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In Russia, you will not find anyone who has not heard of an Orenburg “downy” shawl—the warm, heavy shawl with the light, delicate lace-patterning called “cobweb.” Downy shawls are distinguished by a center design.
This lace stole is of the Orenburg tradition with gossamer construction using Diagonal, Strawberry, and Mouse Print patterns.
You make your entrance—gown flowing around your feet as you float down the grand staircase leading to the ballroom. You’re wearing a pair of elegant tatted fingerless gloves as your hands glide delicately along the banister.
Chester was an engineer. You might be wondering, how did an engineer become interested in tatting?
Here’s a tatted edging originally published in Needlecraft Magazine’s October 1928 issue.
Making an elegant pair of accessories for a bride’s special day only requires a few materials—a spool of cord, some thread, delicate beads, and a tatting needle.
Enjoy a free tatted square medallion pattern from PieceWork’s “Trimmings.”
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.
Weldon’s Practical Needlework houses a wealth of information on Victorian tatting. Here’s our sixth installment in this series from Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 4. The following are methods for working picots and ovals joined by picots.
