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.
Previous articles
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!
My Irlen Glasses Test
Please don’t shoot me if I look like an evil robot. That’s not my intention, and I don’t want to …
Tatting and Design Giveaway Winner!
Drumm roll please…the winner of Lyn Morton’s Christmas Book, Oren Bayan thread and beads is…
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.
Teens Tat Part Deux
The teens make great progress and master the double stitch. An update on one girl who initially gave up, and why teaching teens rocks.
Memory Eternal, Gina
Fond farewell to Gina of Threads of a Tatting Goddess. You will be greatly missed but your memory will be eternal!
Every Game Has a Winner
A few updates and the winner of the guess-how-many-pins game.
Make 2 Shuttles in 2 Minutes for 2 Cents
Need a quick and dirty shuttle? How about a dozen to give away at a class? Here’s a template to make easy shuttles yourself out of whatever is lying around.
Teens Try Tatting for the First Time
What happens when you combine a room full of middle schoolers, an aspiring teacher, a pile of thread and a mountain of cardboard? It gets interesting…