A lovely octogenarian woman started teaching me to tat Saturday. Here's what I had at the end of two hours.

It's not going to win any prizes, of course, but it's not too shabby for a first attempt. The first two rings are just trying out the stitches. Then I started following a super-simple pattern she wrote out for me.

It's not going to win any prizes, of course, but it's not too shabby for a first attempt. The first two rings are just trying out the stitches. Then I started following a super-simple pattern she wrote out for me.