Choosing the Right Shuttle
Corry from Norway asked, “I’ve just been practising tatting for a month or so and I’d like some advise in …
Category Archives: Shuttle Tatting
Tatting Tip: Choosing Thread Sizes
Joy asked, Looking through the patterns, I don’t always see instructions for what size thread to use. How do I …
Tatting WOW!
This post is a long time in coming, and I beg your forgiveness for keeping the story’s ending in suspense. …
A Recommendation for Washing Tatted Earrings
Preferably in the sink when it is intentional. Not in the shower because you forgot to take them off. They …
Celebrate the Butterfly
I promissed I would eventually explain “Cellebrate the butterfly!” Well, here is what it is all about. Learning and struggling and tatting and becoming a new person.
Citizen Schools Tatting Class, the Third
This week half the class learned how to make rings in addition to chains, and I ponder introducing needle tatting to those still struggling with the double stitch.
Tatting Tip: Keeping the Working Thread in Place
Here’s a trick to keep your working thread in place when you relax your hand to make the flip in tatting. It saves the circulation in your little finger, too!
25 Motif Challenge, Part 12
Here’s my next motif in the 25 Motif Challenge, another beautiful golden motif from Lyn Morton’s book. The giveaway for her Christmas tatting pattern book, Oren Bayan thread and beads closes tonight! Also an exciting update on my computer situation and my Irlen diagnostic is today.
Blocking Your Tatted Project
How to block your tatted project once you are finished making it. That is, how to get any wrinkles and dips out of it, and get all the rings and chains going in the direction they are supposed to, so it is presentable for public display.
Giveaway and Book Review from Tatting & Design
Are you ready for another giveaway? Tatting & Design is sponsoring this faabulous giveaway prize pack. Enter to win a Lyn Morton pattern book, Oren Bayan metallic thread and a pack of iridescent beads to make elegant Christmas motifs.
InTatters Winter Gift Exchange
My exchange gift arrived yesterday from the InTatters forum winter exchange. A double surprise, a second unexpected gift arrived the same day.
Fly Away, Fly Away Shuttle
Another installment of Heather’s shuttle show-and-tell. This beautiful handmade tatting shuttle from South America sports a proud cardinal on a tree branch with a blue sky background.