this helps a lot. i am going to check into the website you have in your email right now and look over the pictures.
i appreciate this very much. i am sure i can make enough of them to start a small project in tatting this way. i really enjoy making the lace tools used to make the lace even more than making the lace itself, but i am not yet addicted to it like those with a little more spider experience. i call what i have collected so far "my little bag of tricks". right now i am still making some lace weight spindles with skewers and am trying to spin fine enough thread to ply and make even the smallest size threads. i really wanted to make lace with handgrown or handcut fiber, handspin and hand ply the thread, and then make a really nice handmade lace piece. then i will have something to brag about. that is what "doing it yourself" really means. i think tatting is a lot like needle lace, and in fact they even make tatted lace with a needle specifically made for tatting. once i get a few pieces made for tatting and understand how the equipment is supposed to work then i will have a better understanding of what i can use it for. i appreciate everything and once i get a shuttle done, i will show you how it looks on my new webpage. there is nothing on my webpage right now, so i won't waste my time giving out the address, but i already have some nice crochet lace to show once i can take time to put the photos on it. thank you again. --- Brian Lemin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Making Tatting Shuttles > http://www.davidreedsmith.com/Shuttles/Readabou.htm > > > David Reed Smith taught me how to make tatting shuttles over the > net! > > I use his basic method BUT in NO WAY am I so technical as he is. > > I use the same techniques thinning down veneer but I use a small sand > ing > drum in the drill press, laminating these this strips into shells via > a jig > and then I hand fit the post. > > If If David's instructions frighten you then I will detail how I make > my > shuttles on the list. This time you have the very real advantage of > pictures on Davids web page to help my explanations. > > > > > > > > > Jean and Brian from Cooranbong, Australia > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the > line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new Resources site http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
