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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1373 
How to Make Tatting. 
C AN you give mo any information in 
your paper regarding how to do tat¬ 
ting? c. s. 
Tafton, Penn, 
Tatting is made with a shuttle which 
consists of two slender pieces of wood or 
bone or rubber in shape like diagram. 
These two pieces are put together, one 
Tattixg S rr uttle. 
on each side of a slim straight piece in 
which there is a hole. To wind, tie the 
thread through this hole, then begin to 
wind around that straight piece until 
the shuttle is full. Then break off thread 
from spool, leaving an end about 18 inch¬ 
es or two feet long. To start the stitch, 
hold the shuttle between thumb and first 
finger of right hand, with the length of 
shuttle parallel to fingers. Take the end 
of thread between thumb and first finger 
of left hand, the end of thread pointing 
toward one and bring the thread in a 
loop loosely around all the fingers, hold¬ 
ing the two threads side by side, without 
tying a knot. There are two different 
Taking First Stitch. 
stitches in a purl. The first is taken 
thus: with the thread on left hand as 
described, and the shuttle in the right, 
the thread from the shuttle coming on 
the side next the fingers, take the thread 
from shuttle over the middle and third 
finger of right hand, holding it up, next 
slide shuttle under the thread of loop over 
left hand, in space between thumb and 
first finger. Slide the shuttle entirely 
under and then over the thread of loop, 
and bring it toward oneself with a quick 
pull, which will make a loop over the 
right hand thread of the two lying side 
by side on top of the first finger of left 
hand. 
Next, holding the shuttle in the same 
position but holding the thread doicn, 
Taking Second Stitch. 
caught over the third finger of right 
hand, slide the shuttle entirely over and 
then under the thread on the left hand 
and draw toward one with a quick pull. 
This will make another loop over the 
right hand thread lying on the finger. 
This completes one purl. One sees that 
the different stitches look slightly dif¬ 
ferent. 
To make a picot, leave a loop of thread 
sticking up about one-eighth of an inch 
between two stitches nta-de by the left 
hand thread, of course, not by the right 
hand one. 
The simplest form of tatting is made 
like this. (No. 1). Make four purls, 
picot; four purls, picot; four purls, 
picot; four purls; then pull up the 
thread tight and make a circle, like a 
thread buttonholed over very tightly. 
In making the next circle, bring 
thread up over left hand and start 
as described for starting the first stitch, 
holding thread up. Leave about a quar¬ 
ter or three-eighths of an inch of thread 
between first circle and first stitch of sec¬ 
ond circle. Now make four purls, fasten 
to third picot of first circle in this way; 
with a crochet hook or large pin, draw 
the thread lying over the first finger of 
the left hand up through the picot from 
underneath, then pass the shuttle through 
it and draw the thread doWn again. Then 
make four purls, picot; four purls, picot; 
four purls. Draw up circle as described 
before. Repeat this second circle to make 
any desired length of tatting. 
A beginner is very apt to try to make 
the stitches over the wrong thread, and in 
that case the circles refuse to draw up. 
The thread over the left hand is the one 
to use in making the stitches, the one 
lying at the left as the two threads lie 
together when first looped over the hand. 
In trying to learn, it is a good idea to 
use a coarse thread, or even yarn, for 
one can see so much better what she is 
trying to do, and if possible get some one 
who already knows how to show the 
stitches, for one showing will help so 
much. Learning to make tatting is like 
learning to ride a bicycle; before master¬ 
ing the art, every way excepting the 
right way is easy; and after one has 
learned it is easier to do it rightly than 
wrongly. 
To make two thread tatting, one winds 
the shuttle full but does not break the 
thread from spool, as that thread is also 
needed. Make a circle in the ordinary 
way. then hold thread from spool close 
to the circle with thumb and first finger 
of left hand and catch the loose end over 
little finger, winding it around finger so 
it will stay firm. Use this thread on 
left hand to make stitches over thread 
from shuttle, in place of the ordinary 
loop over left hand, as in one-thread tat¬ 
ting. Using the thread in this manner, 
make five purls, picot, five purls; draw 
up stitches as tight as possible. Now 
make another circle, having the first 
stitch as close to the last stitch of the 
loop as possible, and fastening into the 
third picot of previous circle, as in one- 
thread tatting. Make another loop with 
the thread, then another circle as de¬ 
scribed, and keep on for any desired 
length of tatting, ending with a circle. 
There is on the market a shuttle hav¬ 
ing a little peak at one end which can be 
used in place of a crochet hook, and it 
is a decided improvement. It can prob¬ 
ably be found in any large store dealing 
in such things. Booklets giving patterns 
are sold by dealers in materials for fancy 
work. h. P. K. 
Removing Nitrate Of Silver Stains. 
—For the benefit of any who stain their 
fingers while dyeing a coat according to 
the directions of E. A. C.. as given on 
page 1201, or who in handling the solid 
stick of “lunar caustic” make unsightly 
black marks upon the hands, let me say 
that a solution of potassium cyanide will 
remove the stains without waiting for 
them to wear off. This latter chemical 
is a most virulent poison, however, and 
only the very small quantity of the solu¬ 
tion that is needed should be made up 
at one time, and any that is left over 
should be at once thrown out where it 
can do no harm. x. y. z. 
Boy’s Getting Up.—W hat time shall 
the boy get up for breakfast? For an¬ 
swer the Wisconsin Anti-tuberculosis 
Association states: “Among other facts 
this exhibit portrays the model boy get¬ 
ting up at six o’clock in the morning. 
After taking a little exercise and per¬ 
forming certain necessary ablutions, the 
youngster eats breakfast. lie then walks 
slowly to school. lie is expected to play 
during the recess hour. When school is 
out, he runs home for the noon meal. It 
is entirely true .that the average boy 
walks slowly to school and runs home to 
dinner. 
Rye Bread. —To one quart of warm 
water stir in as much whea. flour as 
will make a smooth batter; stir into it 
one cake Fleischman’s compound yeast 
dissolved in a cup of lukewarm water, 
and set it in a warm place to rise; this 
is called setting a sponge; mix it in some 
vessel which will hold twice the quan¬ 
tity ; in the morning, put three pounds 
and a half of rye flour into a bowl or 
tray, make a hollow in the center, pour 
in the sponge, add a teaspoonful of salt, 
and make the whole into a smooth dough, 
with as much warm water as may be 
uecessary; knead it well, cover it, and 
let it set in a warm place for three 
hours; then knead it again, and make it 
into two or three loaves; bake in a quick 
oven one hour, if made in two loaves; 
if made in three loaves, somewhat less 
time will be required for baking. k. 
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