Tatting mistakes and fixes
When a stitch will not slide, the shuttle is overfilled, or the stitches are hard to see.
- Stitch won't slide: it didn't flip. Keep trying.
- Shuttle points spread: don't overfill.
- Hard to see stitches: use thicker, variegated thread.
Watch
Tatting - Fixing Mistakes: "Untatting" (5:03)
By Frivole · Open on YouTube
Chosen from its title and channel: a 5-minute video from Frivole on the same topic as this guide. Embedded from YouTube with credit; we don't host it. It only loads when you press play.
All guides ›Tatting
Sources
All checked 1 November 2026. We read these; we did not test the products ourselves.