A.E.K.'s "Hook and Eye" Tatted Insertion The Plain Dealer June 18, 1916

In the newsletter sent on Nov. 27, last year, a vintage pattern from Mrs. Warren's 1869-ish book was shared. In that pattern a ring was called a "tat!" That surprised me. I have found another odd term used in reference to a tatting pattern in a 1916 publication. Here, one A.E. K., tatter, shared a pattern of opposing rings connected by a chain. On the chain was one lonesome picot. This pattern was described as a "hook and eye" insertion.

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Here's the pattern:

Using 2 shuttles begin insertion:
1. Ring 4 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 4 clr rw ; Chain 3 - 3 rw
[Ed's note: The direction stated that the tatter was to "spool 3 ds p 3 ds:. This assumed the tatter was making the chains with a ball thread instead of two shuttles.]

2. Ring 4 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 4 clr rw ; Chain 3 - 3 rw
3. *Ring 4 + (join to last picot of ring one) 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 4 clr rw ; Chain 3 - 3 rw
4. Ring 4 + (join to last picot of ring two) 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 4 clr rw ; Chain 3 - 3 rw
Repeat from * for length desired.

Also given were the directions for an edging:

Using 2 shuttles begin edging:
1. Ring 4 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 4 clr rw ; Chain 3 - 3 rw
2. Ring 4 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 4 clr rw ; Chain 3 - 3 rw
3. *Ring 4 + (join to last picot of ring one) 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 4 clr rw ; Chain 3 - 3 rw
4. Ring 4 + (join to last picot of ring one) 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 4 clr rw ; Chain 3 - 3 rw
Repeat from * for length desired.

This insertion would make a good bookmark with a ribbon run down the center up and under the chains.
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Don't Flip the Stitch! Say What??
You practiced and studied hard to master the flip (tatting), to make the loop transfer and create the double stitch one half at a time. And now it says don't flip?

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