Meaning of tatting in English:
tatting
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noun
mass noun1A kind of knotted lace made by hand with a small shuttle, used chiefly for trimming.
‘she sat making tatting’- ‘The inspiration for Lalie Douglas's newest work, Frivolité, came from a 1753 painting by Louis Tocqué that hangs in the Louvre showing a woman making a type of knotted lace called tatting.’
- ‘She's begun adding unique touches of tatting or crocheting or ribbon work.’
- ‘The tatting on each edge was simply an effect of elegance and care.’
- ‘She decided to eke out a livelihood with what was once her favourite pastime, tatting.’
- ‘Despite her failing eyesight she made prodigious amounts of lace tatting for her clothes, and for family and friends.’
openwork, lacework, tatting, netting, net, tulle, meshwork, mesh, webbing- 1.1The process of making knotted lace with a small shuttle.‘Knitting, crocheting and tatting is not something that has always looked particularly hip when one, say, whips it out at a bar.’
- ‘Today, this striking textile is made with a crochet hook, knitting needles, a tatting shuttle or a machine.’
- ‘She had never thought tatting to be all that graceful.’
- ‘Sara clasped her fingers tightly around the tatting shuttle and thread.’
Origin
Mid 19th century of unknown origin.
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