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antique tatting, originally uploaded by sunshine’s creations.
Number Nine in 25 motif challenge.
This is a photo of one piece of tatting that is in a salesman tatting sampler that hangs in my front room c. 1900.
Look at that price: 55 cents a yard. Wow, wish I could buy it for that price now!
Pattern starting with chain on left:
ch1: ch 4 picot ch 8 picot chain 8 picot ( future join place safety pin here to find this spot easily later), chain four
r1: 9 picot term 1 (join 5th picot to starting point)
**ch2: chain 5ds
r2: 9 picot term 1
chain3: 5ds( future join here*), ch 4, picot (future join), ch 8, picot , ch 8, picot( future join), ch 4
3r: 9 picot term 1, form join on 5th picot to first future join* on chain3** repeat
Please look at photo to see where joins are.
My other items for this challenge are here.
I used antique crochet cotton for this. Now, I wish I had not because it is a little too floppy for my tastes. Maybe I will do #10 with this same pattern but with tatting thread.
DO NOT USE THIS PATTERN TO MAKE THINGS TO SELL FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY!!!!
Sunshine's Creations 
Aug 20, 2007 @ 13:02:00
>What a lovely pattern and I adore colors in the salesman sample (and the price!). I really, really must learn to do this as now I’m dreaming of things to make with such splendid trims.
Sep 23, 2015 @ 18:07:57
Hi. Lovely pattern, but it would be much simpler if you started with a ring, working from R to L … it works! 😉