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Reąuirements:

Tatting Skills assumed:

The reader should bc able to tat at a beginner level, including mak-ing the tatting Double Stitch, or DS, rings, chains, picots, and basie join tochnigues, as well as hiding the thread ends.

Beginning level pattems are the first pattems in this book pp 3 - 7.

Many of the patterns require morę advanced skills; split rings, and zig /ag chains.

Here are three of my favorite websites for information about tatting technigues and instruction:

http://www.paradisetreasures.com    Sabina Carden-Madden

http://www.georgiaseitz.com    Online Tatting Class

http://www.picotnet.com    Tattered

Tools and supplies:

Thread * Size 20 or larger recommended to learn the patterns. Scissors to trim the ends Crochet hook for joining

Tatting shuttle(s), or tatting needle(s), unless doing finger tatting Beads are optional

Notation and Terms:

Picot +    Join

THC Tie, Hide, Cut the ends

CTM Continuous Thread Method, do not cut from bali

ZZC    Zig zag Chain

SR    Split Ring

DS    Double Stitch or    tatting knot

RDS Reverse Double Stitch, or Larks Head Knot

B    Bead

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