jon Yusoff ; 

Gapsosis can be good

Avoiding gaps in ring clusters/trefoils/thrown rings – pictorial
Avoiding gaposis in left-hand tatting Grace Tyler

HANDLING MISTAKES

Snip rings not chains - Jane McLellan

Pull out the core thread - Martha Ess

Repairing a cut joining picot - muskaan
How to open a closed ring - madtatter80 video 

Several mistakes and Fixes - Anita Barry ; Anita Barry ; Anita Barry ;  

removing kinks from unraveled thread - muskaan

KEEPING IT CLEAN and UNIFORM

Ways to keep WIP clean - muskaan

How to tat uniform motifs -muskaan

How to tat uniform motifs especially in long-term projects – Jeanie Schekel

Dye Colour Bleed - why and how - Karen Bovard Sayre

Pulling thread from the inside out - to avoid twisting - Carin Jansen

MANAGING COLOUR (BLIPS, etc.)

Overcoming colour slip – Jane McLellan
See also Blipfree/Blipless Joins under JOINS
Using TwW in rs (Twist Work) - muskaan see also Lock Join Plus series

Lock Join Plus series aka Reposition Methods - muskaan

POSTING A SHUTTLE  
When to post a shuttle – list compiled by muskaan

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4. MATERIALS AND TOOLS

BEADS

Seed Bead Guide History Sizes & Shape

Needled Thread - a term used by and described by Nina Libin to string beads by stiffening the end of the thread and snipping it diagonally. A pictorial by Elena K.

PICOT GAUGE
a stitch gauge - using half closed rings by Ninetta
Sliding Picot Gauge - Martha Ess

Measuring sticks or Picot gauges - Fairy Lace

Luggage Tag loop or LHK as a picot gauge - muskaan

SHUTTLES and BLINGING

Reconditioning bobbins of tatting shuttles – Pop Lenuta Maria
Review of Susan Bates shuttle - Amy Lynn Hess

Comparison of shuttles - Carin Jansen

How to Make Tatting Shuttles - Tamara's cardboard shuttles ; muskaan's homemade shuttles ; Vrinda's coconut shell shuttle (only pic) ; 
Isdihara's DIY Tatting Shuttle Templates ;

Shrink tatting shuttles by Marie McCurry

Celtic shuttles from popsicle sticks – Amy Lynn Hess

Celtic Shuttles from laundry jug – Grace Tan 

Fabric shuttles by Marie McCurry
Blinging shuttles by Diane Cademartori

The Tatted Shuttle – customized epoxy shuttles with your own tatting
Tatting with a Double Bobbin Shuttle tutorial by Sheron Goldin

ORGANIZING / STORING THREADS

Unwinding hand dyed thread (HDT) – Sherry Pence
Winding hanks/HDT into balls - muskaan

Winding thread into skeins - muskaan

Documenting threads - Mary Corbet

Thread Organisation - Mary Corbet

THREAD BRAND/SIZE COMPARISON

Thread Chart for CTM - Tim Kaylor

Thread comparison - Karen Cobrera (links added in right panel in her blog)

Comparison & conversion chart by Lilas Lace

Shuttle/Thread Capacity Chart by Lily Morales

Comparing thread size - Threads Galore

Thread Sizes compared - Tatting & Design

Thread sizes - Tatting Corner

Choosingthe Right thread for your project - Tatting Corner

Relationship between thread, needle and bead 3 - sekirara lace
TatHelper – a Windows application for tatted lace by Aurora Lozada
Tatted Thread Sizes Relation Table – Aurora Lozada
Predict Thread Usage – Sherry Pence

Threads for Lace - Brenda Paternoster. comparison of 1900 threads based on wraps/cm, thread type, size, twist.
Know your Cotton Yarn/Thread/Hook

HAND-DYED THREADS 

A Dyeing Art - Marilee Rockeley

From Messy to Beautiful - Marilee Rockeley

Dyeing with Some-Marche - Erika Tashiro (Marmelo)

Dyeing Thread (and yarn) - Jane McLellan

Dyeing with coffee - Liisa

Dye Colour Bleed - why and how - Karen Bovard Sayre

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5. EMBELLISHMENT TATTING

WITH BEADS, CABOCHONS, BANGLES, DOODADS, CABONE RINGS, BUTTONS, ETC.

TATTING WITH BEADS 

BEANILe Tatting  (Bead Tatting)- Nina Libin
Nina Libin’s Symbols & Abbreviations used in BEANILE patterns

Beaded tatting - plan the picots first pdf. Georgia Seitz
Guide to Beaded Tatting - Saundra Hameed
Beads in Tatting Summary - graphics by Ninetta

http://cmhandmade.blogspot.com/2014/06/beaded-chain-ninas-libin-method.html 

Jane Eborall's numerous tutorials on Using Beads   

Claire's Adding Beads to Lace 

Beads on a String - Jon Yusoff
Working thread v/s core thread using beads - Sherry Pence (LadyShuttleMaker) 

Split Rings with Beads in diamond shape - Corina Meyfeldt

Another Way to add beads - Corina Meyfeldt

All about Beads and Tools - Corina Meyfeldt
Bead placement in single shuttle practice pattern - Corina Meyfeldt

Bead in Mock Ring and Floating Rings - video by Marilee Rockley

Floating Beads - ways to dangle bead(s) in various situations and effects WITHOUT stringing - muskaan

How to string beads easily - muskaan

Beads in needle tatting - Ninetta

Way to add bead inside ring - Ninetta
Calculating the Height of Beaded Picots – Robin Perfetti
Raised Beads - Jon Yusoff ; alternate method - muskaan
Face Up beads - Ninetta Caruso
Mock Rings to avoid beads on shuttle - Jane McLellan
Beads in Spiral Rings - Lenka

Beaded Daisies between split rings - Sabina Carden-Madden (2007) ; variation by Ninetta Caruso.
Beads in SR braids (Beaded Diamond and Beaded Daisy variation) - Ninetta Caruso

Beaded SR braid - part 1 Beads on 3rd thread ;  muskaan

Using floss threader to add beads to picot - Marilee Rockeley

Tatting tutorials (with beads) xichenart - Nancy Yang demos with patterns.
Single Shuttle Beaded Braid - pictorial by muskaan; Ring with Beads video by Mad Jar Tatting.

BAUBLE and BEADS TATTING

Small beaded ball - Ninetta Caruso. with Pattern.
Using a bookmark or insertion - Corina Meyfeldt

BUTTON TATTING
Joining to buttons – Jane Eborall

CABOCHON TATTING 

Faux Macrame encasement - Karen Cabrera Lesson #176

Embellishment Tatting - Marie McCurry

Cabochon tatting - Corina Meyfeldt

Ice Drops stepwise pictorial - Diane Cademartori
Tiffany bezel setting around rivoli - Ninetta Caruso

COVERING A CABONE RING  
Dora Young Join/Knot (DYJ) - moving counterclockwise
Cover a plastic ring - Jennifer Williams
Attaching suncatcher to bangle - HisKid 

Covering small rings for earrings - HisKid
Needle Tatting Around a Ring - video 

Tatting on a Cabone Ring - Patty Dowden

TATTING ON / AROUND / WITH ....

Leaf - Carollyn Brown
Keys -  Carollyn Brown

Paper - Carolyn Kotlas with pattern & how-to
Tatting with Ribbon - NamiArt
Ribbon Flower - Corina Meyfeldt
Ribbon Rose tatting (3D) - Alma Negrete video
Tatting with Silk ribbon Flowers - Carollyn Brown and a tip.
Tatting with Wire - Mark Myers

Hair/headband - video by Mani di Linda

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6. TECHNIQUES  AND  EFFECTS

CELTIC TATTING

Celtic Tatting blog by Rozella Linden aka Ruth Perry

Celtic shuttle tatting demo - video by Rachael Mohler

Skip 1 Celtic - Patty Dowden

Skip 2 Celtic - Patty Dowden

Skip 3 Celtic - Patty Dowden

CHAINS 

Chains in Shuttle Tatting - my sampler list of numerous straight-chain elements in pdf, along with resources

Direct Tatting Chain - Gina Butler video
Dot Picot String - Usha Shah
Loop Made Chains (LMCh) - Anastasija P Yelisejeva  
S-Chain with Picots or Picoted S-Chain pictorial ; as seen from the back.
Lock Chain
See also Knot Stitch, Dora Young's Knotless Method chain (split chain), etc.

Double Chain and extensions/variations - Muskaan

CURVES and POINTS in CHAINS 
Pointed Chain - Jon Yusoff
Pointed Chain (or one-stitch scmr) - Frivole video
the Right Angle - Ninetta Caruso
Point using Dot Picot  ;  Mimosa Knot ; seed bead ; SLT ; 1 padded ds ; Acute angle using unflipped half stitch (in shuttle, needle & crotatting)
Balanced Double Stitch in Needle tatting - Georgia's online videos
Gothic Arch stitch for pointed chain in Needle tatting - Carol Henry video. (It is same as pds in shuttle tatting)
Convex and Concave chains - Sabina Madden
S-Chain - Sabina Madden
Z-Chain or zig-zag chain - Sabina Madden
Dimpled Chain - using Victorian sets or folded 
V-chain - video by Maimai Kato   
Changing Chain Curve (convex, concave) - various methods pdf - muskaan. Video for needle tatting the methods by Bonnie Swank

Floating chain/SSSCh to create a point - Wanda Salmans (image only)

BLOCK  TATTING 

Thoughts on Block Tatting by Georgia Seitz

Martha Ess notes

Jennifer Williams diagrams

Various Tutorials on Block Tatting  including Lock Chain blocks by Jane Eborall

Julie Patterson , Karen Cabrera (solid and striped) , Gina Butler video , Fireweed Plains video (2 methods)
Ruth Perry’s RicRac block tatting 

Block tatting with Needle video . 

Using only a picot as riser - muskaan (no tut)

COILS / ROSETTES 

how to start with a loop (like SCMR) - Knitter Bunny's coil pictorial 
Two-Coloured Spirals - Mariya Davydova

FILET TATTING 

Reversing Chains method - John  ;  Jeff Hamilton  (read comments under their posts)
Shoe Lace Trick method - Amanda Lockwood 
Split Chain method - Elisabetta De Napoli

Rings and Chains method - Mary Konior

FLOATING CHAINS

Tatting : Technique & History by Elgiva Nicholls. (pp 101-102) . Superb explanation & description of “Multiple Dead Ends” on false chains! 

Floating Chains using a bead - Jane Eborall

dead end start to split chains (muskaan) based on Karen Cabrera's Lesson on SSSCh / Floating Chains (using a ring)

HELIX TATTING  [3D]

Conceptual positioning - Muskaan

Richard Embrey - video ; free practice pattern

HT Needle tatting notes - Bonnie Swank

HT Pictorial - Muskaan 

See also Double Chain - Muskaan

HYPERBOLIC TATTING [3D]

Hyperbolic tatting by Patty Dowden
Tips on hyperbolic tatting - Jane McLellan

JOSEPHINE / SPIRAL CHAINS

Josephine ‘Spiral’ Chain – Sherry Pence

PEARL TATTING 

Pearl Tatting book (1867) - Mlle Riego de la Branchardiere - TOTC

Pearl Tatting (how-to with shuttle and with needle) and video - TOTC

Pearl Tatting and pearl tatting with beads - Jennifer Williams

Easy Pearl Tatting - Riet Surtel & Jane Eborall

Pearl Tatting with Shuttle - Noo Bear video

Double Pearl Tatting / Chain - Muskaan (only tips)

SPLIT CHAIN (SCh) / DORA YOUNG KNOTLESS (DYK) / BRIDGING 

The original SCh or DYK or bridging was by Dora Young (for frontside chains and cabone ring) 

Dora Young's Split Chain or Dora Young Knot (in her own handwriting & diagrams, posted by Teri Dusenbury)

Georgia Sietz's 9 steps to split chain or bridging This is Dora Young's style/knot.

Also illustrated by Jane Eborall’s Making a Split Chain original method (DYK)

Jon's Split Chain tutorial Along with How to use a Split Chain to make a Split Ring when working with only 1 shuttle & ball !!!
Australian Split Chain

Split Chain - Anetta (pictorial in Polish) ; Split Chain video by Daniela Ambrosini
Split Chain in needle tatting - video by Le Cosa Della Anto (Italian)
Needle tatting a split chain by Kelly Dunn

An additional method was developed in 2007 by Marie Smith : (for backside chains)

Frivole’s Marie Smith style of Split Chain (Traditional Tatting) video tut (similar to CWJ, done from back side)

tatman's Easy Steps to making a Split Chain. Marie Smith style photo & diagram versions.

Jane Eborall's Fast & Easy (Marie Smith) method 

Claudia Meza's Pictorial - very clear
Split Chain in Directional Tatting 

Knot Stitch Chain from Priscilla Book 3 - muskaan

SINGLE  SHUTTLE  SPLIT  CHAIN (SSSCh) / CURLICUES / FLOATING CHAIN

Dead end start or Curlicues - muskaan
Karen Cabrera's Single Shuttle Split Chain (SSSCh) aka Floating Chain . Video Lesson 38

Jane Eborall

Curled chain or curlicue - with shuttle, needle, crotat - video by Elena K

ZIG-ZAG CHAINS / LATTICE TATTING

Lattice Tatting - muskaan 

Similar to Ruth Perry’s RicRac block tatting 

Lattice tatting from Julia E Sanders book Tatting Patterns scans - ladytats 

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CLUNY TATTING

All you ever wanted to know about Cluny tatting  .... 

Cluny Tatting Tutorials/Pictorials - (2015) all my tutorials are listed in detail

COLOUR Cluny Tatting - (2018) all my tuts listed - starting from basic one-colour through to multicolour striped tallies, along with practice patterns.   

    Cluny Tatting for Beginners

Clever Cluny (Beginning Tatting Video Series) Excellent video for any beginner !

Frivolité à la navette : le point d'esprit (Cluny leaf) : A Great video by Julie. Although text is in French, the demo is very clear & easy to follow. A good finger loom tatting resource for beginners.
Jennifer Williams’ Cluny Tatting Technique diagrammed with instructions . An Excellent resource to print & refer for beginners.
Lilas Lace diagrams - Superb self-explanatory diagrams with loom on pillow .
12 Cluny Tatting Tips for easy tallies

Cluny Tatting Basic - stepwise pictorial 

    More Cluny Tatting Resources 

Mark Myers (tatman) How to tat a cluny leaf 

Steph Peters’ Cluny Leaves in Tatting - diagrammatic instructions ; & stepwise pictorial 
Carollyn's (madtatter80) Tatting Cluny Lace... the center SH2 thread is shifted to extreme right, & SH1 is 'dropped' on return for easy & quick tensioning.
Mimi Dillman’s Cluny Tatting Page with with a list of resources & her pictorial instructions.
kcabrera74 : Lesson 30 – Cluny , Lesson 31 - Hanging Cluny ; Lesson 32 - Hanging Cluny off a Ring
Linda S Davis' Shuttle Tatted Cluny video   

Elisadusud video
Threads in Craftree ‘What is Cluny Tatting’ (Judith Connors) & Tips on Shaping Cluny Leaves (Patty Dowden)
Cluny Tatting Links

Cinzia Gabrielli's Coloured Hanging Clunies  … diagrams & instructions

Double Cluny (5 warp or broad clunies) by Carmin Barron

Cluny tatting on box loom - Edwidge Renaudin video 

    Looms and how to use 

Clever Cluny by Lorraine Eisbrenner Wolak  loom on card

Star Plastic Canvas Loom Pat

Plastic Bottle Loom bellaonline

Cluny Tatting Loom  Judith Connors (diagram & instructions)  The measurements of the card loom may be enlarged or reduced, even to using an old credit/loyalty card, for easy portability
Cluny Box Loom Shuttle tatting tut (Beginning Tatting Video Series)

Various Cluny Tatting Looms
Broad Clunies on a loom with free download of pictorial instructions

A Loom for all Cluny Tatting Using Judith Connor's card loom for Hanging & Split Cluny Leaves

Card Loom Ninetta (with stepwise instructions)

3D printed Cluny loom - Tim Kaylor

Ultimate Cluny Loom from Handy Hands for both left and right handed tatting. video by Tamie.

Lid Loom converting card loom to box loom by Jean Gordon

    Cluny Tatting with Needle

Georgia Seitz' compilation of many resources

Wally Sosa's Pictorial Steps 1-4 and Steps 5-8 

Dagmar Pezzuto's Cluny Petal Tatting in Two Colours , updated by Georgia Seitz

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INVERTED TATTING

Mark Myer’s Inverted Tatting  - clear pictures & instructions, pdf link

Karen Cabrera’s Lesson 72 Inverted Tatting - video 

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MIGNONETTE TATTING

many tips and tricks by Gina B

Mignonette article by Georgia Seitz

Mignonette Tatting with Judith Connors (from TOTC)

Rings with bare thread (unworked thread space rings) - needle tatting video

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JOINS

A study of tatted joins - Georgia S
Simple Joins schema - Ninetta Caruso
Sewn Picot in vintage doily - Georgia Seitz 

Joins in Shuttle Tatting series . Part 1 & Part II ... more to come - muskaan

Swirl Join - Nina Libin

Lark's Head Picot Join - Lily Morales' LHPJ in DS and RS. bellaonline pictorial. Lark's Head Join - two methods (#85 video ; #101 video)- Karen Cabrera ; video (fs & bs) - Noo bear

Onion Ring Join - Jennifer Williams

Onion Rings - ball thread join - Georgia Seitz. This is the Slope and Roll Join.

Split Chain Join – Sabina Bina Madden

Slope & Roll Join , CWJ , Lock Join - Debbie Arnolds ; pros & cons of SRJ - muskaan

Catherine Wheel Join Marilee Rockley video

Catherine Wheel Join Allegory  Patricia Lyn Cobb's fun tutorial

Long Picot Join , in pdf (or decorative picot join)
Shuttle join (lock join) - Georgia 

How to untat the Lock Join - muskaan
Reverse Join - Elaine P Gan. Description by Judith Connors ; pictorial by muskaan ; new pictorial pdf 
Block Join 
Transitional Join (from 2nd side of SR) - Sabina Carden-Madden

Join to Smooth Side (JSS) by Anne Dyer - Karen video ; JSS in direct tatting - Ninetta ;
Lock Join Plus - summary of 4 LJ extensions and practice patterns.
Lock Join pictorial pdf
Lock Join+SLT pictorial pdf (see also SLT Picot)
Lock Join+Reposition threads pictorial pdf

Layered Picot Join 
Dora Young Join (variation)    
When joining through a very small picot - a quick tip muskaan

Captured Join - Ninetta Caruso 2024

Lark's Head Join - Krsytle Peyette (2012)

PICOT JOIN TO THE RIGHT

when the last element to which join is to be made, is to the right of present element. There are several ways to accomplish this. List of terms ; an overview - terms, range & discussion (several examples)

    Rotate Work -

        stepwise Pictorials with rosette (outward facing rings) ; with chains and using a down join ; 

 with inward facing rings 
pictorial by Liisa Maarit

Folded Joins -

that pesky final ring  - diagrammatic representation of Folded Join by Jon Yusoff

Riego Join in finger tatting - video by Teri Dusenbury

Riego Join last ring to first ring in finger tatting Part 1 & Part 2 - videos by Teri Dusenbury

folded join Outward facing rings - diagrams by Jackie Reynolds ; video by Sandra Figg 

Folded Joins - video by Georgia Seitz Online Beginning Shuttle tatting class ;

Folded Join with threads emerging at the back - video by Paola Bevilacqua (FB)

Avoiding the Folded Join - 

for inward facing rings : Heather Tatter ; video by Sandra Figg ;

for outward facing rings (rosette join)   Jennifer Williams ; Jane Eborall ; 

BLIPLESS/BLIPFREE Joins  Ninetta ; Jane Eborall ; Frivole ; for lock join ;

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PADDED  DOUBLE  STITCH (pds)

Self-padded double stitch, Double double stitch, Balanced double stitch -- these all refer to the Same technique / stitch.

Self-padded double stitch (s-p ds) -- (by Rhoda Auld). History, multiplicity of terminology, & related discussion. Thread started by Judith Connors in InTatters

All about Padding the Double Stitch - muskaan

Double double stitch (DDS) -- tutorial by Jane Eborall

Balanced double stitch (BDS) -- tutorial & video demo by Ruth Perry

Self-Padded double stitch experiments (chains) -- my experimentation with Chains & Josephine Rings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv6YFXRU-Xk  -- Karen Cabrera's Lesson 54 - BDS

Josephine Petal video by Frivole - uses a padded JR !

Spiral Knot Stitch - Jennifer Williams

Dizzy Double Stitch (also DDS !!!) by tatman

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PICOTS

See All-Encompassing sites for many more types & tutorials of Picots.

Measuring the Picot – pdf of article - muskaan All you need to know about measured picots and picot gauges.

Vapor Picot – video of Ninetta's vapor picot by Karen Cabrera ; diagrams by Ninetta.

Floral Picots ( Ring of Tatters) aka Layered or Ruffled Picots (Karen Cabrera Lesson 99)

Twisted Picot (floating) - muskaan's pictorial ; with knotted bead pictorial; Karen's video , Usha's videos (with & without beads) and with knotted bead.

Twisted Picot (ornamental) - Karen's video #94

Twisted Picot - Jane Eborall

Celtic knotted picot ( CKP)    by Sabina Carden-Madden 

Multiple CKP - tutorial by Patricia Cobb and How to use picot gauge for CKP

Daisy Picot (Riet Surtel method) by Jane Eborall ; stepwise pictorial by Jon Yusoff ; Anastasija P Yelisejeva ;

Overlapping or Ikuta Picots - muskaan

Dot Picot explanation and video by Usha Shah ; Dot Picot string ; Dot picot on a ring ;

Interlocking Picots video by Karen Cabrera

Mrs Mee Picots - Martha Ess (video by Karen)  

Tuft Picots and how-to video by Ninetta Caruso

Comparing Picots - Interlocking, Mrs Mee, and Tuft - muskaan. See also Picoted Josephine Rings with these picots

Picot Gauge in relation to Core Thread - various positions. muskaan

Calculating the Height of a picot - Robin Perfetti

Drop / Down / Inward facing Picots - compiled resource links ; Riet Surtel's Inward picot ; 

Venetian Picots - video and written format Ninetta
Double & Triple Picot Method – Ring of Tatters
Double Picot in Needle tatting - video by La Cose Della Anto 
Mock Picot – video Georgia
Knotted Ring Picot (Susan Moore) – Karen’s video
Intruding Picot - pictorial. muskaan. applications #1 ; applications #2 ;    

Picots in Josephine Rings - a study of 4 methods - regular/interlocking; Mrs Mee; Tuft picots (2 ways).

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

Wide Picot - aka monster picot. video by Shannon (mytattingplace 2011) ; Dan Rusch (2003) - pictorial; Karen Cabrera's #34 wide picot variation (2011); Claudia Meza (2010) - wide picot pictorial and monster picot pictorial ; wide picot pictorial pdf Muskaan (2024). 

Butterfly Picot - video by Karen

Face Inward Picot - Ninetta Caruso

Captured Picot - Ninetta Caruso 2024. Part I (version A) and video; Part II ; Part III ; Part IV .

Fringe Tatting - comparison with tatted fringe

Tatted Fringe - Corina Meyfeldt ; spot adaptation  and more notes, observations, ideas - Muskaan

Tatted Fringe Picot - Muskaan

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RINGS 

Types of Rings by Judith Connors

Tatted Ring Types by Georgia Seitz

Inward & Outward facing rings - pdf by muskaan ; video by Sandra Figg

How to open a closed ring - video

Dots - bellaonline
Dots and Bullions compared - muskaan

How to work Large Rings - Patty Dowden  ; How to close large/big rings - Jon Yusoff

ANKARS

Ankars Tatting Rules - Corina Meyfeldt
angela.gambka.tutorials on Instagram - in English
bracelet with double flowers - Pop Lenuta Maria
Heart earring - Pop Lenuta Maria
Stacked rings pictorial (Miyuki style motif) Part 1 ; Part 2 ; Part 3 ; Part 4 - by YuiYui 

ANKARS-Club - the original ANKARS technique, authors, galleries, classes,....Ekaterina Stepnaya

CURLED  RINGS (CR) 

Earrings with curled rings diagrammatic pictorial & pattern by Ninetta Caruso

Concept , description, comparison with Folded Rings

Options / variations in curling

More Possibilities including a cross pattern

Final Options / effects including an earring pattern

How to curl small rings pictorial by Ninetta Caruso

Curled Rings in Split Rings with bracelet patterns

Curled Rings Pendant pattern & instructional pictorial

Alternate Method of Curling Rings includes many ways to curl small rings (sCR) over a chain or in rings, as well as Curled Inside Rings. Video for sCR over a chain.

Bracelets Capriccio – This pattern pdf includes various effects & applications of sCR : 1. Balanced sCR pattern & Video ; 2.Unbalanced sCR ; 3. sCR over a chain ; 4. with CR and a Video.

Curled Ring Connectors - Muskaan

DIMPLED  RINGS

Closing Dimple Ring or Two Stage Dimple Ring - Jane Eborall
Dimpled Ring: Method 2 - Sue Hanson's method 

Dimpled Yorkie video Karen Cabrera

Dimpled SCMR pictorial & instructions by Ninetta Caruso

Tatting Dimpled Ring Heart video Gina Butler
Stacked Dimpled Split Rings – Crazy Mom Tats (Sandra) and Jane McLellan's tip.
Down Picot dimple ring – Martha Ess
Dimpled Rings in Needle Tatting - video by Angie Canty (bilingual)

INTERLACED SPLIT RINGS (using 4 shuttles) 

How to Start Interlaced Rings - both movements

Over & Under Rings : Front to Back movement (Part 1) – step-by-step pictorial

Under & Over Rings : Back toFront movement (Part 2) – step-by-step pictorial
Revisited with new tips and more pics 

Interlaced Single Shuttle Split Rings (SSSR) (using 2 shuttles)

Interlacing effects - bracelets ; earrings - Ninetta

INTERLOCKING  RINGS (IR) using shuttle 

Interlocking SCMRs - step-by-step pictorial by Sue (HisKid) ; Umi & Tsuru - pictorial 

Interlocking Rings made with shuttle Part 1 & Part 2 - Kathy Niklewicz tutorial ; Karen video ;  Karen Bovard

Interlocking Tatted Rings - 1869 vintage directions for interlocking tatting rings

Interlocking/Interlaced Rings & Chains by Frivole

Interlinking SCMRs & Rings Jane Eborall's method
Interlocked Single Shuttle Rings - video by Edda Gaustella

INTERLOCKING SPLIT RINGS (CHAINMAILLE STYLE and others)

Chainmaille - Karen Cabrera

Interlocking Split Rings Ninetta's pictorial showing 3 methods ;  

Interlocking Split Rings video (Russian)

Interlocking Split Rings - Lessons 78-81 by Karen Cabrera

Chain Maille pictorial - Jane McLellan

Tatted Rope Chain - Ninetta Caruso

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

Two Rings (Interlocking) Chain (catenella 2 anelli) - Edda Guastalla video
Interlocking SR braid - needle tatting vdeo Maria Papia

JOSEPHINE RINGS (spiral tatting)
Josephine Ring Cluster - muskaan
Picoted Josephine Rings - muskaan

MISCELLANEOUS  RINGS

2-Color Rings video Lesson 138 by Karen Cabrera

Shape of Rings - a tip by Karen Bovard

Folded Rings - Martha Ess pdf download

Ring on Picot - Patty Dowden (video)

Square Rings - Christiane Eichler
Square Rings spare thread method - Phyllis Schmidt ; and my Notes.

Spiral Rings - tut by Ninetta; fs/bs in spiral rings 

Maltese Rings - compilation of tuts, books and patterns by Ninetta

Wrong-Way Tatting or Reverse Ring - Rebecca Jones' book.  See more here. This may be natural for left-handed tatting. 
Reverse Ring - Ruth Perry , video (Reverse Ring with rings thrown off )
Split Quadruple Directional Ring (SQDR) - Teri Dusenbury

Substituting SQDR with SCMR      

Ribbed Ring  (cerchi rigati)- Daniela E. Ambrosini (video for both shuttle and needle)

Collar Rings - Corina Meyfeldt

MOCK RINGS 

Self Closing Mock Rings (SCMR)

Types of Mock Rings    ;   2 types of mock rings compared - Jon Yusoff

Split/SCMR - Randy Houtz  ; Split/SCMR - slight variation/adaptation ; Jane McLellan's pics ; 

split scmr - Tim Kaylor's 2-thread method with video demo

How to close a mock ring - Ninetta
SCMR closure with bead - Sharren
Mock rings instead of split rings - NamiArt
Mock Rings – Needle Tatting video  

ONION  RINGS

The "Onion" Ring - Georgia Seitz
Perfect Onion Ring by Aurora Lozada aka Capturing onion ring pdf ; Kathleen Minniti's variation - Captured Onion Ring. Judith Connors' variation. 
Onion Ring with chain and CWJ - Robin Perfetti 

Perpendicular (3D) Onion Rings - muskaan

Layered Onion Rings, pdf with pattern - muskaan

Onion Rings - a comprehensive series by Ninetta Caruso : Part I - true rings ; Part II - variations ; Part III - mock rings ; Part IV - variations ; Part V - SCMR & split onion rings ; Part VI - layered & 3D ; Part VII - direction & elements.

Onion ring pictorial - Renulek

SINGLE SHUTTLE SPLIT RINGS (SSSR)

Dora Young method video by Rachael Mohler

Karey Solomon method  (Dora Young method)

Matthew Takeda method (Sabina Madden-Carden) - video (Gina Butler); Georgia Seitz ; 

History of SSSR

SSSR like a split chain by Riet ; 

Finishing with SSSR - Miranda
SSSR Cord - line of half rings completed with DYK method - Georgia Seitz.

SSSR with Joins and Hiding an End - Patty Dowden

SPLIT RINGS (SR)

Dead Spider method

High Five method by Cynthia Stevenson and video demo
Alternate Split Ring Hand Ring - Sabina Madden-Carden

Overlapping Split Rings

Folded Split Ring 

Split Ring Braids - single and 2 colours in needle tatting  - videos by Shasta Shae

Half moon split ring  Sabina Madden-Carden
Split Ring in needle tatting by Karen Bovard
Split Ring in needle tatting Handy Hands

THROWN / FLOATING  RINGS

Thrown Ring Methods - a Ready Reckoner with pictorials - muskaan

Reverse Rings with Rings Thrown Off -  video by Ruth Perry ; video by Karen Cabrera

Rebecca Jones' "The Complete Book of Tatting" (1985) calls these Method 5: Wrong-Way Tatting. 

LTROR - Loop Tatted Ring on Ring with pattern by Sabina Carden-Madden ; diagrams by Jane Eborall ; diagrams by Anastasija P Yelisejeva ; video by Karen Cabrera

SQDR - Split Quadruple Directional Ring along with pattern by Teri Dusenbury; now more commonly known as Ring off / on Split Ring - diagrams by Jane Eborall & video by Karen Cabrera

LTROSR - Loop Tatted Ring on Split Ring video 

MROR - Mock Ring on Split Ring pictorial, and diagrams by Ninetta Caruso; video by Karen

Central Ring with Multiple Thrown Rings - a comparison of the various techniques; pdf includes table, tatted models & pattern with notes.
Floating Rings – Sherry Pence

Thrown/Floating rings in Needle Tatting :
on chains - Georgia Seitz ; britinpa ; Rachael Mohler ; 
on split ring - Gale Marshall

on rings - Needle Tatted Floating Rings by Bonita Swank: Part 1 video ; complete pdf; Spanish video by profinerika ; 

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SOME CLASSIC FORMATIONS

Enclosed Space Medallions - Eligva Nicholls' classification ; tatted samples - Muskaan;

Rosette - three types - Muskaan;

Daisy - vintage and modern - Muskaan 

Wheel - 

Lozenge - (image - lacenews) needle lace filling within rings or in the open space of an oval or circle of rings.

Coil - 

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PEARL TATTING

Pearl Tatting video by Marilee

Pearl Tatting by Georgia (Mau's Beaded tatted Chain)

Pearl Tatting - Jennifer Williams
Pearl Tatting video ; quick tutorial ; with two hands - needle tatting by Georgia

ROLL TATTING 

Roll Tatting Lesson 27 video by Karen Cabrera

Roll Tatting video by Julie (Pandore) & more applications

Bullion Knot - in comparison with Roll tatting

3-D TATTING
Stacked Split Rings - muskaan
Bobble tatting by Rhoda Auld - Ninetta
Stacked Chains by MiKyeong Ha  - video
Volumetric Tatting - tatted spiral rope using split rings. video by Ksenia Shvedenko
Tatting Beaded Rope - using stacked rings (single shuttle) ;  Auld's bobble technique ; Demmer's bobble technique ; stacked split rings ;

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MISCELLANEOUS
Embroidered Tatting on hanky edge by Murphy's Designs (Marian Ecker)

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Free Pattern Sites :

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The Online Tatting Class founded by Georgia Seitz  categorised patterns.

Books in Public Domain - Georgia Seitz

Craftree

Antique Tatting Patterns  (APL)

http://freevintagecrochet.com/crochet-pattern/tatting-patterns
Free Archived Tatting Books
Free Tatting Books list - BellaOnline
Tatting Books - Martha Ess' blog listing books with reviews, etc.

Tatting Pattern Central - free pattern directory
Something Under the Bed - Leigh Martin's comprehensive Tatting Bibiliography with reviews, etc.

Free Tatting Patterns on the Internet - list compiled by Gloria Nelson (FB)
Beginner Tatted Doily patterns- list compiled by Gloria Nelson (FB)
The Tatted Community of Bloggers - a list of tatting blogs

The Ring of Tatters - free shared patterns

Handy Hands free patterns listed according to skill level

Directory of Tatting Models in French -arranged in categories

The Workbasket collection in APL

Endrucks 1920 Project and EP LINKS - patterns and derivatives from Eleonore Endrucks' 1920 book

muskaan at muskaan's T*I*P*S 
Patricia Ann Rizzo at tattypatty – beginner patterns 
Jane Eborall at Tatting & Not a lot else

Mark Myers aka tatman (FB)

Nancy Tracy at Be-stitched page 1 easy beginner patterns. Several pages of free patterns.

Free Tatting Patterns (free-tatting)

Robin Perfetti at Tatting by the Bay

Frivole (Joelle Paulson) of Le Blog de Frivole

Kersti's Tatting Patterns 

Teri TATBiT Dusenbury atTATtle TALES Tatting Patterns

Ninetta Caruso at Chiacchierino facilissimo

Becky Dempsey at Blossoms and Blessings Designs 

Carollyn's Tatting Blog with free patterns as well as tips & techniques  

Christiane Eichler's Dreams of Lace

Jennifer Williams (cariad) - patterns arranged according to techniques, too.   

Jon Yusoff (Tat-a-Renda)

Renata (Renulek)   Frywolitki, Tatting, Chiacchierino

Linda S Davies (toptattyhead)  includes lots of 3D flower patterns

Cornelia 

Eliz Davis

Sharon Briggs - many patterns with diagrams and more patterns at Sharon's Tatted Lace 
Anastasija's frivolitatting
Martha Ess
Ruth Perry's Tatting Pattern Calendar with lots of small patterns; Rozella Linden free tatting patterns
Anika Hassar's (tattingitup.blogspot) patterns
Ushas Creations 

Marie McCurry at West Pine Creations

Agnieszka Michalowska

Jane McLellan  (janemactats)

Daniela Mendola - including videos

Lilas Laceý

Marilee Rockeley at yarnplayer's tatting blog - including videos
Martha Ess

KNOTS pattern collection & gallery

Sabina Carden-Madden at Paradise Treasures 

Liisa at Handmade by Liisa - a few patterns

Marie McCurry at West Pine Creations

Elaine P Gan (Tatting box) 

Corina Meyfeldt (cmhandmade)

Ben Fikkert blog and pattern/tutorial listing in Craftree

Wally Sosa at Needles and Shuttles

Hye-oon Lee at Lovely Tatting

Tamara at TamaraArt

Nami at namiart
Gina Brummet (threads of a tatting goddess)
Mariya Davydova (Mariya's Tatting)
Anne Bruvold (Nuperelle)
Handy Hands
Mary Donohue (Icela) patterns. Her blog.

Lafayette Lacemakers (patterns listed on right panel)
Coretta Loughmiller
Alma Negrete (Two Shuttles)
Maranta
Edda Gaustella
Sue Hanson
Tatting Blossom - videos 

Virginia Moraza Brito - videos (Spanish with English subtitles)

Lillian Yeung (lilliantatlace)

Tiffany Lee  (forgetmeknot) 

Victoria (Vicki) Clarke (Victats)

Maimai Kato free patterns playlist (YT)

MC...H 

Daniela Ambrosini (YT) - needle tatted patterns. Many more videos besides these.

Tiina Hassinen (pitsibaa)

ARCHIVED  TATTING BLOGS / SITES
Although no longer in use, these have a wealth of information, experience, tips, patterns, and often a listing of contemporary blogs/sites.
Tattered - tips, techniques, patterns
Tatfully Yours
Birgit's tatting patterns