Hello All! I think I have previously recommended this site on
Arachne--www.casamiainitalia.com-- just thought I would rerun the tape! Yuko
has been vacationing in France lest you think you wouldn't be interested in
her holiday photos--scroll down in the photo diary section. There is a
From the size of the shuttle, and a rough date of 1700s from the
costume, I would say that she is knotting, not tatting. This was a pose
frequently used for aristocratic portraits as it was supposed to show
off the hands of the sitter to the best advantage.
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Hi Jane! Thanks for the Rest of the Story (the name of an old radio program
in the US hosted by Paul Harvey, famous newscaster/commentator). Susan
Jane Partridge jpartri...@pebble.demon.co.uk wrote:
From the size of the shuttle, and a rough date of 1700s from the
costume, I would
I can remember attending a lace meeting where there was a lady from
the Sealed Knot showing the costumes in the time of the English Civil
War (late 1700's)... she also showed us some knotting, from memory,
the knots were tied with a tatting shuttle, a very short space apart
(similar to
from what I have heard anything prior to early 1800's is Knotting... Tatting
was developed from knotting around 1850.. from what I have read...
Faye in Drumore, PA
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they were knotting shuttles prior to tatting shuttles... and they were much
larger, the knotting shuttles I have seen do not meet at the points..I baught
one to try and learn how to do knotting, but can't find any instructions on
knotting...
Faye in Drumore, PA
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Hello All! Or should I say merci a tous?! Each respondent filled in part of a
collaborative answer! Now I know why a tatting friend refers to some work as
Josephine knots. The threadwork in the painting does look more like knots than
rings/picots/whatever. Is it possible that the couched
Going through more pages of the trip, at
http://www.casamiainitalia.com/hp/iledefrance5.html there are some super
pictures of Chantilly lace. And it must have been a wonderful trip. I can
just see the mind whirring about how to use the designs in the pictures in
other projects.
Lyn in
I sent this to Faye, but for all of you...
Knotting, as far as I can tell, and from what I have been told, is just
a half knot. So you are making a loop, wrapping your shuttle around your
thread and pulling tight. That is it! Or maybe wrap the shuttle a couple
times to get a longer knot.
Hello Again! For Agnes, Alex, Sue others who are suffering through the pain
of broken bones--get well soon! This is truly (!!) an opportunity to slow
down, take a breath attend to some of the will do later items in your
respective lacy job jars. I don't know about you (each of you), but
For years, I searched for good knotting instructions. Then a book was
published (which I reviewed on Arachne) containing instructions and lovely
photographs.
Go to your local library and ask for the Interlibrary Loan Service. Order
the following book:
18th Century Embroidery Techniques
Thanks I will do just that
Oh to be able to travel to such places and see such beautiful historical period
things would be wonderful...
Faye Hegener, in Drumore, PA
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From: jeria...@aol.com
To: lace@arachne.com
Sent: Sunday, August 8, 2010 6:45:35 PM
Subject:
Is this the same knot as, what we call in Tatting, the Josephine Knot?
Faye Hegener, up after my bedtime,,, in Drumore PA... LOL
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From: L.Snyder l.sny...@aceweb.com
To: Arachne lace@arachne.com
Sent: Sunday, August 8, 2010 3:56:02 PM
Subject: [lace] knotting
I sent
oh yeah.. the josephine knot is what the kids nowadays were using to make these
pretty corded bracelets... and they were doing it free handed no shuttle what
so ever... a young lady showed me how she did it some years back.. LOL and I
cannot recall what she was calling this at that time. But
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