Crack open any volume of Weldon’s Practical Needlework, and you’ll be transported in time to the Victorian era.
You make your entrance—gown flowing around your feet as you float down the grand staircase leading to the ballroom. You’re wearing a pair of elegant tatted fingerless gloves as your hands glide delicately along the banister.
Chester was an engineer. You might be wondering, how did an engineer become interested in tatting?
Here’s a tatted edging originally published in Needlecraft Magazine’s October 1928 issue.
Making an elegant pair of accessories for a bride’s special day only requires a few materials—a spool of cord, some thread, delicate beads, and a tatting needle.
Enjoy a free tatted square medallion pattern from PieceWork’s “Trimmings.”
One of the most fascinating structural elements of the Turkish socks featured in Lynne Hershberger’s article is the heel construction.
