I tried a rectangular tatting experiment, connecting lines of opposite loops (there might be a name for it?) The picots line up well, but I need to work on my end turning techniques. I ran a solid edge around three sides, just for something to use up thread, and it helped me realize that tatting is a double edged craft. I need to be thinking of two sides as I knot. Knitting, crochet, and nålbinding in general work in single rows, making stitches that connect to previous stitches. Tatting “rows” are really connected motifs.

I did block the piece, but it didn’t even out the wonkiness. It is an odd bit of lace, but I might find a use for it, and it certainly helped me understand tatting construction better.

P.S. This is actually a variation on a Josephine knot; it just puts a closed loop in place of a picot in the middle of the chain.