German Tatting Terms
German | Abbreviated as | English |
abschneiden |
| cut |
Abstand |
| space |
anschliessen, anschlingen (anschl.) | + | join |
anschurzen |
| tie |
arbeit wenden |
| reverse work |
Arbeitschiffchen |
| working shuttle |
Aussen-Ring (ohne wenden, auf den Bogen arbeiten) | A-Rg | floating ring or ring thrown off w/SH2 |
Bogen | Bg, B | chain |
dazwischen |
| between |
Doppelknopf | Dk | double stitch |
Einfachknopf | Ek | Josephine ring using 1 half stitch |
entfernung |
| space |
faden |
| thread |
Frivolität |
| tatting |
gegengleich weiterarbeiten | ggl.wt-arb. | repeat in reverse order |
geteilter Bogen |
| split chain |
geteilter Ring |
| split ring |
groß | gr. | large |
halber Knoten |
| half stitch |
Hilfs-Faden | HFd | auxiliary thread |
Innen-Ring | I-Rg | center ring |
Josefinenknoten (Josefinenknoten = halber Knoten) |
| Josephine ring |
klein | kl. | small |
letzte | Itz | last |
nächste | n. | next |
Occhi (Italian for ‘eye’) |
| tatting |
Oese | - | picot |
Oese ring, ösenring, ör | - | ring of picots sep. by 1 double stitch |
ohne wenden | o/w | do not reverse work (DNRW) |
pikot |
| picot |
Ring | Rg, R | ring |
Runde | Rd | round/row |
Schiffchen | Schf | shuttle |
Schiffchenarbeit |
| tatting |
Schiffchenspitze |
| tatting (shuttle lace) |
Schiffchen-Wechsel | Schf-W | switch shuttles |
Schlingen-Faden (Knäuel/Schiffchen der linken Hand) | Schl.Fd | second thread |
Schlingen-Faden-Schiffchen, Schlingschiffchen | Schl.Fd-Schf | second shuttle SH2 |
Spann-Faden (Arbeits-Schiffchen = rechte Hand) | Sp.Fd | working thread |
Spann-Faden-Schiffchen | Sp.Fd-Schf | working shuttle SH1 |
übernächste | ü-n. | after/on the next... |
verbindend | verb. | joining |
vorhergehend | vorh. | previous |
wechseln | wch. | switch |
Wechsel-Ring: Ring mit 2 Schiffchen arbeiten. | W-Rg | split ring |
wenden | w | turn, rotate or reverse work depends on circumstance |
wiederholen, von * wiederholen |
| repeat, repeat from * |
zusammenziehen | zz | close ring or tie off |
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