Thread Dyeing Small Tatting Projects (Full Tutorial & Recipes)

Fun and quick thread dyeing at home, using simple supplies from your kitchen. Create radiant colors with non-toxic, basic, and easy to find ingrediency. Free dye recipes.

Free Tatting Pattern: Snowflake (Full Tutorial)

Learn how-to make a tatted snowflake, great for holiday décor and/or Christmas ornament. Free tatting pattern and video.

Free Tatting Pattern: Tatted Christmas Ornament Cover (Full Tutorial)

Learn how-to make an adjustable tatted cover to fit most round Christmas ornament balls. Quick, fun, and festive! Free Pattern and video.

Tatting Embellished Plush Pumpkins (Two Full Projects) in Needle Tatting

Follow along as my friend, Sarah, makes plush pumpkins and I (Katy) embellished them with custom tatting, in this series of instructional tutorials.

Tatted Medallion (Full Project) in Needle Tatting

I love this quick and easy tatted medallion. Great for beginner tatters and experts alike. Very versatile, with endless uses. Let your imagination run wild, and your creativity guide you.

Prevent Tangled Thread in Needle Tatting

Tangled thread is all too familiar of a sight, how can we "STOP" it? There are a few basic things you can do to cut down on, and possibly remove all together, this problem.

Blocking Tatting

As lovely and delicate as tatting, and especially picots, can be, they can also be frustrating at times. If you have ever had to wash your tatting, stored it long term, or inherited tatting, you know that those lovely lace loops can get twisted every which way, and be nearly impossible to iron out flat.

Tatted "Snowflake" Tutorial (Full Project!)

Free pattern and tutorial included (pattern suitable for shuttle and needle tatters). Enjoy, learn, have fun, and happy holidays!

Reverse Work (RW.) in Needle Tatting

Reversing work determines the way your tatting will lay, and the direction in which the work will go

Picots (p) in Needle Tatting

Picot, is the space that is left between double stitches, to form a loop. It is helpful to remember that a ds (double stitch) is always counted as a stitch, even when it appears to be part of a picot.

When You Run Out of Thread in Needle Tatting

When you run out of thread on your needle, before your project is completed, you need to add more thread. Learn how to tie off, hide thread ends, and add more thread easily, in needle tatting.

Best Needle Tatting Tip

Katy's secret "Special Step" in Needle Tatting. Learn this simple step to make your tatting smoother, flatter, and stronger.