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Welcome back.
In the last video we made a *chain* of double stitches with two different colored threads
so that you can see the knot transfer between one thread and the other.
This time we're going to be making a *ring* with just one color of thread
so it's gonna be a little bit harder to see the difference between the knot transfer.
But the ring is the basis of all tatting, and you're going to be doing it a lot.
So, this is what you're gonna essentially look like while you're tatting.
I'll show you how to get there.
Hold your thread up, grab near the end of it with the thumb and forefingers of your left hand,
and wrap the thread around all of your fingers so you come back to where you started
and hold the thread, again between the thumb and forefingers of your left hand.
Now, with the shuttle facing your working thread here
you're gonna scoop the thread up,
and pass the shuttle under your working thread,
and back over your working thread.
Now here you have the shuttle thread wrapped around your working thread.
I'm going to "transfer" that stitch so that the working thread is then wrapped around the shuttle thread.
To do that I'm gonna relax my left hand and tighten up my right hand.
Now here you can see the working thread that I started with is now wrapped around my shuttle thread.
I'm gonna use my left hand to gently pull that stitch close to
where my thumb and forefingers are and hold it in place
with my thumb and forefinger while I make the second half of the double stitch.
To do that I'll pass the shuttle over the working thread
and back under the working thread.
Then transfer the stitch by relaxing my left hand, tightening my right hand,
and then gently using my left hand to pull the stitch up close to the first one that I made.
And that's the complete double stitch.
I'll show you again.
Shuttle goes under the working thread, then back over it through the archway,
transfer the stitch,and pull it close.
Second half. Shuttle goes over the working thread
and under the working thread,
transfer the stitch, and pull it close.
Scoop, under, over,
transfer, pull it close.
Over, under,
transfer, pull it close.
Scoop, under, over,
transfer, pull it close.
Over, under,
transfer, and pull it close.
I said in the last video that there's a trick that you can do
to make sure that you flipped the stitch correctly.
After you've done a few double stitches, you'll notice that there isn't nearly as much space
in your working hand, because all of that thread is going into making knots.
Now, to add more thread, and also to check if you've transferred all of your stitches correctly,
hold the stitches that you've made lightly between your thumb and forefinger
and then this thread here, underneath the stitches,
you're gonna pull downwards.
And that's gonna pull thread, from your shuttle, through the stitches,
and into your working hand.
If you've transferred all of your stitches correctly,
the shuttle thread will slide through very easily.
If you haven't transferred even one stitch correctly,
when you try and pull, it'll knot up and you won't be able to pull.
So I'm gonna give myself a little more space
and then I can make more double stitches.
When you've made as many double stitches as you want to,
you're going to then close the ring.
Now to do that, I'm gonna take my stitches off of my working hand
and then hold the stitches lightly in my left hand
and pull the shuttle thread through.
And that'll pull the extra working thread out of the ring
and make the ring tighter and tighter,
and you want to pull it all the way,and a little extra at the end for good measure.
And there you have a ring.