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Mark Myers aka Tatman
Tatman shares a photo album, graphics, shuttle collection, artwork, antique patterns, cartoons, book reviews, and humor.
http://www.tat-man.net/tatting.html

Jan of Poland
By changing the order of halfstitches, Jan makes the work more uniform, and expains how here. This Lace Artist also shares a gallery of over 100 works.
http://www.frywolitka.slupsk.pl/

Ginny Weathers
Ginny takes one basic edging pattern and makes many different ornamants.
http://ginnyw10.tripod.com/mypersonalsite/

Heidi Nakayama
A tatting historian, Heidi collects the stories of American tatters and their shuttles. She also gives tips on displaying shuttles and what to watch for while collecting.
http://tattingshuttles.home.att.net/

The Shuttle Brothers
This article on Gary and Randy Houtz is from the Denver Post, and is entitled "Burly Kin Dabble in Dainty Lace".
http://63.147.65.175/news/news0409c.htm

Amy's Page
Amy, from Mielke's Farm in Wisconsin, has added a simple bookmark pattern.
http://www.mielkesfarm.com/am_bkmk.htm

Gillian Buchanan
Gillian has written over a dozen patterns, including a complete alpahbet, all available on site.
http://craftsnlace.net/tatting/main/index.html

Ben Fikkert
Author of Floriade, this Dutch tatter shares a gallery of his exquisitely worked doilies, plus instructions for set stitches and other techniques.
http://home.tiscali.nl/ben.fikkert/Menu.html

Kelly Luljak
Kelly shares several patterns and shows an edging that won a ribbon at Kentucky State Fair.
http://members.iglou.com/mantia/Tatting/index.html

Kisha Learns to Tat
Keeping a journal of her progress, Kisha tells how she learned to tat, illustrated with first projects.
http://www.geijer.k-image.com/kisha/tatting/

Claire's Snowflakes
Claire shares photos of the snowflakes she has made for her Christmas tree.
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lostinthread/album?.dir=/Snowflake+Tree+2003&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lostinthread/album%3f.tok=phkMFcAB%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520PzazeqEb%255E.dir=/Snowflake%252BTree%

Ruth Perry
Writing under the name of Rozella Linden, Ruth shares tips on tatting and photos of her work.
http://rozellalinden.com/

Yuuko
Visit the gallery of collars tatted by this Japanese Lace Artist.
http://www.yo.rim.or.jp/~at-yuuko/Gallery/Gallery1.htm

Minako
This hanky is trimmed with 60 tatted motifs.
http://www.edit.ne.jp/~minako/blogger/archives/e/000240.html

Saundra's Tatting
Of the more than 25 items shown on this page, nine are original designs. Six patterns are included.
http://home.comcast.net/~needlelady50/

Anitra Stone
Anitra shares resources, and lists her Workbasket collection.
http://members.aol.com/madtatter/

Christiane Eichler
The pattern finder on this site links to over 200 sources. There are also directions on how to tat a square ring, and a comparison of shuttle and needle work.
http://www.tatting.de/dol/aboutme.htm

Sheila's Tatting
Sheila shares pictures of her tatting as well as some of her own patterns.
http://www.geocities.com/mstatters/sheila.htm

Ankars
Unique jewelry, tatted by Irina Astratenkocan of Lithuania, is in an extensive gallery.
http://www.beadsky.com

Lacey Helen
Helen designed a celtic egg, beaded heart and wreath. Her well written patterns are included.
http://www.users.waitrose.com/~laceyhelen/patterns.htm

Mary Lyn's Tatting
A split ring dragonfly (pattern included) serves as the backdrop for the work of this blue ribbon winner. Compare a finished bracelet with a photograph of the work in progress. Gallery contains photo of tatting combined with quilling.
http://members.stratos.net/t.bartko/

Gina B. Tats
Members of the Red Hat Society will find a pattern here, plus a pattern for a headband and wedding garter.
http://www.ginabea.com/

Celtess Tats
This site shares a pattern for a doily, egg, frame and flower.
http://www.celtess.net/Tatting/Main.html

Mari Tats
A small but intricate gallery of lace can be found on this Italian tatter's home page.
http://www.fantasiadiricami.it/chiacchierino.htm

Maria, and Maria Antonietta ,Tat
These two Italian friends have put together a combined gallery of over fifty pieces of lace.
http://www.ilchiacchierino.com/TattingHomeE.htm

Horstmar 2002
Gallery shows displays of tatting at conference held in Horstmar, Germany, 2002.
http://community.webshots.com/album/50799112LaIDWq/0

Rachel's Room
Rachel Jackson adds tatting to vintage jewelry and designs fantasy flowers.
http://www.sewthankful.com/RachelsRoom.html

Betsy Evans
Betsy shares a bookmark pattern. Her gallery contains items made using non-traditional techniques.
http://www.charteroakdesigns.com

Irene Woo
The butterfly heart is an original pattern. Irene has adapted a pen to hold her crochet hook.
http://home.comcast.net/~gonetatting/tatting.htm

Barbara's Tatting
Barbara has tatted five feet of Ann Orr's wide edging pattern, plus two doileys.
http://www.emailblazer.com/photos/Tatting/Tatting.htm

Tanya Tats
Tanya (Wonk) shares tatted motifs, bag, button heart and a wire butterfly, among other lace items.
http://www.geocities.com/wonk24/index.html

Eva's Tat Gallery
Eva shares several photos of doilies, plus a tat trimmed purse.
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/tatcat14/my_photos

Mary Donahue's Tatting World
Mary shares photos of her awards, exchanges and Palmetto Guild activities.
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=16&groupid=41771&ck=

Ann Brady
An Eastern Star emblem can be downloaded from site.
http://www.logicaldatasys.com/tatting/Tatting.html

Tatted bits
This small gallery holds photos of 2 doilies, 2 bookmarks and a seahorse.
http://pictures.care2.com/view/1/453496166

Tricia's Newbie Round Robin
Here's the center piece for Tricia's round in a robin for first-timers.
http://website.lineone.net/~tricias/

Iris Niebach's Tatting
Iris has put together a photo album of her doilies, edgings and other work. Tips on hiding ends and three patterns.
http://www.irisembroidery.homestead.com/index.html

Colleen and Noelene
Colleen works to standardize tatting terms, and has a gallery of over twenty works. Plus, she hosts the twenty verses to Noelene's poem "Tatting In My Pocket".
http://www.hottub.org/~exapno/tatting/tatting.html

Mary Margeret's Tatting
Mary designed a doll dress and a tatting bag.
http://www.astro.psu.edu/users/nousek/tatting.html

Rina Stepnaya
Beaded jewelry, tatted by Rina Stepnaya and friends, is the focus of Ankars Gallery, with over 50 pieces. Photos also show the artists and their public exhibits.
http://members.tripod.com/Ankars/main_e.htm

Teen Tatter
Samantha has written two tatting books, the first published at the age of 18.
http://www.geocities.com/sugar_lips_girl/home.html

Carol's Tatting
A sea scene is in this gallery. Carol also tats owls, bells and hearts.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/8622/tatting.html

Sue's Tatting
An ornament with baby buttons is part of Sue's gallery. The pattern is included.
http://www.uidaho.edu/~sueg/sue's.htm

Terry the Tatter
Terry shares patterns for covered glass ornaments.
http://www.terrythetatter.com

Tatmeister
Consultant to The Lace Museum, Dan's site includes: shuttle collections, ten language glossaries, a discussion of copyright questions, a chronology of where and when tatting is found in print, and a gallery of his work (including original designs). To navigate the site, select MAP at the bottom of the page, then click the links on the left of the various pages.
http://www.tribbler.com/tatman/

Tat & taT
This new tatter from Japan has created unique patterns, some inspired by classic American quilts.
http://www.edit.ne.jp/~minako/tatting/

Karen's Tatted Lace
Karen shares her tatted doilies, bookmarks and hearts.
http://www.jackarenlaceandservices.com

Anna Meloni's Tatting
Anna tries three unusual tatting techniques. Photos are at the bottom of the front page.
http://ospiti.thunder.it/annacreazioni/

Notecards by Suzy
This artist's delightful designs add humor to traditional tatted stationary.
http://tattednotes.com

Atelier Exanimis
All fourteen of these projects from Japan are well documented, making them easy to duplicate. The four original pieces include patterns.
http://www.geocities.co.jp/PowderRoom/1849/tatting_e.html

Katie's Tatting Pages
Katie Johnson asked tatters "Why do you tat?" and collected the answers here. Her gallery includes booties, watermelon earrings, a collar, and instructions for a popular hanky bonnet & poem ...plus tips on adding beads and storage.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/3634/tatindex.html

Leen's Tatting
Family heirlooms, and some original patterns, are included in this gallery.
http://www.geocities.com/leen_tats/index.html

Arial's Tatting Page
Patricia tats snowflakes and lace trims for decorative eggs. She has made a list of tatting newsletters.
http://www.geocities.com/cyberspirit-2/egg.htm

Cas's Tatting
Cas shares where to find supplies in Australia. Her large gallery is sorted by project type: doilies, bookmarks, handkerchieves, snowflakes, plus shuttles.
http://www.users.bigpond.com/casmitchell/

Alida's Tatting
A tatted box is one of the items shown on this Italian site.
http://www.chiacchierino.toscana.it/chiacchierinohome/

Danaw Tatted
Her grand-daughter created this memorial to the tatting art of Georgia Azmon.
http://members.tripod.com/~honeychile/tatting.html

Tracy's Tats
Tracy shares four of her doilies.
http://members.tripod.com/~olefriend/tatting.html

Donna Marie's Habit Tat
A Van-Dyke edging pattern is included with this gallery of 17 photos.
http://members.tripod.com/~Habit_Tat/

Sue Hanson
A concise pattern and clear diagrams make these advanced celtic patterns easy to follow. Click on the brooch Sue made for Rita.
http://freespace.virgin.net/r.hanson/tatting/tatting.htm

Dianna Stevens
Tatting judge and author, Dianna challenges fellow tatters with puzzles and mystery motifs. Her site holds more than a dozen original patterns.
http://www.domesticarts.com

Madtatter
Lace Artist: Dale Pomeroy posts photos of his three dimensional bouquet.
http://www.madtatter.com/

Ullas Occhi-World
Four German designers share a website. Besides the more than thirty floral works Ursula Dittmar has tatted, she also hosts Helma Seipmann (see her technical samples and instructions at 'seminarmappe') Heiko Pund (maker of amber shuttles) and Christel Weidmann. Christel has designed over ten doilies, ten collars, five necklaces plus an alphabet and a zoo. Links are found in blue at the top of the main page.
http://www.occhi-world.de/english.html

Lindsay Art 'n' Lace
Lindsay Rogers from Scotland is a designer, author and tutor of international repute.
http://www.craft-fair.co.uk/artnlace/

Sharyn Wittmann
South Carolinian Artisan makes hearts, angels and mats.
http://www.visitsoutherncomfort.com/shuttatbysha.html

Lynn Hutchins
Lynn has documented the patterns used in her handkerchief edgings.
http://www.art-hutchins.com/tatting.htm

Mae Taylor
Mae shares her bookmarks, a mat, and drawings of 'how-to' instructions.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/5734/tatting.htm

Debbie Drake
A communion cloth (with pattern), a tablecloth, and a wedding handkerchief are among Debbie's works. She also tats items to benefit her church's building fund.
http://www.fortunecity.com/millennium/circus/593/tatting.htm

Julie Daoe's Tatting World
Most of the two dozen items in this gallery are jewelry related.
http://www.fortunecity.com/athena/fashion/224/

Karen's Exchange Butterfly
Two versions of one pattern demonstrate the evolution of the design process.
http://hometown.aol.com/Yishdioh/butterfly.html

Inger's Orkis
This Danish tatter shares Easter and Christmas projects, plus doilies.
http://www.orkis.dk/en/

Nina Libin
Semi-precious stones decorate this unique jewelry.
http://www.beanile.com/index.html

The Lady V
Gallery holds photos of bookmarks, snowflakes and 2 motifs.
http://members.tripod.com/~The_Lady_V/tg.html

Emma's Tatting
Emma shares eight original designs, and a photo of a shuttle case made from a nut shell.
http://www.geocities.com/emmacrew/tatting/

Dawn's Three D Dreams
This nice little album includes tatted and beaded trim for a little girl's socks.
http://pages.ivillage.com/threeddreams/

Jane Eborall
This English lace artist has designed more than forty new advanced patterns. These free projects include diagrams and patterns. She also shares directions for her new 4 shuttle, woven split rings technique.
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~nickeb/

Nana Tats
Damien's Nana makes butterflies, doilies and crosses.
http://www.geocities.com/nanatats/

Green Mountain
Sumac combines tatting with crazy quilts.
http://www.sover.net/~sumac/

Sherri's Tatting Page
A split ring flag and a tatted lady are among the works in this nice little gallery.
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Parc/8993/tatting.html

Clara's Ribbons
Clara, who learned to tat in 1953, won blue ribbons for her doily and tatted lady. See them under photos.
http://cxram.homeip.net/

Becky Kelly's Tattin' Needle
Her gallery includes a square celtic motif with pattern.
http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/christy/955/

Craftown
A dozen classic tatting patterns are in this collection.
http://www.craftown.com/tat.htm

Ladies Home Journal
The June 1895 issue of this women's magazine published two tatting patterns.
http://www.costumegallery.com/LHJ/June_1895/Crochet/p21Intro.htm

Tatalltales Presents...
A links list, pattern index (including twelve Halloween projects) and online newsletter are on this Australian site.
http://www.geocities.com/contessa_au/TatalltalesHome.html

Tatted in China
These are the more commonly seen of the edgings imported to the United States.
http://members.aol.com/garsmock/tatting.html

Russian Jewelry
Eight photos are in this little gallery of beaded necklaces.
http://sergeyvs.narod.ru/galery/galery.htm

Sharon Albers
shares her favorite patterns: tiny baskets, a tatting tote, fishies and a star spangled doily.
http://www.geocities.com/skalbers52/

Connie Tenclay
Hand dyed thread and homemade shuttles are Connie's specialties.
http://www.execpc.com/~tenclay/connie/album1_002.htm

Kersti.com
Kersti Anear, list administrator for e-tatters, has collected a library of instructions for over 500 tatting projects - all of which are available on the web. Each of the links includes a thumbnail graphic of the completed project, making it easy to locate specific patterns. A tatted zodiac and some of Kersti's original patterns are also found here.
http://www.kersti.com

Delia
A bridal crown, garter, necklace and bookmark cross were tatted by Delia for this gallery.
http://www.geocities.com/deliastatting/photoalbum

Knots for R. L.
Erin Poh drafts a poem about tatting through the generations.
http://www.motherbird.com/dec10.htm

Priscilla 's Afritat
From Nigeria, Priscilla Ine-Orubite Jack brings the exhibit 'Art of Tatting' to London, and demonstrates a unique picot and join.
http://freespace.virgin.net/r.hanson/afritat/afritat.html

Kathy Lowe
Kathy shares a lace hummingbird, 3D flower, vest and nametag.
http://home.pacbell.net/jlowe2/kathy/

Mom's Tatted Doily
Cheryl Cummings made this doily for her mother.
http://www.fabricaffair.com/showtell2/cheryl2.htm

Karen Bovard
A silversmith and a lacemaker, Karen tatted a picture of her motorcycle and makes her own shuttles.
http://www.creighton.edu/~kbovard/shuttle.html

Bordi
An Italian tatting gallery holds several nice edgings. Click 'next' to see twelve more tatting samples.
http://www.fortunecity.com/littleitaly/dongiovanni/125/bordi.htm

Northtipton
A machine knitter uses needle tatting to join afghan panels.
http://www.northtipton.com/joining.htm

Becky D. Tats
Becky shows how she designed her tatted dragon and shares gallery of other original works.
http://dbdempsey.homestead.com/tatting.html

Marti and Denise Tat
Marti makes earrings. Denise tats a snowflake.
http://www.xmission.com/~mlewis/tat.htm

Donna's Gallery
Doilies, bookmarks, a baby bonnets and a crazy quilt are in this photo album.
http://www.angelfire.com/ok5/donnaspages/

Birgit's Tatting Page
Free original patterns, including hearts, celtic, snowflake, star, butterfly, angel, and a spider.
http://www.geocities.com/birgit_ph

Needle Tatting
Several tatters gather here to share pictures and ideas.
http://groups.msn.com/NeedleTatting

Shar's Bridal Tatting
A headband and barettes, especially for brides, have been designed by Sharon Briggs.
http://www.interlog.com/~gagechek/slb/bridal/

Nell's Tatting Page
An autumn corsage and four more unique patterns, all with detailed and well graphed instructions, are at this site.
http://www.angelfire.com/nc3/nelltats/

Laksami Green
A newspaper article in Colleton Today relates the history of this award winning professional tatter.
http://www.colletontoday.com/story2.html

Rexie's Needle Tatting
Rexie shares a gallery of 30 tatted items.
http://www.rexie.com/Tatting.html

Woodward
A doily is used as a placemat for a dinner service.
http://ac.marywood.edu/woodward/www/tatting.htm

Janis Cortese
Janis shares her evolution as a tatter, from how she was introduced to the art, to her first big project - a collar.
http://www.io.com/~cortese/crafts/tatting.html

Adele Shakal
Adele shares her favorite tatting resources.
http://www.shakal.org/arts/tatting.html

Jennifer Rapacki
Jennifer shares five samples of her tatted works.
http://www.corporaterefugee.com/tatting.html

Wally Sosa
This experienced tatting teacher shares frivolete lessons in Spanish and English. Her original patterns and large gallery of works include TatAlong Projects.
http://needles-n-shuttles.com

Frivolite
Spanish instructions about Tatting. Instrucciones en Español sobre Frivolite (Tatting).
http://frivolite.needles-n-shuttles.com

Nancy's Tatting
Nancy, an accomplished seamstress, shares how to make a simple blocking board, plus a gallery of a dozen tatted pieces.
http://www.be-stitched.com

Edward's Tatting
Mr.Chevalier shares his original dragonfly pattern. See it and nine other works in his gallery.
http://tatting.ejc-photo.com

Celtess Tatting Creations
Patterns for a doily, egg, rose, bookmark and square frame can be found here.
http://www.celtess.net/Tatting

Frivolete Heart
The visual diagram for this heart pattern allows for easy tatting, in any language.
http://www.devichnik.ru/2001/02/frivol.html

Rose Rogers
Rose shares the pattern and direstions for her memory doily.
http://groups.msn.com/TattingOriginalPatternsbyRoseRogers/home.htm

Emmanuel Bocher
Rose Rogers has translated from the french all 66 pages of this 1912 Tatting Book. Each pattern is written in modern notation, with the original photo illustrations.
http://groups.msn.com/RoseRogersTatting/home.htm

Jan Voskes' TatLife
In Dutch and English, Jan shares her tatted doilies and other projects.
http://home.wanadoo.nl/tatslife/

Edwige Renaudin & Sylvain Le Guen
Scroll down the page to watch as this fan-tastic tatting project comes to fruition.
http://www.lecurieux.com/Frivolite/frivolite.htm

Abigail and Susanna Paul
Iowa farm girls share their 'tatted blessings', making bookmarks and doilies in a variety of thread colors.
http://personal.adiis.net/paulsgrains/tatting/

Winifred's Tatting
Based in Oxfordshire, Winifred tats tiaras. She also makes cards for special occasions.
http://www.atouchoflace.co.uk/index.html

Becky Dempsey's Shuttle
Becky carved this tool from a birch branch.
http://dbdempsey.homestead.com/Shuttles.html

Nellie Ellison
The complete booklet "Lessons In Tatting' by Nellie Ellison, originally published in 1916, is shared here by Peggy Rowe.
http://members.tripod.com/pegrowe/

Karen Beary
'Ambitatterus' is a collection of tatting information, such as news articles and guild information.
http://www.geocities.com/ambitatterous/

Gina's Tat Journal
Scanning as she goes, this journal has lots of 'how to' tips.
http://threadsofatattinggoddess.blogspot.com/

Kristie's Tatting Projects
Kristie shares her finished projects - nine thus far.
http://www.geocities.com/krisfrm/tatting.html

Heather 's Tat Designs
Heather shares designs: angels, easter egg covers and jewelry.
http://www.freewebs.com/heathersdesigns2003/tattingmain.html

Joan Thomas Tats
Joan shares her projects, including beading with Nina Libin and Palmetto Tatter Awards.
http://webpages.charter.net/thomasgang/joan_tatting_gallery.htm

Nadjeschda Overgaard
This Iowa Folklife Heritage Award Winner is a masterful tatter.
http://www.iowaartscouncil.org/confwkshps/flf01.htm



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