Tatted Medallion
This tatting pattern is from an article in The American Needlewoman magazine dated April 1924.
The tatted medallion has four rings in the center and eight all around with picots on the outside edge. To me this could easily be a snowflake ornament once stiffened.
Page of Instructions
Here’s the scanned page of instructions:
Download Instructions: Right-Click on the image. Select either “save link as” or “save image as” depending on what browser you are using. Or simply click on it, it will open in a new window and save or print it from there.
Snowflake Ornament Stiffener and Other Patterns Links
If you do decide to use this tatted medallion pattern as a snowflake ornament, be sure to read this post on how to stiffen crocheted items, How to Make Stiffener for Crochet Projects.
On this post you’ll find more tatted medallion patterns that could certainly be used for snowflake ornaments: Tatted Snowflake Medallion Patterns
Books for Beginners
You’ll find this book gets high marks from buyers, Easy Tatting. It’s a Dover Series book and only $5.95 at the time of this writing.
Some of the comments are “clear instructions” and “nice variety of patterns.”
Another book with a 5 Star rating is Handy Hands Tatting Book.
This book teaches needle tatting with 115 illustrations. It really starts with the basics with easy to understand instructions.
You’ll find both books at Amazon.
1920’s Dress Advertisement
On the other side of the page of tatting instructions was an advertisement for mail order sewing patterns. These illustrations give you a glimpse into dress designs in 1924.
The descriptions of the dresses are just as interesting and the patterns were only 12¢ each!
I didn’t find any information on the magazine, such as when it started publishing, but here are a few covers.
You’ll find several original issues for sale on Ebay. They are very interesting magazines to look through. You can really get a taste of life in the 1920’s and more from them.
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