Tatting

You're catching the group on a slow news day. (grin) I mentioned I tatted . . . once or twice. Yes, there are many here who tat. I loved it, when I did it.

Dianne

pat berry wrote:

I tat on occasion, just pulled out a snowflake ornament book to work on thru December.

Caryn

I'm interested. :) I have a wonderful tatting book from Elizabeth. Every once in a while I go on a needle craft binge where I want to pick up again on tatting, knitting, crochet, Irish lace, Mountmellick, and of course, all the diverse stitches in needlework. You happened to ask this question when I'm in the middle of one of my binges. lol I went to Michael's yesterday to see about any new classes, but they want $20. plus supplies for each class and since I already know a little of most of what they're teaching, it's kind of a waste of time and money for me right now.

Maureen

Here's a neat site for anyone who would like to *look* at tatting - good instructions there too.

Very nice site! Thank you Sharon. :)

Maureen

Here's a good site, I tried to tat once but never caught on.

The trick is in flipping the knot to the other thread. There's an easy way to make a knot and a hard way, and the hard way is the one that's correct.

I taught myself with a variegated crochet cotton -- thick enough that I could see what I was doing to compare it to the drawings in the book, and with one color around my fingers and another coming off the shuttle, it was easy to see where I'd been going wrong. When I teach, I start with a red shuttle thread and a white ball thread (crochet cotton or pearl cotton, so it's big and easy to see), and the instruction that if you see red when you're making the practice chain, then you'll "see red" when you try to tighten your rings. That little memory trick helps a lot, and once you've gotten the knack of flipping the stitches on a chain, it's the same movement to flip them on a ring.

It`s really just a matter of knowing which bit to PULL on, so the knot (half hitches, really) forms itself on the right part of the thread! NOT a thing to try to teach you best friend, usually. Even worse than trying to teach my left-handed sister-in-law to crochet when I`m right handed! LOL! We still get on fine though.

Pat P

Let me know when your left handed sister in law is coming to Canada next Pat and I'll meet her at the airport! I need someone to teach me left handed crochet and find people looking at me like I have two heads when I ask such a thing! lol

Maureen

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It would never surprise me, Maureen - she`s become quite a world traveller since we asked her to fly to Guernsey with us at the last minute. She was TERRIFIED of flying, but that trip is only 75 minutes, and has changed her life! She`s still not KEEN on flying, but loves the fact that it allows her to see the world!

Another way is for you to copy the movements of a right handed crocheter in a mirror! I`ve heard that this works quite well!

Pat P