that is something to think about when making your own tatting shuttle. i will have to buy a netting needle to get a better look at it. a thin dowel wrapped in thread would do the trick. dowels come in very thin sizes. it would also save adding on a new thread in the middle of netting. knots are the last thing you need unless they are put there by the design.
i would love to try needle laces from netting. it would be no fun to make hand made lace on machine made netting. it takes the whole fun out of the job. net needle lace is much more versatile and you don't have any fancy procedures or number of bobbins to add to put the picture or design in. not to mention the equipment is much cheaper. --- Avital <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I do both netting and tatting. A netting needle doesn't hold nearly > as much as a > tatting shuttle. You can't fill a netting shuttle too full because > then it won't > go through the holes of the netting or it will stretch the holes > while you're > forming the knots. Netting needles only hold a couple yards. A > reasonably large > shuttle can hold quite a bit more. > > It would be extremely difficult to make netting with a tatting > shuttle because > it's too large to fit through the holes. You really need something > long and > narrow. > > I have seen examples of netting in which the lacemaker used her > netting needle > as a shuttle and tatting a round of a doily. I've done some > experimenting with > Celtic tatting using a netting needle because it could fit through > closed rings, > unlike a tatting shuttle. > > Avital > > > -----Original Message----- > > this is a nice website for making netting. they use a wierd needle > > that does the same job as a tatting shuttle. net making would be a > > nice use for a shuttle. i don't know how much thread a shuttle > will > > hold, but this needle holds quite a few rounds. > > > > > > > > http://knotsindeed.com/learn/t-fill.html > > > > from susan in tennessee,u.s.a. > > > > > - > 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!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
