just goofing around and stumbled on this old forum and wondered if anyone is still here. I know most of us are on facebook, but I like to see if any old boards are still used. I'm Sandra Figg on facebook.
This article from the Carroll County Times in Westminster, MD, describes tatting very well. There are some lovely pictures of Ms. Chase tatting. I love the trim on her bonnet!
Finally got something scanned & ready to post! No, the top ring doesn't join in this lop-sided manner. It's not connected on the sides at all, but neither earring wanted to stay put on the scanner. It actually does hang properly when worn.
Tatted & beaded earrings made for my supervisor at work.
Pattern: free-tatting.com/?p=10#more-10 by Anastasia Maltseva. Thread: Navy, size 10 (don't remember brand, but most likely one of the standard crochet cottons found at Wal-Mart). Beads: random unmarked beads from local bead stores
A west-coast tatter working on a college computer class project wrote with this request: - - - - - - - - -
Patti Duff, Shuttlebirds Tatting Guild, has kindly offered to be a reference for me. A "thank you" to Patti for mentioning my request in the STG newsletter.
I'm taking a class, Intro to Office 2007, at Walla Walla Community College in Walla Walla, WA. For our Final we are to do a Project utilizing the skills we've learned in class. I decided to do the Project on tatting.
While I don't claim to know very much about tatting, it seemed like an opportunity to share with others at least a little bit about tatting. Since it is a computer class, the teacher is mostly looking at the computer skills.
To make the charts, I thought it would be interesting if I could use real data from real tatters. To gather the information, I've put together a 12-question survey with easy questions on a survey website recommended by the teacher. I hope you'll consider participating in the survey by June 1.
To access the link to the survey, please click here:
I've been needle tatting for a couple of years now - but mostly small uncomplicated things.
A friend's pregnancy inspired me to try something a bit harder.
The pattern is by Mrs. C.B. Platt. I found her shuttle pattern online and adapted it to the needle.
I used size 20 crochet thread - which is why the end product was big enough to fit the almost 1 year old that is modeling them. I am now trying to figure out what size thread to use for a new born pair - plus I'm thinking of adding beads to the ankle ruff.
So I was attempting to learn the pattern "queen of hearts" by Mary konior. Thankfully I test new patterns before attempting them with good thread so I can get the hang of the pattern and any new techniques. This was my first attempt at reading a charted pattern. I may need to try again on this one.
If anybody here is also on DreamWidth (yes, yes, yet another LJ clone, but this one promises to be much more open), I've created a version of our lovely community over there: http://tatting.dreamwidth.org/profile
Right now, it's woefully empty. I'll try to post some stuff there later (some of my older tatting posts here, likely). Currently, DW does not allow wholesale transfer of community posts from LJ to DW for copyright reasons. In other words: you wrote it here, so nobody can just "take" your post over there.
Good morning everyone. After my last post I've recieved some lovely comments, thank you all so very much. moniqueleigh was asking about the pattern so I thought I would post it here for everyone since it is freely avalible online.
If any of you give it a try please post photos if you can. I think the thread guage I used for mine was a little too heavy, but it's an older ball of cotton and it's not marked. I'm guessing it's a size 30. I'd reccomend a size 40 or 50 though I'd like to try it with a size 80.
These were among the first things I tatted back in the winter of 2006/2007. I was quite unhappy with how they turned out, but threw them into a bag and kept them around anyway. When I was trying to figure out how to starch things, I was very glad I had! I dug them out of the bag, untangled the mangled wads, and used them as guinea pigs.
I know I finished the tatting years ago, but I'm counting these towards 2009 because I finally overcame my fear of starching! And there's no way I'm going to complete 52 crafts this year, anyway....
I've been shuttle tatting for several years, but have never made anything that would need to be starched until now. My grandmother recently requested I make a bookmark for her, and I just finished it -- but it needs to be stiffened! I looked around online to see what I could learn about the different ways to starch things. What I've come up with so far is:
1) Sugar solutions may attract bugs.
2) Spray starches normally used in laundry will flake off and (after a very long time) cause yellowing.
3) There are starches made especially for fabric and needle crafts, but the sites did not mention where to buy them. (JoAnn's and/or Michael's?)
4) The only instructions I could find for wheat/corn/rice starch looked complicated and needed a bunch of kitchen equipment I haven't found yet. (Recently moved and still unpacking.)
5) Apparently you can use an epsom salt solution, and it looks pretty simple. (link)
Does anyone have any experience with sugar solutions? I was just going to use that because of course I have sugar in my kitchen! But my parents and grandmother live in an area with a large ant population and I don't want them trying to make off with this bookmark or ruining it in some way.
How about epsom salt solutions? I'm really curious about this one!
Any advice would be greatly appreciated and I'm sorry if this has been discussed already. I did look back through the entries a little way without seeing anything.
Hello! My name is Lindsay and I'm a multifaceted artist. I draw, sculpt, knit, sew, and a whole bunch of stuff in general. Before today, I had never even heard of tatting. My interest peaked immediately after I saw this photo over at craftzine
I'm now incredibly fascinated with tatting, and I've started watching a few tutorial videos on YouTube, but there really aren't a lot of resources. It seems like tatting isn't the most popular craft right now, so I'm having a very hard time finding instructional books. Could you guys help me out? I would really appreciate some book suggestions or any resources that would be helpful to beginners. (Oh, if only Debbie Stoller had a book on tatting..)
ALSO! I have a couple questions. How different is needle tatting from shuttle tatting? Is there a preferred method? Do you find that one is easier than the other?
Thanks! With any luck I'll be posting projects of my own here in the near future. :D
Now I feel like trying something new again, and the last post here has reminded me that I've always wanted to try Celtic tatting. Does anyone have any recommendations for instructions and/or a good (and fairly simple) pattern or two to try it with?
Hello there! Been watching this place for some time but never got to comment...
I've wanted to know.. Is there a way to make shuttles out of things at home? I live in a small country and there is very little art supplies stores in here - I doubt they even know what tatting is - and I would really like to start tatting at home. Is there a way for me to actually do it without ordering from the net? is there a way I could build my own shuttles?
Greetings! I'm a shuttle tatter and I live in California. Been tatting off and on for about six years. Just recently I've taken up my shuttles again, although I spend more time buying supplies than actually using them. ^_^
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