I've done needle tatting too!! I even still have my tatting needles!

I bought a needle tatting book back in the very late 90's. Taught myself how to do it, tatted for a few months until I got bored with it. It did always look like single crochet stitches to me. I looked, and found a crochet pattern book/leaflet that had patterns with a "tatted look" for doilies. They were all single crochet stitches. I think I have the book/leaflet around here somewhere.