Thank you Jean! I know much less about tatting than I do about other laces
(I can make it, at least!), so this is very helpful.
And thank you to everyone else who has replied to me for your input. What
would we do without Arachne? :)
Best,
Elena
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Thanks to Jo Ann and all those who have responded to my questions about
these puzzling pieces.
I have extricated my book on Beveren and see that Jo Ann is correct about
the holes. They do resemble the holes in the linen stitch in the second of
the two "Tonder" pieces I posted. Also, before me is
I’m sure Elena has already done abundant online research about tatting origins
but just out of curiosity I looked and ran across this article. It cites
sources and covers a lot of territory quickly so I thought I’d pass it on to
the group.
https://abctattingpatterns.com/history/
Jean
Hi Elena,
I know only one thing relevant to your questions but I'll offer it in case
it helps: the shuttles used in the 18th century for knotting were much
larger than tatting shuttles, several times larger than the largest tatting
shuttle I know of. I have one and embarrassingly cannot find it
Dear Arachne,
I am hoping to ask for your thoughts on the origin dates of tatting and
crochet and see if they line up with what I have gathered over the years.
Tatting shuttles, of course are already depicted in 18th century portraits
as they were used for simpler knotting techniques, but what
