These instructions are for right handed
tatting.
If you are left handed and want to see left handed instructions,
go to the ltat2.html document.
The second half is similar, but you pass the shuttle over the thread between your left index and middle fingers.
Do not drape the thread over the back of your right hand this time.
Pass the shuttle over and then under the thread between your left index and middle fingers.
Pull the shuttle back through the loop that naturally falls in front of your left hand.
Pull the shuttle thread taut slowly while lesening the tension on your left middle finger to get the knot to transfer.
Like this:
You have now completed a basic tatting stitch
Go on to picots.
Then closing a ring.
or
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Using CorelDraw!(tm) and Corel Photo-Paint(tm) I drew the pictures from scans of my own hands and wrote the text myself. I hold all rights to this page except the arrows and magnifying glass which are CorelDraw!(tm) clipart.
-Carrie Carlson