Uploaded May 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
This video shows two ways of making the join in tatting. If you are tatting frontside/backside, you would be using the down join on the front of your work and the up join on the back. But even when I tat the traditional way, I will often choose to use the down join on the front as it does make a nice continuous line of stitches, unbroken by the join.
I tried a new set-up for this video - is it better? I'd love feedback!
The tatted lace you see in the background is a doily I'm currently working on. The pattern is from "Tatting from Burda" published by Lacis.
The decorated shuttles are from La Cossette (etsy.com/shop/lacossette).
This video shows two ways of making the join in tatting. If you are tatting frontside/backside, you would be using the down join on the front of your work and the up join on the back. But even when I tat the traditional way, I will often choose to use the down join on the front as it does make a nice continuous line of stitches, unbroken by the join.
I tried a new set-up for this video - is it better? I'd love feedback!
The tatted lace you see in the background is a doily I'm currently working on. The pattern is from "Tatting from Burda" published by Lacis.
The decorated shuttles are from La Cossette (etsy.com/shop/lacossette).
