2006-11-23 17:23:06 · 2 answers · asked by nutz2tat 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
A shuttle and thread are used to make the lace. The stitch is formed over the hand. While the resulting lace looks quitedelicate, tatting is actually simple to do. The tatted piece is made up of basically ‘two half hitch’ knots which are used not as a clove hitch, but as a Lark’s Head knot (also Cow Hitch) where the second half hitch is formed to vertically mirror the first half hitch. This double stitch is used over and over to form a pattern. Extra thread used between double stitches creates"picots" or loops of thread.
2006-11-23 17:25:03 · answer #1 · answered by donttalkjustplay05 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've seen tatting patterns for everything from a dragon to a Harley Davidson but I've never seen a cow.
Try Jane Eborall's site (a fantastic British tatter) for some animal patterns you may be able to adapt.
2006-11-24 18:09:14 · answer #2 · answered by blueprairie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋