Jeri, and other Tatters on the list - please do not become offended by this comment about "tat".....in England, "tat" (as distinct from "tatting"!) means rubbish or scruffy articles. What this posting was referring to is all the other rubbishy bits and pieces which are advertised on e-bay as being lacemaking equipment just because the sellers don't really know what the articles are.
Nothing to do with denigrading tatting as a craft at all!! Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:In a message dated 10/13/04 9:27:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Ebay (UK) has now altered their listings for craft items and has included a > > lacemaking category > http://home.listings.ebay.co.uk/Lacemaking_W0QQfromZR12QQsacategoryZ57201QQso > cmdZListingItemList > This page lists all the lace bobbins etc but also some of the tat that > hardly > qualifies as 'lacemaking' > Regards > Lacemakers! This is an opinion that varies from country-to-country. This posting originated in Europe. In the U.S., we include tatting as one of the lace categories. It is featured in our lace club bulletins, and is taught at our lace convention classes. It is given a place/category at lace exhibitions. Tatters have been known to become enraged with a generalization about their craft that excludes it from the lace category. It is best to realize there are quite a few techniques that have been labeled as lace that in a narrow definition would not be. Through long usage, and commercial promotion, this is something many of us have come to accept. In Prague, I gave gifts of small tatted doilies that I commissioned a tatter to make for this purpose. I wear these dainty pieces of lace (heavily starched) under brooches, and find it a nice way to wear lace because pins can avoid piercing the threads of tatting. However, I do remember someone remarking that "We do not consider tatting to be lace". It did not bother me that she had this opinion, because the OIDFA organization recognizes only needle and bobbin laces. Tatters do need to understand that this springs from strongly-held beliefs that are taught in needle and bobbin lace classes by some firmly-entrenched teachers. Tatters, you know what you are making, and many of us will continue to call it lace! Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace & Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
