Your welcome Maureen. Have a wonderful day and look for more vids to start coming out over the weekend. I have been a video making fool for the past few days. LOL. Happy Tatting

The reason you fold the tatting over is so the picot doesn't twist when it is finished. It is necessary in shuttle tatting for new tatters. However as with all tatting it is up to the tatter how they accomplish the end result. I just tell them the way it is supposed to be done in case they decide to get a master's degree in tatting. If they do then they will need to know how to actually do the technique. In needle tatting it can be accomplished in different ways but I teach the way it is said to be done for the purpose of knowing how the technique should be done. Hope that helps you to understand the purpose behind the lesson. Happy Tatting.