Re: [lace] Making a tatting shuttle part 4 The best way
In a message dated 26/05/2005 00:26:57 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i appreciate this very much. i am sure i can make enough of them to start a small project in tatting this way. Hi Suzi, how are you VBG You only need one shuttle to start to tat! Eventually when you are doing fancy stuff you might want 2 or even 4. I don't think that before you can tat, and have used many different styles of shuttles that it would be easy to make a good one anyway, because you wouldn't have the *feel* for what you are trying to make. The size, shape and feel of each shuttle makes a great difference to how easy you find them to use and what one person loves will be nearly impossible for another to use at all. I don't know what price they are in the States but here they start at a little over 1GBP so $3 perhaps. Put that against the cost of materials, tools and your time trying to make one. One of the least expensive (GBP3) has a centre spool (where the thread goes) that pops in and out. It is very like a sewing machine bobbin. You can get extra ones of these and therefore use the same shuttle for more than one project without rewinding the thread. As for needle tatting, you don't need special tatting needles to do it, any long straight needle with an eye much the same size as the rest of the needle will work. Doll needles are good and can be much more easily and cheaply found in craft shops - I suspect they are the same needles in different packaging as it's unlikely any company would make needles just for tatting. But please be aware that although the finished result is very similar, needle tatting is a completely different technique to shuttle tatting. With shuttle tatting the knot is transferred from one thread to the other and it is the knack of doing this that some people have trouble with. In contrast, with needle tatting the 'knots' are placed onto the needle and then the thread in the needle's eye is pulled through them. The more advanced techniques (I believe I am right in saying this) can only be done with shuttle tatting. Jacquie in Lincolnshire, England - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Making a tatting shuttle part 4 The best way
Jacquie wrote (good morning sis) Doll needles are good and can be much more easily and cheaply found in craft shops - I suspect they are the same needles in different packaging as it's unlikely any company would make needles just for tatting. When I started needle tatting I got a needle from the teacher - when I looked for more tatting needles they were quite expensive, so I used doll needles. The main difference is that the doll needles still have a point whereas the points on the tatting needles are rounded. The other advantage of tatting needles is that they come in different thicknesses. Doll needles are great for 80 tatting cotton or a little thicker, but you need the thinner tatting needles if you want to do anything finer. Malvary in Ottawa - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Making a tatting shuttle part 4 The best way
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]
Re: [lace] Making a tatting shuttle part 4 The best way
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]
