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Robert Kemp Philp
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1832.
Counting
Stitches.
Stitches
in
Netting
are
always
counted
by
knots.
1833.
Instructions
in
Tatting,
or
Frivolite.
1834.
Implements
for
Tatting.
The
only
necessary
implements
for
tatting
are
a
thin
shuttle
or
short
netting-needle,
and
a
gilt
pin
and
ring,
united
by
a
chain.
The
cotton
used
should
be
strong
and
soft.
There
are
three
available
sizes,
Nos.
1,
2,
and
3.
Attention
should
be
paid
to
the
manner
of
holding
the
hands,
as
on
this
depends
the
grace
or
awkwardness
of
the
movement.
Fill
the
shuttle
with
the
cotton
(or
silk)
required,
in
the
same
manner
as
a
netting
needle.
Hold
the
shuttle
between
the
thumb
and
first
and
second
fingers
of
the
right
hand,
leaving
about
half
a
yard
of
cotton
unwound.
Take
up
the
cotton,
about
three
inches
from
the
end,
between
the
thumb
and
first
finger
of
the
left
hand,
and
let
the
end
fall
in
the
palm
of
the
hand;
pass
the
cotton
round
the
other
fingers
of
the
left
hand
(keeping
them
parted
a
little),
and
bring
it
again
between
the
thumb
and
forefinger,
thus
making
a
circle
round
the
extended
fingers.
There
are
only
two
stitches
in
tatting,
and
they
are
usually
done
alternately;
this
is
therefore
termed
a
double
stitch.
1835.
English
Stitch.
The
first
stitch
is
called
the
English
stitch,
and
made
thus:--Let
the
thread
between
the
right
and
left
hands
fall
towards
you;
slip
the
shuttle
under
the
thread
between
the
first
and
second
fingers;
draw
it
out
rather
quickly,
keeping
it
in
a
horizontal
line
with
the
left
hand.
You
will
find
a
slipping
loop
is
formed
on
this
cotton
with
that
which
went
round
the
fingers.
Hold
the
shuttle
steadily,
with
the
cotton
stretched
tightly
out,
and
with
the
second
finger
of
the
left
hand
slip
the
loop
thus
made
under
the
thumb.
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