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An early example of the split ring was used in the J.P. Coats Co. Booklet #14.

The split chain is just one technique which allows a tatter to tat from the center out or from row to row with unnecessary cuts in the thread. Popularized by Dora Young who was also the first tatter to ever receive a U.S. Patent for a tatting technique.

A list of common tatting terms in Spanish with abbreviations and the English equivalent.

Short book reviews of several Spanish language tatting books. Part 2.

Short book reviews of several Spanish language tatting books.

Creating a chain using only one shuttle.

A new tatting book from Singapore, "Fun with Tatted Motifs." Irene Yeow says that she is a writer and freelance editor of educational books. She learned tatting from her co-author, Lilian Cheong, about 7 years ago.

Excellent tatting pattern books from Japan.

Women Tatters of the pre-Civil War era in the USA were considered "legally dead!" It is a wonder that any tatting or tatting patterns survived.