On the other hand, knotting with shuttles goes back to the 1700's, and it has been suggested that shuttle tatting developed from that. Of course the netting done by sailors would be older, I suppose, but the netting shuttles used by fishermen resemble tatting shuttles and are used as shuttles rather than as any sort of needle. In the literature, tatting with shuttles goes back a couple of centuries whereas there is no record of tatting with needles until quite recently (based on Googles' ngrams search). Nancy Connecticut, USA
From: L.Snyder <[email protected]> >To: Janice Blair <[email protected]> >Cc: lace <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 6:47 PM >Subject: Re: [lace] demo question > >There are those who believe that tatting derived from netting, done by the sailors with a netting needle. It is possible that needle tatting came first. It is also possible that they developed about the same time. >Lauren in windy Snohomish WA > > >On 9/25/2011 3:44 PM, Janice Blair wrote: >> Yesterday I was demonstrating at Pioneer Days in Belvidere, IL, and the >> question was asked - which came first, needle tatting or shuttle tatting? I >> always thought it was the shuttle, but does anyone know the correct answer? > - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
