8. Tatting
I bet you’ve never heard of the word tatting, have you? Well don’t feel bad if you haven’t because the art of tatting hasn’t continued to be popular in recent generations. Tatting is the art of making lace—a form of knotting by hand. Tatting creates a rather sturdy type of lace used for tablecloths, clothing, and accessories such as doilies. There are different types of tatting that differ by the tools used such as needle, cro, and shuttle. Needle tatting uses a—you guessed it, needle—while cro-tatting combines crochet and tatting techniques. Shuttle tatting is the original way to create this type of lace, and it uses an oval shaped instrument that wraps the threat around it. It takes some serious skill to be able to create the beautiful lace doilies by hand like pictured above.