Editing Tatting (section)

==Patterns==
[[File:The Modern Priscilla September 1912 04.jpg|thumb|The Modern Priscilla September 1912 04]]
Older patterns use a longhand notation to describe the stitches needed, while newer patterns tend to make extensive use of abbreviations such as "ds" to mean "double stitch," and an almost mathematical-looking notation. The following examples describe the same small piece of tatting (the first ring in the ''Hen and Chicks'' pattern<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/theworkbasket_202002 |title=The Workbasket |date=April 1959 |publisher=The Workbasket Magazine |pages=77 |language=English}}</ref>)

:Ring five ds, three picots separated by five ds, five ds, close, turn, space
:R 5ds, 3 p sep by 5ds, 5ds, cl, turn, sp
:R 5-5-5-5 cl rw sp

Some tatters prefer a visual pattern where the design is drawn schematically with annotations indicating the number of double stitches and order of construction. This can either be used on its own or alongside a written pattern.

Books with tatting patterns are widely available. [[Anne Orr]], a notable needlework editor, quilt designer, and textile artist,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anne Orr – The Quilters Hall of Fame |url=https://quiltershalloffame.net/anne-orr/ |access-date=2024-03-19 |language=en-US}}</ref> was recognized for the quality of her work and her work has been reprinted for contemporary tatters.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Orr |first=Anne Champe |title=Tatting with Anne Orr |date=1989 |publisher=Dover |isbn=978-0-486-25982-6 |series=Dover needlework series |location=New York}}</ref>

Modern tatting patterns can be produced with diagrams, and [[Inkscape]] software permits useful diagram structures.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lyon |first=Mike |title=Engineered Tatting Designs |isbn=9781304107046 |publication-date=2024}}</ref>

Modern tatting pattern books sometimes include jewelry items that can be adorned with beads.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Morimoto |first=Tomoko |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/852831087 |title=New tatting : modern lace motifs & projects |date=2014 |others=Miho Atsumi |isbn=978-1-59668-745-5 |publisher=Interweave|location=Loveland, CO |oclc=852831087}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Ciotti |first=Donatella |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/908088316 |title=Tatted lace accessories |date=2015 |others=Burravoe Translation Services |isbn=978-1-78221-229-4 |publisher=Search Press|location=Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Great Britain |oclc=908088316}}</ref>