Earning Farmgirl Sisterhood Merit Badges

Stitching & Crafting

6. Tatting

Beginning Level

• Take a class or teach yourself how to do basic tatting motions. Learn:
• Double Stitch
• Picot
• Ring
• Chain
• Now combine your knowledge to make a length of tatting at least three feet long. MaryJane’s Stitching Room has a tutorial for needle tatting. (Available on loan from MaryJanesFarm; contact library@maryjanesfarm.org.)
• If you’re already skilled in tatting, teach someone the stitches and help them to finish the beginner project.

Intermediate Level

• Continue on your tatting journey, but pick up the pace using several different types of thread.
• Learn how to join your picots to make new projects.
• Tat an edging onto a hankie.

Expert Level

• Find a tatting pattern and complete the project ... baby bonnet, booties, apron pocket, etc., all made only from tatting. There is a 10-hour minimum time investment required.
• Host a teach-in to share the knowledge you gained in achieving this badge to this level. Promote a discussion about the therapy of handwork.

January, 2015 Edition