A pretty variety may be made by trimming a number of large loops with others very much smaller, which should be sewed round them. In this case a little distance must be allowed between all the large loops.
I should always advise learners to use coarse crochet silk for their first attempts in Tatting, as it is very much easier to do with this material than with any other.
Tatting is usually sewed on net, for collars, &c. I, however, greatly prefer the effect when the Tatting is formed into a solid mass by the aid of Point lace stitches. Diagrams of all these may be found in Part III. of this work.
EMBROIDERY ON CAMBRIC.
[Fig. 1.]
SUITABLE FOR THE CORNER OF A HANDKERCHIEF.
Materials.—Ingrain red and white embroidery cotton, No. 80.
The design may be traced on the cambric from that given in the Engraving, and then worked in raised satin stitch; the flowers (excepting the calyxes) in red cotton, and the leaves, stems, and calyxes in white. The little dots in the flowers are raised.
[Fig. 2.]
TO CONTAIN INITIALS.
Materials.—Either the same as in the proceeding, or white embroidery cotton only. For a morning handkerchief, it would look very well in scarlet, the initials only being in white. The little rounds in this design are eyelet-holes very neatly sewed over.