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Comment by Georgia Seitz on December 23, 2017 at 2:24pm

An article on Civil War Tatting discusses the "tatting pin."

http://www.georgiaseitz.com/books/cw/cwtat.html

But the term "tatting pin" is not only used for a pin or hook with which to make joins but also as a method for measuring picots. So, if you read an old pattern telling you to wrap the thread twice around the No. 2 tatting pin, it means just that. Take the thread around the pin two times and then go to the next ds.

I remember a photo in an old book once that had the tatting pins on a ring which were "hooks" in various sizes, but the pin to measure picot was just a single pin on a thumb ring.

Comment by Elizabeth Ligeti on December 17, 2017 at 8:41pm

I have a short crochet hook attached to a "Zinger"  as they are called here, - I think it is a fisherman's tool -. It is a small retractable line that I attach the hook to, and then I pin it on myself near my right shoulder (as I am right-handed!) and I just pull out the hook as and when I need it, and then let it retract - slowly & carefully so it does not spring back quickly and take an eye out,!! -  It is very useful.

I recently bought the set of 4 small hooks, in a clear plastic box, (From Lacis or Handy Hands) -and they are all attached to a ring, so that could be clipped to the zinger instead, if I wanted to change hooks a lot. 

Comment by M. Leigh Martin on December 17, 2017 at 7:19pm

Thanks for the clarification, Lorelei.  It's still a cool tool used for tatting.  Thanks for sharing the link. :)

Comment by M. Leigh Martin on December 17, 2017 at 7:16pm

That's an excellent idea, Cheryl.  I think I'll give that a try. :)

Comment by Cheryl Eaton on December 17, 2017 at 6:05pm

Here is an idea for not losing crochet hooks. I had the hook cut short and a hole drilled in the flattened area.

I wear it around my right wrist and find it doesn't get in the way if the length is right. I just flick it into my hand.

Comment by Lorelei Halley Administrator on December 17, 2017 at 5:15pm

I admit to ignorance about many aspects of tatting.

This is the lady who posted that photo on facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005333775318&fref=gs...

Comment by M. Leigh Martin on December 17, 2017 at 7:07am

Huh, the link took me to a lovely tatting pin on a an adjustable chain for your thumb, as Kathleen mentioned, not a picot gauge, Lorelei.  Any idea who's selling the tatting pin?  I wouldn't mind having one of those when I have to use my Tatsy  or Starlit shuttles.  I'm forever mislaying my crochet hooks. 

Is there a picot gauge to look at?  I'm forever looking for one that I can handle comfortably.  So far, I haven't found anything more useful than the ones I cut out of plastic embroidery floss winders as Patty Duff suggested in her "69 Minitats" book. 

Leigh

Comment by Kathleen Minniti on December 16, 2017 at 8:40pm

Funny how ideas for keeping our tools handy come around time and again.  The Victorian tatting sets had a hook or "tatting pin" on a chain with a ring to place over your thumb.  I always thought they would get in my way dangling around like that, so I never tried it.

Comment by Lorelei Halley Administrator on December 16, 2017 at 6:39pm

A clever idea -- a picot gauge, and how to keep it handy.

https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/25354028_770158599838...

Comment by M. Leigh Martin on December 2, 2017 at 8:33am

Yay!  I'm glad it was helpful to you, Elizabeth.  It sure improved my chances of fixing a mistake without having to cut the threads by a wide percentage.  I think it's been one of the best pieces of advice I've ever been given, so I pass it on as often as I can to reduce other tatter's frustration with the same problem.  I'm a big proponent of "paying it forward".  You made my day. :)

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