WHAT IS TATTED TREASURES?
Tatted Treasures is dedicated to introducing tatting to the public, providing easy-to-follow instructions to learn this ancient art, and inspiring accomplished tatters with information and ideas.
WHY THIS BLOG?
When I walked into the local quilt shop in early 2011 I had no idea that simple shopping trip would begin a tatting revolution in Santa Fe. One of the owners saw the tatting on my purse and eagerly asked, “Do you teach tatting?” So began a series of surprisingly popular classes, with some students driving two to four hours just to learn to tat!
The classes have gone very well, except that my students keep asking me to come home with them! Since I haven’t yet figured out how to be in ten places at once, I began to make a few videos they could watch from home to get a refresher anytime. The idea snowballed from there and this blog was born.
This is also my journal of tatted treasures. I intend to keep a record of pieces I make and designs I invent, maybe some of my favorite shuttles, threads and pattern books, or anything else as it occurs to me. …Such as these little poems:
Tatting in my chair.
Shuttles weaving back and forth
Loosing count of knots.
MY TATTING JOURNEY
I tried to learn shuttle tatting from a book in the spring of 1999, but could not make heads or tails of it. So I switched to needle tatting and quickly turned out a whole slew of edgings, doilies and bookmarks. I even tried to tat a blouse once, but when I was half way through with the back I got sick of it, finished off the edges and called it a doily.
In summer of 2001 I flew to Connecticut to learn shuttle tatting from my grandmother, and never looked back.
Tatting on the couch.
Kitty lying next to me
Tangling my thread.
Ever since I found the art I have been hooked, and enjoy sharing this old fashioned art with a new crowd. On that note, I hope this blog is fun to make and to share.
Happy tatting to all, and to all a good night!
—Heather
I saw your post on InTatters and stopped by to take a peek. I LOVE what you’ve done and can’t wait to see more!!
Darla, Thanks for the support! I hope to add lots more of interest.
I’d love to see your shuttles… The one in your banner is gorgeous & the ones in your videos are quite interesting!!
Thanx a lot, Heather. I really enjoy all your tatting tutorials and i watch the whenever i need help with tatting. I made the same motif that u have taught in ur tutorial. Please post some more videos of laces and motifs
Want to learn. Impatient teacher, but I’m eager.
I am so happy I found your wonderful website through Pinterest. It is fantastic! A little over a year ago I decided to learn Tattonig. My paternal grandmother was an avid tatter although where I come from it is called Frivolité. I was 12 when she died and never got a chance to learn from her. But it was always my dream to learn. So I started last year with a shuttle, book and DVD I got on the Internet. Did a few practicing patterns and then stopped for over a year. But now the bug is back and I am decided to at least complete a project!
And by finding your website I will definitely be able to achieve one of my dreams.
Last night I e-mailed a picture of just a strand of rings and picots to my father and he replied that I made him think of his mother.
Thank you
Angela
I meant to write Tatting but the IPhone corrected the spelling! Sorry
I have seen most of the videos on this site.
Its really helpful.
Thanks a ton.
But its really difficult to get shuttles here in India.
Most ofthe people dont know what it is exactly.
Hope i get the perfect tools to start tatting.
Happy Tatting…!!!
I do hope that help is on the way for lefties. I can chain and picot, but when I attempt to close the ring only part of my work which will do this is the tail. The left of the loop will give out more yarn, but the shuttle does not do anything. I feel that my double stitches must be O K as the ring closes using my method. I am finding that if I try to leave a loop as the bottom of a ring then join another on closing it goes. Help to any lefties out there. I have downloaded the basics for lefties, which I have found helpful. I just want to sort this out.
Lesley
In England
I am so glad that I found you and your wonderful art! I have been around tatting my whole life and never found anyone who even knew that it is still around ! Thank you for keeping something so beautiful so very much alive!!!
Keep up the FUN WORK !!!
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