Tatting
The making of a form of knotted lace using thread and a small shuttle.
| Status | Currently viable |
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| Origin in the UK | 19th century |
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The Ring of Tatters has almost 1,000 members, though not all are active practitioners. |
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History
Tatting emerged in the first half of the 19th century as a development from knotting. The new availability of fine mercerised threads from 1835 encouraged a burgeoning of lacecrafts of all sorts. In the 19th century and well into the 20th century, tatting was used like crochet or knitted lace mainly for edgings, collars, doyleys, traycloths and so on.
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Other information
References
- Palmer, Pam, Tatting (Shire Publications)
- Palmer, Pam, (2003) Tatting Shuttles: Related tools and Accessories
- Nakayama, Heidi, Tatting Shuttles
- Auld, Rhoda, (1974) Tatting
