How to make a shuttle double stitch
Pass the shuttle under and over the working thread, then pull so the stitch flips.
Step by step
- Wind the shuttle without overfilling it.
- Wrap the working thread over your hand.
- Pass the shuttle under, then over, the working thread.
- Relax the working thread, pull the shuttle thread taut: it flips.
- Second half: over, then under, and flip again.
- Check the stitch slides along the shuttle thread.
Watch
beginner's shuttle tatting - the double stitch and the "flip" (10:10)
By Fiber Art by Jeanne · Open on YouTube
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