CroTat – Crochet tatting - Prym

<strong>CroTat</strong> <strong>–</strong> <strong>Crochet</strong> <strong>tatting</strong><br />

Many will ask ..... What kind of technique is this?<br />

It is called <strong>tatting</strong>, crocheted with as special crochet hook. The hook has a long,<br />

straight shank and a smaller hook than an ordinary crochet hook. This makes it<br />

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easier for the hook to pass through all the stitches on the crochet hook.<br />

The technique is very simple and, as most other needlework, very versatile.<br />

With the necessary imagination, you can create the most amazing pieces of<br />

needlework and smaller handicraft.<br />

Using a loop stitch, anchor the yarn to the hook and work 2 stitches. Place the yarn around the left index finger in the same<br />

way as when knitting and insert the hook from the front, loop the yarn around the needle and push the loop close to the first<br />

one. Insert the needle from the back through the 2 nd half knot and again tauten it. The first ds is finished.<br />

Key / Abbreviations<br />

Work 5 double stitches in a row. To form a picot later<br />

on, the 6 th ds is set taut at a distance of approx.<br />

5mm. Push it towards the other ds to form a picot.<br />

Use the same technique for the various other<br />

patterns.<br />

- = picot<br />

x = join<br />

*-* repeat<br />

dc = double crochet<br />

htr = half treble<br />

tr = treble<br />

dtr = double treble<br />

ds = double stitch<br />

Forming the ring:<br />

Once all the stitches are on the needle, use your left ring<br />

finger to form a small loop. Place the loop around the<br />

needle, remove your ring finger from the loop and<br />

carefully draw the yarn through all the stitches on the<br />

needle.<br />

Pick up the loop on the left with the needle and tauten<br />

the right loop drawn through the stitches until the left<br />

loop sits loosely on the needle.<br />

Now tauten the yarn coming from the ball until the right loop of stitches also sits loosely on the needle. The result should look<br />

like a crescent. Pull the left loop through the right one to finish the ring. This all sounds more complicated than it actually is.<br />

Once you get the hang of it, you will find it very simple.

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For the next ring work 5 ds. For the last picot of the last ring, pull the yarn through (= join = X),<br />

take up a further 5 ds, 1 picot, 5ds, 1 picot, 5ds.<br />

The stitch description would look like this:<br />

1 st ring: 5 <strong>–</strong> 5 <strong>–</strong> 5 <strong>–</strong> 5<br />

2 nd <strong>–</strong> 5 th ring: 5 x 5 <strong>–</strong> 5 <strong>–</strong> 5<br />

6 th ring: 5 x 5 <strong>–</strong> 5 x 5<br />

Stitch 6 rings for the centre. Join the<br />

last ring with the picot of the first ring,<br />

5ds and close the ring. Finish the<br />

round with a slip stitch in the first ring.<br />

Cut the thread and sew it up.<br />

For the 2 nd round, always crochet 8 chain stitches and join to the rings using a double crochet.<br />

In each chain stitch arch, crochet 1 dc, 1 htr, 2 tr, 2dtr, 2 tr, 1 htr, 1dc.<br />

Cut the thread and sew it up.

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*1 st ring: 5-5-5-5, 2 nd +3 rd ring: 5x5-5-5, 10 chain stitches, one ring 5x5-5-5, 10 chain stitches * *-* repeat<br />

In each chain stitch arch of<br />

the previous round crochet 1<br />

dc, 1 htr, 3 tr, 3 dtr, 3 tr, 1 htr,<br />

1 dc.<br />

In the last round, crochet 11<br />

crab stitches per arch.<br />

beginning<br />

crochet together<br />

5 <strong>–</strong> number of<br />

double stitches<br />

crab stitches<br />

1 dc, 1 htr, 2 tr, 2 dtr,<br />

2 tr, 1 htr, 1dc<br />

…..<br />

1 dc, 1 htr, 3 tr, 3 dtr,<br />

3 tr, 1 htr, 1 dc