Oooooo! Look what TotusMel found: Tatting on the cover of a comic! Find out more from her Needle Tatting and Other Nonsense blog post.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Needle flowers
Annekata walks us through a basic tatting technique to create these sweet needle flowers. She says they’re “fast and easy to make, perfect for gift decorations, jewelry components or hair pins.” See her tute.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Tatted barefoot sandals
TotusMel has posted a tutorial for her signature tatted barefoot sandals on Instructables. See the tute.… Read More ...
Tatting tute: Estimating thread
Jon Yusoff of Tat-a-Renda explains how to estimate the amount of thread needed for a project. See her post.… Read More ...
Tutorials: Tatted shamrocks
Gina of Threads of a Tatting Goddess is sharing tutorials for two lovely shamrock designs. Go to her blog post to get the PDFs.… Read More ...
An alternative to the folded join
Tatter Jane Eborall explains her technique for “joining the final join when you’ve got rings in a motif and they face outwards.” Jane says she doesn’t know how to do a folded join. But since this technique works so well, … Read More ...
Learn to tat
If you’ll be near New York City on March 12 and you’d like to get started with tatting, sign up for the workshop being held at Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden. The web site says,
… Read More ...Lost Art of Tatting–
Tatting is high fashion
OMG! TotusMel’s needle-tatted ankle corsets(/necklaces) showed up on the runways during New York Fashion Week! Yes! If you weren’t already craving her funky “software,” this should do it for you. See more on her blog post.… Read More ...
Add beads to your tatting
Tatting maven Jane Eborall has posted several tutes lately for incorporating beads into tatting. Check them out.
- Adding a bead to a picot
- Adding beads into the work as the piece is made
- Adding a lot of beads in mid-project
Tatting tutorial: Adding thread without tying a knot
Jon Yusoff of Jon’s Thread Escapades shows us how to cope when the shuttle runs out of thread in the middle of a tatting project. See the tute.… Read More ...
Free pattern: Tat a coaster set
More vintage goodness from Bramcoast Publishing. This time they’re sharing a 1920s pattern for a set of tatted coasters and a sweet little case to hold them. Go to the pattern post.… Read More ...
Marie-Antoinette was a tatter
Back in October, Penny Nickels posted a terrific article on MrXStitch about the history of tatting, which included this charming portrait of the young Archduchess Marie-Antoinette of Austria. (Is it just me, or is that shuttle huge.) You’ll enjoy … Read More ...
Basic tatting tutes
Marilee of Yarnplayer is sharing a series of basic tutorials for tatting novices. The latest lesson: the first half of the double stitch. See the tute. And be sure to bookmark her blog so you can enjoy the whole … Read More ...
Free pattern: Tatted ice skates
Sharon of Sharon’s Tatted Lace is sharing her pattern for these sweet tatted ice skates. She says,
… Read More ...I thought I’d make these skates wearable instead of as ornaments, so I added a tiny pair of holly leaves to hide the
Free pattern: Button necklace
Sally Kerson of Tat’s Heaven is sharing her pattern for this beautiful button necklace. See photos of three versions and get the pattern at her blog post.… Read More ...