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Basic Abbreviations in Tatting |
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There are some basic abbreviations in tatting. This may be very basic for some but a help to others. There are designers that use shorthand to write their patterns.
This may be very basic for some but a help to others.
Here are some I have compiled from books and from patterns on the web.
I do not think any of these symbols are copyrighted.
There are others abbreviations when you get into directional tatting and other kinds of tatting but this is a place to start....
DS or ds double stitch, the basic of all tatting Josephine Knot/ Ring just one half of the DS usually the first half also called a half hitch S/Cpr S/Ch Split chain PC or PCh Previous chain CTM continuous thread method, winding the shuttle from the ball and not cutting before starting your pattern or winding two shuttles with one thread DNC do not cut RW or Rw or turn reverse work, it can be front to back or top to bottom, cartwheel DNRW Do not reverse work Bg or Beg Beginning Btw or Betw Between = Equals maybe a picot that is adjacent or in the equal (same) position as the joining one CR Center ring, central ring C or Ch chain S/C or S/Ch Split chain PC or PCh Previous chain LR large ring SR Small ring IR Inner ring OR Outer Ring PR Previous ring S/R Split ring P or Pr or Prev Previous FR or 1R First ring any number with an R notes the ring number CTM continuous thread method, winding the shuttle from the ball and not cutting before starting your pattern or winding
two shuttles with one thread. DR Dimpled ring P or - Picot LP or LLP Long or very long picot -- or --- long or longer picot MP measured picot... XP Extended or extra long picot... see below note If there is a fraction prior to the P or ---- that will tell you how long your picot needs to be. The fraction is the space between the DS not the completed picot unless stated other wise by the designer. J, Jn or + Join . In older patterns it may just say join but does not say where, usually the last picot made or the closet one. Look at the picture if you have one, it helps. LJ Lock join - one that will not slide Adj is adjacent B or + can mean bead, “o” has also been used to denote a bead B+ together is usually a bead join.. put a bead on the picot before joining LH Left hand and Larks head ( Larks head is an un-flipped stitch... ie the un-flipped side of a split ring LS or LSt locking stitch.. Do not flip the first half of your Ds then make the second half flipped MR Mock ring- joing chain on itself SCMR Self closing Mock ring, great technique by the Shuttle brothers Node stitch also DHS Double half stitch first half twice and second half twice A Number e.g., 1 , 2, or 12, tell the number of time you do something, stitches, picots, whatever.. Or the number of ring you are at in your pattern. Rm or Rem. Remaining Rep. Repeat Rnd. Round... like Rnd 3 of a doily Sep Separated SH Shuttle 1S or 1 SH means first shuttle. Tatting with more than one, each will be given a number in the pattern. SS Switch shuttles WS or WSh Working Shuttle SLR shoe lace trick, the first tie you do when tie your shoes. The thread changes position for smoother transition. Sts stitches FS Free space, unworked thread FTS or FTh. Free thread space BTh Bare thread Note FS, FTS, FTh, BTh. are interchangeable. An unworked space of thread between rings. Most commonly found in one shuttle tatting. It is often a measured space. SqK or SK Square knot MTT Magic tread trick a way of hiding ends. May find MMT in a pattern to show you were to put your thread so you can hide our tails when you finish a pattern. An arrow on a diagrammed pattern is a starting point A number before an arrow in the next or subsequent starting point * * X # or [ ] X # is the number of repeats you do of a segment of a pattern. # will be replaced by a number.
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