They found a frame with embroidered netting in a storeroom in the compound
where I work. Here are some pictures of it: <
http://picasaweb.google.com/srclaireedith/FoundNetting?authkey=Gv1sRgCNyNmJ6
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It's pretty dirty. Does anyone know how I can clean it without removing it
from the frame?
Hi all,
Margaret Morgan teaches netting here in Australia and I did her class in
Brisbane at the Australian Lace Guild AGM.
One of the hardest techniques to pick up. The knot is very involved and goes
wrong if you loose concentration.
I finished one small doyley in class over 2 days (and much of t
Avital <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>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.
The Norwegian-style needles are not intended for lace net and will not work.
They're for shopping bags, tennis ball holders, basketball hoop nets, lobster
traps, and other coarse nets. I think it would be a good idea for you to go back
to Rita Bartholomew's site and see how netting is actually done
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
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
