Recently, this pattern was brought to my attention with a request to explain in what direction the tatting progresses. It is by Ila Frost.

Bicolor rings using needle tatting and two different colored threads wrapped alternately.

To be ... or Knot to be - a Tatting Manual by Beverly Cash and Jennifer Freudenburg

Ben Fikkert's "Frivolité" ©1984 was his first tatting publication. It is a small paperback with 30 pages. All the basic tatting techniques are presented in tutorials in the first 20 pages of the book.

Ben Fikkert is a gentleman tatter from the Netherlands. He has written three books on tatting.

Belding Brothers Silk Tatting Book. This manufacturer of silk thread published an instruction booklet with patterns. This antique public domain booklet is presented in parts. Here is Fig. 13 through Fig. 19. It is an interesting example of the multiple illustrations used for tatting.

Belding Brothers Silk Tatting Book. This manufacturer of silk thread published an instruction booklet with patterns. This antique public domain booklet is presented in parts. Here is Fig. 9 through Fig.12 It is an interesting example of the multiple illustrations used for tatting.

Belding Brothers Silk Tatting Book. This manufacturer of silk thread published an instruction booklet with patterns. This antique public domain booklet is presented in parts. Here is Fig. 4 through Fig. 9. It is an interesting example of the multiple illustrations used for tatting.

Belding Brothers Silk Tatting Book. This manufacturer of silk thread published an instruction booklet with patterns. This antique public domain booklet is presented in parts. Here is the beginning through Fig. 4. It is an interesting example of the multiple illustrations used for tatting.

A few notes on the influence of the Belding Brothers Silk Thread Company on the art of tatting.