


Yesterday I was exploring some crochet on Ravelry.com and found a new source for vintage tatting. I followed the link for a free crochet button pattern and it was at an online archive of Australian articles. Just for kicks and giggles, I entered "tatting, tatted" in the search field and was amazed to see it come up with 24,656 pages of articles, notices and patterns. The text is electronically translated along with the original and you can get it as a pdf or text version. And it's FREE!!!!! I found several articles/patterns by Norma Benporath, a well known Australian tatter. As with all vintage material, much of it is hard to read in terms of pattern writing but certainly worth a try. I only looked at about 5 pages and much of it was notices about tatting awards or programs but there was still a significant number of patterns. Edgings, motifs, doilies. The black and white photos are hard to see but if you're up for a challenge, go for it! (update - apparantly tatting is only in the first 10-11 pages. 26,000 + is the total of pages archived, not tatting references.)
What a treasure trove on the Australian site! Thanks for the tip.
ReplyDeleteYour flower bouquet is just wonderful.
Fabulous floral bouquet! :)
ReplyDeleteNeat beaded insertions there! :)
Your beaded insertions are going to be gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteYour Dagger Hearts are fab. Mine are not. : ))
ReplyDeleteFox
Too, too lovely.........
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Your bouquet of tatted hearts is lovely!!
ReplyDeleteLovely bouquet of tatting, I will go and look at this new link, thank you for sharing
ReplyDeleteMargaret
A lovely tatted dagger heart bouquet and the colors are beautiful. Hugs Judy
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