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Making lace by hand
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tatting
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n. 1 A form of looped and knotted lace needlework made from a single thread. 2 The art of making such lace. vb. (present participle of tat English)
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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 and necklaces, and other decorative pieces. The lace ...
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v. make lacework by knotting or looping [syn: intertwine ] [also: tatting , tatted ]
Usage examples of tatting.
She was tired, this little sister of his who had hung on to the gate and cried when he went away to war, and cried again when he returned to find her working all the daylight hours tatting lace for Widder Leggett so she would have a little food and a cold pallet to sleep upon.
Toronto for you -- and Canada, because this country is still pretty much pioneer in its deepest feelings and thinks art is something the women amuse themselves with in the long winter evenings -- you know, knitting, tatting, and barbola -- while the men drink bootleg hooch in the barn.
Toronto for you -- and Canada, because this country is still pretty much pioneer in its deepest feelings and thinks art is something the women amuse themselves with in the long winter evenings -- you know, knitting, tatting, and barbola -- while the men drink bootleg hooch in the barn.