
Victorian Tatting the Weldon’s Way: Chantilly Border
The following are instructions for how to tat a “Chantilly Border.”
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The following are instructions for how to tat a “Chantilly Border.”

Here’s our 17th installment in this series from Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 4, instructions for how to tat a “Square Medallion."

Weldon’s Practical Needlework houses a wealth of information on Victorian tatting. Here’s our 21st installment in this series from Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 4. The following are instructions for how to tat a “Loop and Leaf Border.”

Weldon’s Practical Needlework houses a wealth of information on Victorian tatting. Here’s our 20th installment in this series from Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 4. The following are instructions for how to tat an “Eyelet Insertion.”

Over the years, we at PieceWork have written a lot about the delightful patterns featured in Weldon’s Practical Needlework, and we’re especially smitten by Weldon’s Victorian-era socks.

Those weird Victorian added their crafty touch to all manner of household objects and textiles. We offer up this example from Weldon’s Practical Knitter, Thirty-Second Series, a Lead Cushion, or Door Stop.

Here’s our 15th installment in this series from Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 4, how to tat an “Octagon Medallion.”

Here’s our 16th installment in this series from Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 4, how to tat a “Round Loop Edging.”

Weldon’s Practical Needlework houses a wealth of information on Victorian tatting. The following “uses” and “requisites” for Victorian tatting are reproduced here as they appeared in Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 4.

Weldon’s Practical Needlework houses a wealth of information on Victorian tatting. Here’s our fourth installment in this series from Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 4. The following is another method for working double stitch.

Weldon’s Practical Needlework houses a wealth of information on Victorian tatting. The following “Method of Working” for Victorian tatting is reproduced here as it appeared in Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 4, published in England in 1889.

Weldon’s Practical Needlework houses a wealth of information on Victorian tatting. Here’s our fifth installment in this series from Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 4. The following are methods for working scallops and double stitches.