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: a delicate handmade lace formed usually by looping and knotting with a single cotton thread and a small shuttle
2
: the act or process of making tatting
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Two magical paintings, impossible to reproduce effectively in a photograph (go see them in person!), are white fields of tatting and crochet patterns.
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Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Jan. 2023
The tit-for-tatting among sports humans will never stop.
—David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 Jan. 2018
Apart from dozens of artists exhibiting their art and demonstrating their process, there will be music live music, food and family friendly activities such as face painting, sidewalk chalk drawing and lace tatting.
—Denisse Salazar, Orange County Register, 26 May 2017
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Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Jan. 2023
The tit-for-tatting among sports humans will never stop.
—David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 Jan. 2018
Apart from dozens of artists exhibiting their art and demonstrating their process, there will be music live music, food and family friendly activities such as face painting, sidewalk chalk drawing and lace tatting.
—Denisse Salazar, Orange County Register, 26 May 2017
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“Tatting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tatting. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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tatting
noun
tat·ting
ˈtat-iŋ 
1
: a delicate handmade lace formed usually by looping and knotting with a single thread and a small shuttle
2
: the act or process of making tatting
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