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Title: The Bath Tatting Book

Author: P. P.

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THE BATH TATTING BOOK.

by

P. P.

Price One Shilling.

London:
Emily Faithfull,
_Printer and Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty_,
83A Farringdon Street, And 14 Princes Street,
Hanover Square.
1865.

[Illustration]

TERMS AND DIRECTIONS.

_A Loop_, written L; 2 _Loops_, written 2 L, and so on.

_Single stitches_--Are formed in two ways: First, by
letting the thread of the shuttle with which you
are working fall over the back of the hand and
pushing the shuttle from you. Secondly, by letting
the thread of the shuttle with which you are
working fall over the palm of the hand, and putting
the shuttle through _towards_ you. These two
stitches worked together alternately make a _Double
stitch_. But if the second be worked first and the
first second, alternately, it makes a _Reversed
Double_. This is used for the purpose of making all
the work have a right and wrong side.

_2 Threads_--When 2 threads are used, twist the one
with which the stitches are to be made round the
little finger, and proceed as above.

_Double stitch_, written D; 2 _Double stitches_,
written 2 D, &c.

_Reversed Double stitch_, written R D; 2 _Reversed
Double stitches_, written 2 R D, &c.

_Loops_--Are made by putting the thread with which