Weldon’s Practical Needlework houses a wealth of information on Victorian tatting. Here’s our fourteenth installment in this series fromWeldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 4. The following are instructions for how to tat an “Eyelet Edging.” The material is reproduced here just as it appeared in England in 1889. No alterations or corrections were made.
Illustrations from Weldon’s Practical Needlework, Volume 4.
_ EYELET EDGING._
THIS is worked with Evans’ No. 16 crochet cotton, with the shuttle thread only. Make a loop on the fingers, work 2 double, l picot, 4 double, l picot, 4 double, 1 picot, 2 double, and draw up; reverse the work, make a loop, do 3 double, 1 picot and 2 double alternately ten times, l picot, 3 double, and draw up; * reverse the work, make a loop, work 2 double, join to the last. picot of the first eyelet, 4 double, 1 picot, 4 double, 1 picot, 2 double, draw up; reverse, make a loop, do 3 double, join to the last picot of the large oval. 3 double, 1 picot, 3 double, 1 picot, 3 double, draw up; reverse, make a loop, work 2 double, join to the last picot of the previous eyelet, 4 double, 1 picot, 4 double, 1 picot, 2 double, draw up; reverse, make a loop, do 3 double, join to the last picot of the small oval, 2 double, 1 picot and 2 double alternately nine times, 1 picot, 3 double, draw up; repeat from • , leaving a space of about ⅛ of an inch of cotton between each loop. For the foundation, crochet 2 chain and 1 double alternately in the picots along the top of the edging.
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