Tatting Designs" by Comfort Workers, 1917 Insertion using Reverse order double stitch

The Origins of Tatting are lost in history but we do have a growing timeline for the advancements. This short article mentions a few of the highlights.

Recently, this mysterious doily was rediscovered on Intatters and caused a commotion. I was so pleased to know that even after more than a decade this doily is still being studied and worked by tatters. Patty Dowden of the Intatters discussion group on this doily, has prepared a new set of diagrams

The drop picot is also called the down picot or the inward facing picot.

"Beads & Knots" Needle Tatted Jewelry. Nina Libin has prepared a new book especially for needle tatters. Some shuttle tatted beading techniques were not possible to reproduce as the diameter of the tatting needles would not accommodate all sizes of the delicate beads used in tatted beaded jewelry.

"Tatting with a Needle for Beginners" by Georgiana Bromley. This book contains the basic instructions for both left and right handed needle tatters. It also presents the instructions in a unique manner with many references to knitting.

Superbowl Sunday Snowflake Georgia Seitz 1-31-99. This pattern is an exercise in the inward facing or down picot.

Miss C.W.'s Tatted edging for Piano Scarf June 11, 1916 The Plain Dealer

The Onion Ring Join with the Tatting Needle takes a little more manipulation to make correctly

The word oeillet, along with loop, oval and circle are all used to indicate a "ring" in this 1867 Mlle Riego pattern from the Royal Tatting book, pg. 10.