Teaching Tatting
I teach not only tatting but, also knitting and crochet. With over 41 years in the needle arts, I’ve learned that the first thing that students want is results; otherwise they usually get discouraged and determine that they are unable to master ... [... more]
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How To Finish Off Thread Ends In Needle Tatting
The best size of tapestry needle to use is a size 20 for size 10 weight thread, size 24 for size 20 weight thread and size 26 for the finer weights of thread. Some specialist cross stitch shops may even have a size 28 tapestry needle on sale and ... [... more]
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Good Tension In Tatting
Another way of using controlled chain tension is to create a small disk. The centre ring is made without cutting the thread from the ball thread, finishing so that you are at the point of the last picot (the pattern is 2 ds, 7 p sep by 2 ds, 2 ... [... more]
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How to climb out with Beads and placing beads on the Surface of your Work Preparing the shuttles and making floating rings in Two Shuttle Tatting How to make floating rings and Josephine knots with a tatting shuttle How to make floating rings and ... [... more]
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How To Make Chains With A Tatting Needle
Thread your tatting needle and hold it so that you are starting the first ring with the line of stitches pointing away from the ball thread. Work a ring of 4 double stitches, 3 picots separated by 4 double stitches, 4 double stitches, close it ... [... more]
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How To Do Front Side Back Side Tatting
Front Side Back Side tatting arose out of the questions new tatters would ask about which was the right and wrong side of the work. Originally the right and wrong side of tatting arose because we were taught in some books to oversew the ends of ... [... more]
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Why Not Tat?
A person is more relaxed in the morning or early afternoon. Yet, others can relax more once the children are put to bed or after the supper dishes are washed and put away. So, evening works better and is more enjoyable for others. And, yet, ... [... more]
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The Difference Between Needle Tatting And Shuttle Tatting
In the early 1980s the modern form of needle tatting developed in which the worker will put her stitches directly onto the needle and then pulled the needle through the stitches - the size of the stitches is then dependent on the thickness of the ... [... more]
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Tatting Shuttles And Needles - What´S Available
At the lower end of the pricing market, the range of plastic shuttles currently available is perfectly adequate if you don´t want to spend your money on expensive wooden, mother of pearl, abalone shell or even silver shuttles! I love the ... [... more]
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When To Block
Sometimes I find that, although I may not want to block my tatted treasure, I want to give my item a touch of something rather than leaving it totally untouched after it’s completed. That’s when I find that a nice warm iron is just what it needs. ... [... more]
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Tatting Patterns By Julia E. Sanders/Book Review
Tatting Patterns illustrates various edgings with pictures as well as directions. Here, you’ll find some of the few patterns which will mentions terminology rarely mentioned in tatting-such as a slip stitch. The written patterns are very ... [... more]
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Upholstery Needle For Tatting
Most of you have read my articles on various subject matters involving frugal tatting. I’ve written about using a cord threader for waistbands, doll needles and even a piece of wood to wrap your thread around and using it for a shuttle. Well, ... [... more]
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