Tatting
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Tatting is a technique for handcrafting a particularly durable lace from a series of knots and loops. Tatting can be used to make lace edging as well as doilies, collars, accessories such as earrings,
Butterfly-shaped handiwork created by means of tatting technique
Pine pattern collar in tatting
Vintage tatting shuttles from the early twentieth century
Newer type of shuttle with hook
Lace
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Lace is a decorative openwork textile made without the use of pre-existing fabric. Lace can be made by hand or machine. Various techniques can be employed to form lace, each having a distinct category
Tatting
…Tatting is a technique for handcrafting a particularly durable lace from a series of knots and loops. Tatting can be used to make lace edging as well as doilies, collars, accessories such as earrings, necklaces, waist…
Valuable old lace, cut and framed for sale in Bruges, Belgium
Square Lace "Sampler," 1800–1825, Brooklyn Museum
Needle lace, showing button hole stitch
Bobbin lace being made on a roller pillow