A finished ring
My one handed tatting student is a beautiful teenaged girl who was born without a left hand. , . She is a very determined and talented girl! ! She was very attentive at her first tatting lesson, and did really well! , ! Here is a photo of her very first one ring butterflies! !
I really appreciated the expert assistance offered by Sue Anna who came (quite a distance!) to help. , ( !), . She taught the mother regular shuttle tatting while I taught the daughter the pillow method (learned from the book, Tatting with One Hand by Helen A. Chesno). ( , , . ). Sue Anna devised some really cute little rhymes and songs to accompany tatting and kept us all "in stitches". , ""
The reason why I am learning this technique is that one of the students coming to tatting class was born with only one hand. , , , . The method of pinning the tatting to a pillow as a substitute for a left hand was invented by Helen A. Chesno and Gladys Flynn. . . The how-to is described in detail in the book, Tatting With One Hand (Tatting For the Physically Handicapped) by Helen A. Chesno, published in 1984. , ( ), . , 1984 . I purchased the book from Lacis. . The photos below show my attempt at tatting a chain in the one handed method. .
 | | Working a chain - 1st half of double stitch - 1- |
 | | 1st half of double stitch continued 1- |
 | | Letting the knot "flip" "" |
 | | Flipped 1st half 1- |
 | | Sliding into place |
 | | Tatting in progress |
 | | 2nd half of double stitch 2- |
 | | 2nd half flipped and sliding into place 2- |
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