Christmas Angels and Other Tatting Patterns
By Monica Hahn
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Additional patterns in this attractive collection include lovely edgings such as Grape, Crown, Happy Talk, and Merri-Go-Round for "dressing up" napkins, placemats, handkerchiefs, and other items. Still other patterns are perfect for creating lovely collars, bookmarks, picture frames, and a variety of domestic accessories. Easy-to-follow instructions and over 60 sharply detailed black-and-white photographs and line illustrations make it easy to create these tatted masterpieces.
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Christmas Angels and Other Tatting Patterns - Monica Hahn
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Give HIM the glory
To my two granddaughters,
Camlyn Marie Gourley
and
Tiffany Danielle Olsen,
who have both taken lessons and
show great promise
Thanks and credit to my family and friends and Georgia Ann Kumor for their support and encouragement.
Copyright © 1982, 1985, 1989 by Monica Hahn
All rights reserved.
Christmas Angels and Other Tatting Patterns, first published by Dover Publications, Inc., in 1989, is a revised, corrected and completely reset republication of two works: A Christmas Angel & Other Tatting Patterns, originally published by Clipper Enterprises, Inc., Duxbury, Massachusetts in 1982, and A Christmas Angel & Other Tatting Patterns—Volume II, originally published by Monica Hahn, Seattle, Washington in 1985.
One photograph from A Christmas Angel & Other Tatting Patterns, and one pattern and one photograph from A Christmas Angel & Other Tatting Patterns—Volume II, have been omitted from the Dover edition. A new Introduction, three completely new patterns and a new section, Tatting Instructions,
including information from the original books, have been added to this edition. Several items have been rephotographed for this edition.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hahn, Monica.
Christmas angels and other tatting patterns.
(Dover needlework series)
1. Tatting—Patterns. 2. Christmas decorations.
I. Title. II. Series.
TT840.T38H34 1989 746.43’6041 89-17149
9780486138954
Manufactured in the United States by Courier Corporation
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Copyright Page
Introduction
Tatting Instructions
Christmas Angels
Sample Christmas Tree
Evergreen Christmas Tree
Oriental Christmas Tree
Diamond Medallion Cover for Christmas Tree Ball
Round Medallion Cover for Christmas Tree Ball
Lacy Bell
Three-Dimensional Bell
Cloverleaf Bell
Snowflake Flower
Daisy Snowflake
Ten-Pointed Snowflake
Small Snowflake
Knobby Snowflake
Poinsettia
Star of Leaves
Five-Pointed star
Wheel of Nine Rings
Rose Ornament
Spiderweb Ornament
Lacy Snowman
Webbed-Face Snowman
Picture Frames
Tatted Collars
Stationery with Personality
Pearl
Necklace
Earrings
Napkin Holder #1
Napkin Holder #2
Umbrella Ornament
Flat Butterfly
Heart Ring
Tatted Butterfly
Cross Bookmark
Filigree Bookmark
Bible Bookmark
Water Lily Medallion
Small Flower Medallion
Rose Pattern
Oval Doily
Edgings
Square Cluny Motif
Cluny Medallion
Introduction
The origins of tatting are somewhat uncertain and subject to debate; however, from literature and paintings, we know that knotting (an early form of the art) was well known in Europe at least as early as the seventeenth century. As with most forms of needlework, interest in tatting has fluctuated through the years. Today it is enjoying a new high in popularity.
Monica Hahn has been tatting for over seventy years. In that time, she has developed a high level of expertise and displayed considerable talent for design. In this book, she offers patterns for exquisite collars, edgings, medallions and other items, as well as a beautiful collection of Christmas tree ornaments, including two magnificent Christmas angels.
Tatting Instructions
All tatting patterns are made from one basic stitch, the double stitch, enhanced by picots, which are used for decoration or for joining the rings and chains together. Once you have mastered the double stitch, the rest is easy.
Preparing to tat. Thread used for tatting must be uniform, with a very firm twist. Thread made especially for tatting is available, but the fine cotton thread used for crochet also works well. The finer the thread used, the smaller the stitches and the more delicate the tatting. Most of the patterns in this book use size 20, 30 or 50 thread. For practice, use size 10 or 20 thread.
Two different types of tatting shuttles are widely available today. The first type has both ends closed and a removable bobbin. This shuttle is usually made of metal and has a hook or point at one end. The other type consists of an upper and lower piece held together by a post in the center. The center post generally has a hole in it to anchor the thread to. Both ends of this shuttle are open, but the tips should fit together snugly, yet still permit the thread to pass between them easily. Sometimes this type of shuttle has a long point on one end to aid in joining.
While the first type of shuttle is almost always made of metal, the second type can be fashioned from many different materials—wood, silver, ivory, bone, tortoiseshell, abalone, celluloid, horn and plastic, for example. Some antique shuttles are beautifully decorated, monogrammed or engraved.
I prefer to use a metal shuttle with a bobbin because it is easier to fill. However, sometimes the hook catches the ring thread, jerking the shuttle out of my hand. To solve this, I simply file the hook into a point.
To fill the first type of shuttle, remove the bobbin and wind the thread smoothly around it until it is full. For the second type, insert the end of the thread through the hole in the shuttle and tie. Wind the thread smoothly around the center. Do not allow the thread to project beyond the edges of the shuttle.
The double stitch. Wind a few yards of thread on the shuttle. Hold the shuttle with your right thumb and index finger so that the shuttle is flat, with the thread coming from the back. This thread is called the running line or shuttle thread.
About 12 inches from the shuttle, grasp the thread firmly with the left thumb and index