This is what a double stitch looks like from the front side:
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAnd this is what it looks like from the back side:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Viewed from the back, the knots are reversed. The back side also consists of double stitches, but they are shifted by half a stitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dieses Vertauschen oder Verschieben passiert nicht nur durch das Wenden. Auch drunter oder dr\u00fcber, springen oder nicht springen und die Wahl des Schiffchens haben den gleichen Effekt. Auch die Arbeitsrichtung, also ob die Elemente von link nach recht oder von rechts nach links entstehen ist solch ein „Vertauscher“. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Wenn wir zwei „Vertauscher“ kombinieren, heben sie sich gegenseitig auf. Es ist ein wenig wie mit + und – in der Mathematik. Hier mal ein paar Beispiele:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here is a summary of all the switchers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n My work automatically stays on the correct side because I always pick it up in such a way that no threads cross each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n No matter how you hold the work, simple rings and floating rings automatically turn into the correct position because they hang from only one thread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For chains and split rings, the shuttle thread and ball thread, or shuttle 1 and shuttle 2, must always point away from each other and must not cross. When they do that, the work is the \u201cright way around\u201d. This also turns the previous element into its correct position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The important thing is that you continue with the correct knot and the correct shuttle.<\/p>\n\n\n I always start simple rings with the shuttle thread (shuttle 1) and a flipped under-stitch. flipped under-stitch<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I also always start chains with the shuttle thread (shuttle 1), but with a flipped over-stitch.shuttle 1<\/strong>) und einem flipped over-stitch<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because rings are made from the front side and chains from the back side, this results in a clean front side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the switchers can cancel each other out, there are sometimes several ways to reach the same result. For a chain, for example, both of these options work:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If I start my simple ring with a flipped over-stitch (which means I am effectively working from the back side), I simply have to use one switcher for all the other elements as well, and I will still end up with a clean front side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your head is spinning now?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Don't worry. You can drive a car without knowing exactly how the engine works.\nIn my tutorials and courses, I use a system of starting knots that automatically leads you to the correct result. You only need to remember how each element begins. I have summarized this in the following table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Have you ever made all the knots correctly, but the finished piece still looks somehow twisted? For a clean join between two neighboring rings, the second ring should be joined to the third picot of the first ring after the first two double stitches. This way, the rings will lie correctly afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n The ultimate knowledge for Tatting Nerds<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,16],"tags":[218,217,207],"class_list":["post-479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-beitraege","category-occhi","tag-logik","tag-nerd-handarbeit","tag-occhi-mit-der-nadel"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"R\u00fcckseite](\"https:\/\/stitchmarkers-nook.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Doppelknoten_Anatomie_Rueckseite.png\")
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe \u201cSwitchers\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
flipped under-stitch from the front side with shuttle 1\nor \nun<\/strong>flipped under-stitch from the front side with shuttle 1\n\u2192 reversed<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nflipped under-stitch from the front side with shuttle 1\nor\nun<\/strong>flipped over-<\/strong>stitch from the front side with shuttle 1\n\u2192 not reversed<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nflipped under-stitch from the back side with shuttle 1\nor\nflipped under-stitch from the front side with shuttle 2<\/strong>\n\u2192 reversed<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n\n
How to Keep the Work the Right Way Around<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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flipped over-stitch from the front side with shuttle 1\nor\n\nflipped under-<\/strong>stitch from the back<\/strong>side with shuttle 1\n\u2192 not reversed<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nflipped under-stitch from the back side with shuttle 1\nor\nun<\/strong>flipped over-<\/strong>stitch from the front<\/strong>side with shuttle 2<\/strong>\n\u2192 not reversed<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nElement<\/td> flipped<\/td> under<\/td> Front<\/td> shuttle 1<\/td><\/tr> Simple Ring<\/td> x<\/td> x<\/td> x<\/td> x<\/td><\/tr> chain curved upwards (smiling)<\/td> x<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> x<\/td><\/tr> chain curved downwards<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> x<\/td><\/tr> throw ring<\/td> x<\/td> <\/td> x<\/td> <\/td><\/tr> Split Ring<\/td> x<\/td> x<\/td> x<\/td> x<\/td><\/tr> Split Ring (Second Half)<\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n Join the right way<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This may happen if you joined somewhere in the wrong direction. It is especially easy to make this mistake with symmetrical rings that have several picots. Looking at the finished ring, can you tell which picot you made first?
In the following illustration you can see the direction in which the ring is formed. <\/p>\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/stitchmarkers-nook.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Knotenrichtung-2-724x1024.png\")
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