Fourth exercise

of right, wrong, record-keeping, and the simple wheel;
of tying off and pressing matters

By omitting the bare thread between rings, you curved the simple edging into a trefoil. The simple edging can also be made to curve the other way, and start you on the way to making medallions.

Before I tell you how to make the simple wheel, you'd best read the following discussion of right sides and wrong sides, because I told you to make your two-thread joins backward.

The Right and Wrong of Tatting

A Simple Wheel, Preliminary Exercise

Keeping records

A Simple Wheel, Finally Making one

Tying off Tatting

Pressing Matters

Another Simple Wheel

Railway Edging

Hen and Chicks

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