Iowa farm girls share their 'tatted blessings', making bookmarks and doilies in a variety of thread colors.

Adele shares her favorite tatting resources.

A tatted box is one of the items shown on this Italian site.

Amy, from Mielke's Farm in Wisconsin, has added a simple bookmark pattern.

Anitra shares resources, and lists her Workbasket collection.

Unique jewelry, tatted by Irina Astratenkocan of Lithuania, is in an extensive gallery.

An Eastern Star emblem can be downloaded from site.

Anna tries three unusual tatting techniques. Photos are at the bottom of the front page.

All fourteen of these projects from Japan are well documented, making them easy to duplicate. The four original pieces include patterns.

Barbara has tatted five feet of Ann Orr's wide edging pattern, plus two doileys.

Becky shows how she designed her tatted dragon and shares gallery of other original works.

Becky carved this tool from a birch branch.

Her gallery includes a square celtic motif with pattern.

Author of Floriade, this Dutch tatter shares a gallery of his exquisitely worked doilies, plus instructions for set stitches and other techniques.

Free original patterns, including hearts, celtic, snowflake, star, butterfly, angel, and a spider.

An Italian tatting gallery holds several nice edgings. Click 'next' to see twelve more tatting samples.

A sea scene is in this gallery. Carol also tats owls, bells and hearts.

Cas shares where to find supplies in Australia. Her large gallery is sorted by project type: doilies, bookmarks, handkerchieves, snowflakes, plus shuttles.

This site shares a pattern for a doily, egg, frame and flower.

Patterns for a doily, egg, rose, bookmark and square frame can be found here.

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.

Claire shares photos of the snowflakes she has made for her Christmas tree.

Clara, who learned to tat in 1953, won blue ribbons for her doily and tatted lady. See them under photos.

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".

Hand dyed thread and homemade shuttles are Connie's specialties.

A dozen classic tatting patterns are in this collection.

Her grand-daughter created this memorial to the tatting art of Georgia Azmon.

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.

Tatting judge and author, Dianna challenges fellow tatters with puzzles and mystery motifs. Her site holds more than a dozen original patterns.

A Van-Dyke edging pattern is included with this gallery of 17 photos.

Doilies, bookmarks, a baby bonnets and a crazy quilt are in this photo album.

Mr.Chevalier shares his original dragonfly pattern. See it and nine other works in his gallery.

Scroll down the page to watch as this fan-tastic tatting project comes to fruition.

Emma shares eight original designs, and a photo of a shuttle case made from a nut shell.

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.

Eva shares several photos of doilies, plus a tat trimmed purse.

The visual diagram for this heart pattern allows for easy tatting, in any language.

Spanish instructions about Tatting. Instrucciones en Español sobre Frivolite (Tatting).

Gillian has written over a dozen patterns, including a complete alpahbet, all available on site.

Members of the Red Hat Society will find a pattern here, plus a pattern for a headband and wedding garter.

Scanning as she goes, this journal has lots of 'how to' tips.

Ginny takes one basic edging pattern and makes many different ornamants.

Sumac combines tatting with crazy quilts.

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.

Gallery shows displays of tatting at conference held in Horstmar, Germany, 2002.

Mary shares photos of her awards, exchanges and Palmetto Guild activities.

This Danish tatter shares Easter and Christmas projects, plus doilies.

The butterfly heart is an original pattern. Irene has adapted a pen to hold her crochet hook.

Iris has put together a photo album of her doilies, edgings and other work. Tips on hiding ends and three patterns.

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.

The works of this Dutch tatter include a large gallery and technical help.

In Dutch and English, Jan shares her tatted doilies and other projects.

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.

Janis shares her evolution as a tatter, from how she was introduced to the art, to her first big project - a collar.

Jennifer shares five samples of her tatted works.

Joan shares her projects, including beading with Nina Libin and Palmetto Tatter Awards.

Most of the two dozen items in this gallery are jewelry related.

'Ambitatterus' is a collection of tatting information, such as news articles and guild information.

A silversmith and a lacemaker, Karen tatted a picture of her motorcycle and makes her own shuttles.

Two versions of one pattern demonstrate the evolution of the design process.

Kathy shares a lace hummingbird, 3D flower, vest and nametag.

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.

Kelly shares several patterns and shows an edging that won a ribbon at Kentucky State Fair.

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.

Keeping a journal of her progress, Kisha tells how she learned to tat, illustrated with first projects.

Erin Poh drafts a poem about tatting through the generations.

Kristie shares her finished projects - nine thus far.

The June 1895 issue of this women's magazine published two tatting patterns.

Family heirlooms, and some original patterns, are included in this gallery.

Lindsay Rogers from Scotland is a designer, author and tutor of international repute.

Lynn has documented the patterns used in her handkerchief edgings.

Lace Artist: Dale Pomeroy posts photos of his three dimensional bouquet.

A small but intricate gallery of lace can be found on this Italian tatter's home page.

These two Italian friends have put together a combined gallery of over fifty pieces of lace.

Tatman shares a photo album, graphics, shuttle collection, artwork, antique patterns, cartoons, book reviews, and humor.

Marti makes earrings. Denise tats a snowflake.

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.

Mary designed a doll dress and a tatting bag.

Cheryl Cummings made this doily for her mother.

This Iowa Folklife Heritage Award Winner is a masterful tatter.

Nancy, an accomplished seamstress, shares how to make a simple blocking board, plus a gallery of a dozen tatted pieces.

Several tatters gather here to share pictures and ideas.

An autumn corsage and four more unique patterns, all with detailed and well graphed instructions, are at this site.

The complete booklet "Lessons In Tatting' by Nellie Ellison, originally published in 1916, is shared here by Peggy Rowe.

Semi-precious stones decorate this unique jewelry.

A machine knitter uses needle tatting to join afghan panels.

This artist's delightful designs add humor to traditional tatted stationary.

Based in Louisiana, Rachel designs original needle tatted works.

Rachel Jackson adds tatting to vintage jewelry and designs fantasy flowers.

Rexie shares a gallery of 30 tatted items.

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.

Rose shares the pattern and direstions for her memory doily.

Eight photos are in this little gallery of beaded necklaces.

Writing under the name of Rozella Linden, Ruth shares tips on tatting and photos of her work.

Ruth shares her work in celtic tatting design.

Of the more than 25 items shown on this page, nine are original designs. Six patterns are included.

A headband and barettes, especially for brides, have been designed by Sharon Briggs.

shares her favorite patterns: tiny baskets, a tatting tote, fishies and a star spangled doily.

South Carolinian Artisan makes hearts, angels and mats.

Sheila shares pictures of her tatting as well as some of her own patterns.

A split ring flag and a tatted lady are among the works in this nice little gallery.

An ornament with baby buttons is part of Sue's gallery. The pattern is included.

Primarily Celtic tatting, site also contains pictures of 3 bobbin lace pieces.

This Danish site contains an extensive gallery plus a booklist.

Tanya (Wonk) shares tatted motifs, bag, button heart and a wire butterfly, among other lace items.

This new tatter from Japan has created unique patterns, some inspired by classic American quilts.

Mark Myers journals progress on his tatting projects.

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.

This small gallery holds photos of 2 doilies, 2 bookmarks and a seahorse.

These are the more commonly seen of the edgings imported to the United States.

Samantha has written two tatting books, the first published at the age of 18.

Terry shares patterns for covered glass ornaments.

Gallery holds photos of bookmarks, snowflakes and 2 motifs.

This article on Gary and Randy Houtz is from the Denver Post, and is entitled "Burly Kin Dabble in Dainty Lace".

Information and pictures of different kinds of knot-work.

Tracy shares four of her doilies.

Here's the center piece for Tricia's round in a robin for first-timers.

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.

This experienced tatting teacher shares frivolete lessons in Spanish and English. Her original patterns and large gallery of works include TatAlong Projects.

Based in Oxfordshire, Winifred tats tiaras. She also makes cards for special occasions.

A doily is used as a placemat for a dinner service.