I have a question for the tatters who can help.
What does one do if a pattern calls for two shuttles when you are needle
tatting? I am struggling to progress with needle tatting as I find it too
painful to tat with a shuttle. I have tried looking for some videos, but
cannot find anything
Certainly in the beginning the results of shuttle tatting and needle tatting
are very much the same. That may change with more advanced stitches and
techniques, but that would be a long way down the road. The difference is that
you put the stitches on the thread differently. I last
Thanks to everyone who responded to my question about SCMR's. Found out that
they're the same as a ring done off the ball. The learning curve is steep,
but
I'm climbing...
Working on TotusMel's necklace, learning split rings and
Josephine chains. I
like the fact that her tutorials also yield
A while ago on Arachne there was a thread on needle tatting. I tried shuttle
tatting, but my hands just can't do it.
Picked up Barbara Foster's LEARN
NEEDLE TATTING STEP-BY-STEP and last week set
out to try it. Companioned
with TotusMel's videos and how-to's on
Instructables.com, I was
Lyn suggested that I post the sites I mentioned in my post. Here they are...
Tat-a-Renda's snowflake
http://tatsaway-patterns.blogspot.com/2009/10/featherline-snowflake.html
While you're there, check out her site. She has some wonderful tatted lace.
TotulMel's needle tatting how-to...
On 11/27/2011 11:57 AM, Witchy Woman wrote:
Spent a few hours perusing the internet for snowflake
patterns, and found one
that I like, but it uses something called a
self-closing mock ring in the
pattern. Of course, there is nothing in the
book I have showing how to do
this. And nothing on the
I slso cant manage shuttle tatting due to hands and shoulder problems, so
found the Barbara Foster book helped enough to actually achieve a 30 year
ambition to learn tatting. I have made several small motifs and have
promised myself some time to get back to it and work some more at it to see
I can't shuttle tat due to arthritis in the joints of my thumbs, particularly
the left one (can't
hold/manipulate the thread round the hand) - do you think needle tatting would
be easier/more
comfortable in this respect?
I can't sew or embroider any longer due to said arthritic thumb, so
Hello,
I have an new member to the Western Reserve Lace Society who is
interested in learning Needle Tatting.We do have one member who will be
able to assist her with her skills. I was wondering if any of you have any
good recommendations for DVD or books for reference learning with sources
to this.
-Original Message-
From: Chris Brill-Packard cbpu...@yahoo.com
Sent: Oct 17, 2011 8:11 PM
To: Arachne Lace List email lace@arachne.com
Subject: [lace] Needle Tatting - request for resources
Hello,
I have an new member to the Western Reserve Lace Society who is
interested in learning
Have you checked out lacenews? She has a link to a list of lace making videos
on youtube and I think needle tatting is represented.
Lorelei
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Here is an online resource which has a number of demos for various
tatting procedures - some with shuttle and some with needle.
http://threadsofatattinggoddess.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-to-tat-online-resources.html
Nita Ross in Calgary where it will freeze tonight but be sunny
tomorrow. The
Tonight we had a visit from a needle tatter at my lace group. He does
beautiful fine needle lace and he was told that you can convert any shuttle
pattern into a needle lace pattern but he does not know how to do that for a
pattern that uses two shuttles. Can anyone answer that question or point
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