Crossword clues for tatting
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tatting \Tat"ting\, n. A kind of lace made from common sewing thread, with a peculiar stitch.
Tatting shuttle, the shuttle on which the thread used in tatting is wound.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"making of knotted lace; kind of homemade lace," 1832, of uncertain origin. In French, frivolité.
Wiktionary
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)
WordNet
n. needlework consisting of handmade lace made by looping and knotting a single thread on a small shuttle
act or process or making tatting or handmade lace [syn: lace making]
v. make lacework by knotting or looping [syn: intertwine]
See tat
Wikipedia
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 is formed by a pattern of rings and chains formed from a series of cow hitch or half-hitch knots, called double stitches, over a core thread. Gaps can be left between the stitches to form picots, which are used for practical construction as well as decorative effect.
Tatting dates to the early 19th century. The term for tatting in most European languages is derived from French frivolité, which refers to the purely decorative nature of the textiles produced by this technique. The technique was developed to imitate point lace
In German, tatting is usually known by the Italian-derived word Occhi or as Schiffchenarbeit, which means "work of the little boat," referring to the boat-shaped shuttle; in Italian, tatting is called chiacchierino, which means "chatty."
Tatting may refer to:
- Knotted Lace
- Dumpster diving
- Tatting - searching pop festival sites for abandoned, but useful, stuff.
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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.