Tatting

Adele Shakal
Adele shares her favorite tatting resources.
http://www.shakal.org/arts/tatting.html

Alida's Tatting
A tatted box is one of the items shown on this Italian site.
http://www.chiacchierino.toscana.it/chiacchierinohome/

Amy's Page
Amy, from Mielke's Farm in Wisconsin, has added a simple bookmark pattern.
http://www.mielkesfarm.com/am_bkmk.htm

Ankars
Unique jewelry, tatted by Irina Astratenkocan of Lithuania, is in an extensive gallery.
http://www.beadsky.com/

Ann Brady
An Eastern Star emblem can be downloaded from site.
http://www.logicaldatasys.com/tatting/Tatting.html

Atelier Exanimis
All fourteen of these projects from Japan are well documented, making them easy to duplicate. The four original pieces include patterns.
http://www.geocities.co.jp/PowderRoom/1849/tatting_e.html

Barbara's Tatting
Barbara has tatted five feet of Ann Orr's wide edging pattern, plus two doileys.
http://www.emailblazer.com/photos/Tatting/Tatting.htm

Becky Kelly's Tattin' Needle
Her gallery includes a square Celtic motif with pattern.
http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/christy/955/

Ben Fikkert
Author of Floriade, this Dutch tatter shares a gallery of his exquisitely worked doilies, plus instructions for set stitches and other techniques.
http://home.tiscali.nl/ben.fikkert/

Birgit's Tatting Page
Free original patterns, including hearts, Celtic, snowflake, star, butterfly, angel, and a spider.
http://www.geocities.com/birgit_ph/

Bittersweet
A news article from Missouri discusses tatting.
http://thelibrary.springfield.missouri.org/lochist/periodicals/bittersweet/su79h.htm

Bordi
An Italian tatting gallery holds several nice edgings. Click 'next' to see twelve more tatting samples.
http://www.fortunecity.com/littleitaly/dongiovanni/125/bordi.htm

Carol's Tatting
A sea scene is in this gallery. Carol also tats owls, bells and hearts.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/8622/tatting.html

Christiane Eichler
The pattern finder on this site links to over 200 sources. There are also directions on how to tat a square ring, and a comparison of shuttle and needle work.
http://www.tatting.de/dol/aboutme.htm

Clara's Ribbons
Clara, who learned to tat in 1953, won blue ribbons for her doily and tatted lady. See them under photos.
http://cxram.homeip.net/

Craftown
A dozen classic tatting patterns are in this collection.
http://www.craftown.com/tat.htm

Danaw Tatted
Her grand-daughter created this memorial to the tatting art of Georgia Azmon.
http://members.tripod.com/~honeychile/tatting.html

Debbie Drake
A communion cloth (with pattern), a tablecloth, and a wedding handkerchief are among Debbie's works. She also tats items to benefit her church's building fund.
http://www.fortunecity.com/millennium/circus/593/tatting.htm

Donna Marie's Habit Tat
A Van-Dyke edging pattern is included with this gallery of 17 photos.
http://members.tripod.com/~Habit_Tat/

Donna's Gallery
Doilies, bookmarks, a baby bonnets and a crazy quilt are in this photo album.
http://www.angelfire.com/ok5/donnaspages/

Edwige Renaudin & Sylvain Le Guen
Scroll down the page to watch as this fan-tastic tatting project comes to fruition.
http://www.lecurieux.com/Frivolite/frivolite.htm

Emma's Tatting
Emma shares eight original designs, and a photo of a shuttle case made from a nut shell.
http://www.geocities.com/emmacrew/tatting/

Eva's Tat Site
Eva shares a heart pattern.
http://www.geocities.com/tatcat14/mypage.html

Frivolete Heart
The visual diagram for this heart pattern allows for easy tatting, in any language.
http://www.devichnik.ru/2001/02/frivol.html

Frivolite
Spanish instructions about Tatting. Instrucciones en Español sobre Frivolite (Tatting).
http://frivolite.needles-n-shuttles.com/

Gillian Buchanan
Gillian has written over a dozen patterns, including a complete alpahbet, all available on site.
http://www.craftsnlace.net/tatting/main/index.html

Gina B. Tats
Members of the Red Hat Society will find a pattern here, plus a pattern for a headband and wedding garter.
http://members.cox.net/ginabea/

Gina's Tat Journal
Scanning as she goes, this journal has lots of 'how to' tips.
http://threadsofatattinggoddess.blogspot.com/

Ginny Weathers
Ginny takes one basic edging pattern and makes many different ornamants.
http://ginnyw10.tripod.com/

Green Mountain
Sumac combines tatting with crazy quilts.
http://www.sover.net/~sumac/

Heidi Nakayama
A tatting historian, Heidi collects the stories of American tatters and their shuttles. She also gives tips on displaying shuttles and what to watch for while collecting.
http://tattingshuttles.home.att.net/

Icela's Tatting World
Mary shares photos of her awards, exchanges and Palmetto Guild activities.
http://my.att.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=16&groupid=309102&ck=

Index to Tatting Information on the Web
Provides tatting images, patterns, and techniques.
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~frmuse/alison/index.html

Inger's Orkis
This Danish tatter shares Easter and Christmas projects, plus doilies.
http://www.orkis.dk/en/

Iris Niebach's Tatting
Iris has put together a photo album of her doilies, edgings and other work. Tips on hiding ends and three patterns.
http://www.irisembroidery.homestead.com/index.html

Jan of Poland
By changing the order of halfstitches, Jan makes the work more uniform, and explains how here. This Lace Artist also shares a gallery of over 100 works.
http://www.frywolitka.slupsk.pl/

Jan Voskes' TatLife
In Dutch and English, Jan shares her tatted doilies and other projects.
http://home.wanadoo.nl/tatslife/

Jane Eborall
This English lace artist has designed more than forty new advanced patterns. These free projects include diagrams and patterns. She also shares directions for her new 4 shuttle, woven split rings technique.
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~nickeb/

Janis Cortese
Janis shares her evolution as a tatter, from how she was introduced to the art, to her first big project - a collar.
http://www.io.com/~cortese/crafts/tatting.html

Jennifer Rapacki
Jennifer shares five samples of her tatted works.
http://www.corporaterefugee.com/tatting.html

Joan Thomas Tats
Joan shares her projects, including beading with Nina Libin and Palmetto Tatter Awards.
http://webpages.charter.net/thomasgang/joan_tatting_gallery.htm

Julie Daoe's Tatting World
Most of the two dozen items in this gallery are jewelry related.
http://www.fortunecity.com/athena/fashion/224/

Karen Beary
'Ambitatterus' is a collection of tatting information, such as news articles and guild information.
http://www.geocities.com/ambitatterous/

Kathy Lowe
Kathy shares a lace hummingbird, 3D flower, vest and nametag.
http://home.pacbell.net/jlowe2/kathy/

Kelly Luljak
Kelly shares several patterns and shows an edging that won a ribbon at Kentucky State Fair.
http://members.iglou.com/mantia/Tatting/index.html

Kersti.com
Kersti Anear, list administrator for e-tatters, has collected a library of instructions for over 500 tatting projects - all of which are available on the web. Each of the links includes a thumbnail graphic of the completed project, making it easy to locate specific patterns. A tatted zodiac and some of Kersti's original patterns are also found here.
http://www.kersti.com/

Knots for R. L.
Erin Poh drafts a poem about tatting through the generations.
http://www.motherbird.com/dec10.htm

Kristie's Tatting Projects
Kristie shares her finished projects - nine thus far.
http://www.geocities.com/krisfrm/tatting.html

Ladies Home Journal
The June 1895 issue of this women's magazine published two tatting patterns.
http://www.costumegallery.com/LHJ/June_1895/Crochet/p21Intro.htm

Leen's Tatting
Family heirlooms, and some original patterns, are included in this gallery.
http://www.geocities.com/leen_tats/index.html

Lindsay Art 'n' Lace
Lindsay Rogers from Scotland is a designer, author and tutor of international repute.
http://www.craft-fair.co.uk/artnlace/

Lynn Hutchins
Lynn has documented the patterns used in her handkerchief edgings.
http://www.art-hutchins.com/tatting.htm

Madtatter
Lace Artist: Dale Pomeroy posts photos of his three dimensional bouquet.
http://www.madtatter.com/

Mari Tats
A small but intricate gallery of lace can be found on this Italian tatter's home page.
http://www.fantasiadiricami.it/chiacchierino.htm

Maria, and Maria Antonietta ,Tat
These two Italian friends have put together a combined gallery of over fifty pieces of lace.
http://www.ilchiacchierino.com/TattingHomeE.htm

Marti and Denise Tat
Marti makes earrings. Denise tats a snowflake.
http://www.xmission.com/~mlewis/tat.htm

Mary Margeret's Tatting
Mary designed a doll dress and a tatting bag.
http://www.astro.psu.edu/users/nousek/tatting.html

Mom's Tatted Doily
Cheryl Cummings made this doily for her mother.
http://www.fabricaffair.com/showtell2/cheryl2.htm

Nancy's Tatting
Nancy, an accomplished seamstress, shares how to make a simple blocking board, plus a gallery of a dozen tatted pieces.
http://www.be-stitched.com/

Nellie Ellison
The complete booklet "Lessons In Tatting' by Nellie Ellison, originally published in 1916, is shared here by Peggy Rowe.
http://members.tripod.com/pegrowe/

Nell's Tatting Page
An autumn corsage and four more unique patterns, all with detailed and well graphed instructions, are at this site.
http://www.angelfire.com/nc3/nelltats/

Nina Libin
Semi-precious stones decorate this unique jewelry.
http://www.beanile.com/index.html

Rachel Jackson's Needle Tatted Art
Based in Louisiana, Rachel designs original needle tatted works.
http://www.freewebs.com/rjo_tatted_art/index.htm

Rexie's Needle Tatting
Rexie shares a gallery of 30 tatted items.
http://www.rexie.com/Tatting.html

Rina Stepnaya
Beaded jewelry, tatted by Rina Stepnaya and friends, is the focus of Ankars Gallery, with over 50 pieces. Photos also show the artists and their public exhibits.
http://members.tripod.com/Ankars/main_e.htm

Russian Jewelry
Eight photos are in this little gallery of beaded necklaces.
http://sergeyvs.narod.ru/galery/galery.htm

Ruth Perry
Writing under the name of Rozella Linden, Ruth shares tips on tatting and photos of her work.
http://rozellalinden.com/

Ruth's Celtic Tatting Journal
Ruth shares her work in Celtic tatting design.
http://rozellalinden.blogspot.com/

Saundra's Tatting
Of the more than 25 items shown on this page, nine are original designs. Six patterns are included.
http://home.comcast.net/~needlelady50/

Sharon Albers
shares her favorite patterns: tiny baskets, a tatting tote, fishies and a star spangled doily.
http://www.geocities.com/skalbers52/

Sharyn Wittmann
South Carolinian Artisan makes hearts, angels and mats.
http://www.visitsoutherncomfort.com/shuttatbysha.html

Sheila's Tatting
Sheila shares pictures of her tatting as well as some of her own patterns.
http://www.geocities.com/mstatters/sheila.htm

Sherry Flor
Sherry illustrates everyday objects in tattng and offers them to the public.
http://www.geocities.com/tatdthreds/

Sumac's Lace Pages
Primarily Celtic tatting, site also contains pictures of 3 bobbin lace pieces.
http://www.sumac.us/

Susanne's Knots
This Danish site includes an extensive gallery plus a booklist.
http://hjem.get2net.dk/SusanneHT/tatting/index.html

Tatmeister
Consultant to The Lace Museum, Dan's site includes: shuttle collections, ten language glossaries, a discussion of copyright questions, a chronology of where and when tatting is found in print, and a gallery of his work (including original designs). To navigate the site, select MAP at the bottom of the page, then click the links on the left of the various pages.
http://www.tribbler.com/tatman/

Tatted bits
This small gallery holds photos of 2 doilies, 2 bookmarks and a seahorse.
http://pictures.care2.com/view/1/453496166

Teen Tatter
Samantha has written two tatting books, the first published at the age of 18.
http://www.geocities.com/sugar_lips_girl/home.html

Terry the Tatter
Terry shares patterns for covered glass ornaments.
http://www.terrythetatter.com/

Tracy's Tats
Tracy shares four of her doilies.
http://members.tripod.com/~olefriend/tatting.html

Ullas Occhi-World
Four German designers share a website. Besides the more than thirty floral works Ursula Dittmar has tatted, she also hosts Helma Seipmann (see her technical samples and instructions at 'seminarmappe') Heiko Pund (maker of amber shuttles) and Christel Weidmann. Christel has designed over ten doilies, ten collars, five necklaces plus an alphabet and a zoo. Links are found in blue at the top of the main page.
http://www.occhi-world.de/english.html

The Unicorn's Crafty Hobbies
Information and pictures of different kinds of knot-work.
http://www.gs.cornell.edu/dani/crafts/craftdex.html

Wally Sosa
This experienced tatting teacher shares frivolete lessons in Spanish and English. Her original patterns and large gallery of works include TatAlong Projects.
http://needles-n-shuttles.com/

Woodward
A doily is used as a placemat for a dinner service.
http://ac.marywood.edu/woodward/www/tatting.htm