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1mmignano11
Apr 23, 2016, 7:49 pm

Hi Y'all,

This is my first time posting here. I have been on LT for a little over 5 years now and recently have begun knitting and crocheting. I joined a knitting club at my local library. The ladies there are very nice. I was thrilled to see there was a group on LT though. I have been crafting for a while now and although my mother taught me how to knit, crochet and sew when I was younger, and good old home economics class helped me make a few items of clothing, it still feels new to me. I even embroidered for awhile as a kid. But I'm starting (again) with knitting and crocheting and as I have been needle felting for awhile now I was thinking about incorporating making some dolls and some clothes for them by hand. I will keep those on the small side though, as I think that will make it easier for me. I'm going to read all the posts I can mange tonight and start working on getting my photos on here. I haven't done that yet, but I have an idea how to do it and I will look at the posts on here with helpful info. I can't wait to see all the beautiful things everybody here has made! That is my favorite part of crafting!

2mmignano11
Apr 24, 2016, 12:04 am

I'm wondering-is there anybody who does tatting? I'm determined to learn to do that as it seems to be an art that is becoming somewhat obsolete. Anybody interested in committing to making some pieces so that we can provide some moral support during the learning curve? And if there is someone who knows how, maybe you can help us(or me) through the worst of it? It is such a beautiful craft. I was watching an old dvd of Charles Kuralt's On The Road show (anybody remember that show?) so much fun to watch, and he had some lovely ladies who were tatting while they talked and their hands were just flying along and they made such beautiful things. I like the idea of making collars for little girl's dresses and sweaters. Imagine how beautiful that would be on a little knitted christening gown or sweater, or pair of socks?

3Lyndatrue
Apr 24, 2016, 1:30 am

>2 mmignano11: I believe that tatting is doomed to becoming a lost art. I no longer have the dexterity and fine motor control to deal with the shuttle, and I'm not sure I even have the tools necessary to try it, if I did. My great-grandmother's shuttle is in my cedar chest, but I wouldn't consider using it.

I have very tiny crochet hooks, and always made lace with them instead of tatting.

There's a lot of quilters here in Needlearts, and others as well. Read through some of the threads.I can't remember right this minute, but I'm pretty sure there's quite a few knitters as well.

Welcome!

4lauralkeet
Apr 24, 2016, 8:58 am

Welcome! Another knitter here. I'm looking forward to hearing more about -- and possibly seeing -- your work. Are you on Ravelry?

Laura

5shesinplainview
Apr 24, 2016, 6:41 pm

Hi mmignano11, I am new here also. Am a new quilter but I also knit. I don't know but a couple of stitches so I have only made scarves (lots and lots of them!). I want to learn more stitches and expand my knitting. Hope to see your work.

6avaland
Apr 24, 2016, 6:52 pm

Many of us are multi-needlecraft. I quilt, sew, on rare occasion knit and embroider. No tatting, though I suspect I have some of my Nana's handiwork in the bin of family needlework.

7staffordcastle
Modificato: Apr 24, 2016, 7:21 pm

Hi, @mmignano, I used to tat, learned it from my great-aunt. Many years later, when I took it up again and had to re-learn it, I found that it wasn't possible to get very far with learning from a book; I found a friend who could show me how to do the thing I was having trouble with. Today, it's a great boon to have YouTube; there are lots of videos about tatting.

Our local lace museum, the Lacis Museum of Lace and Textiles, is just about to open an exhibit focussed on tatting, and have been holding classes on how to do it, so perhaps it's not a dying art after all!

Here's a link to the exhibit webpage:
http://lacismuseum.org/exhibit/Tatting

P.S. The links on the page aren't active yet, but when they do come live, don't miss looking at the Slide Show, especially if you're too far away from the Bay Area to visit the exhibit.

8scaifea
Apr 26, 2016, 6:35 am

Hi, Mary Beth!!

I've always wanted to learn tatting, but I'm afraid I don't have the time to devote to learning a new skill at the moment. Heck, I haven't even been in my sewing room in weeks. Gah. Soon...

Welcome to the group!

9dudes22
Apr 26, 2016, 6:51 am

Welcome to the group. I'm a quilter, so no help with tatting but I've always admired that skill. Will be waiting to hear how you make out.

10mabith
Apr 26, 2016, 7:09 pm

Hello! Tatting is awfully neat, and I thought I'd try it at one point but I just don't have the dexterity of hands or brain, I think. Plus due to chronic pain I need to be mostly reclining most of the time, which didn't seem possible with tatting.

I'm mostly an embroiderer and knitter, but I'll always be dabbling in a variety of things.

11dkhiggin
Apr 27, 2016, 7:28 pm

I bought a DVD on tatting, mostly because that was one of the few needlework skills my mother had, but I have never even watched it! One of these days...

12labwriter
Modificato: Mag 1, 2016, 10:40 am

Welcome to the group! I'm mainly a quilter, although I also crochet a bit. Your mention of tatting made me think of a hanky that my mother received as a graduation gift (in about 1940) from her great aunt--who apologized for sending it, saying that she couldn't get to the store. She sent it folded in an envelope where it remained until my mother gave it to me several years ago. The linen hanky was tatted by my 2x great grandmother (the great aunt's mother). What a treasure! Granny Baxter, as everyone called her, made everyone's clothes and hats. I think women back then were always working on something--idle hands being the devil's playthings, or something. Anyway, here's a pic of the hanky.

One question: Do you do shuttle tatting or needle tatting?

>3 Lyndatrue: Lynda, what is your great grandmother's shuttle made of? I'd give a lot to have Granny Baxter's tatting shuttle. Wow.

13Lyndatrue
Mag 1, 2016, 12:03 pm

>12 labwriter: The handkerchief is lovely. My great grandmother's shuttle was metal, of some kind or other. She died the year before I was born (aged 88), in 1946.

I'm just moving pictures back to Flickr, and have no idea how to show them as images. Here's a link to one of the handkerchiefs in my collection, and although I'm fairly sure that it was crocheted, and not tatted, it still reminds me of the work my great grandmother had done (all those things are in a cedar chest, folded, and put away).

https://www.flickr.com/photos/lyndatrue/17425713240/in/album-72157652346495519/

14avaland
Mag 2, 2016, 6:34 am

I took a stroll through your Flicker photos. Is that all needlework you have collected or is some of it your work? Lovely stuff, I love that rose especially.

15Lyndatrue
Mag 2, 2016, 10:35 am

>14 avaland: The handkerchiefs are all ones I've collected. The one with the rose was made in Switzerland, in recent times (within the last 50 years). The photos of the embroidery on the shirt are my work. I've been embroidering since I was five. My daughter started when she was three. I've always said that if I'd known how good that piece she did was going to be, I'd have given her something better to work it on (it was a stained table napkin).

I'm in the process of moving from Ipernity back to Flickr, and I wanted to have it in the order it had been, so it's slow going. I'm really making the effort to finish, now, so that I can move on to the photos I've taken since (gasp) 2014. Time and tide wait for no man...or woman, either.

16mmignano11
Mag 2, 2016, 3:42 pm

Hi folks, Thanks so much for all your comments! I have had a busy week and a half or so and couldn't get onto LT. It amazes me how much I miss the folks on here when I am out of touch . It is a great comfort to strike up a conversation. Like a visit with old friends...I am new to tatting and really appreciate the pics. The hankie is beautiful. I love the purple color. It is one of my favorite colors. I will be working on the shuttle tatting. I got several books on it at the library but it does help to see videos for sure. I am also working on knitting and crochet, but I am more familiar with them. Still pretty new at it though. I am having trouble figuring out how to "turn" my work when crocheting. I have recruited my husband to help me so I don;t get too frustrated with it. He is so willing to help, I'm wondering if I can't get him to crochet also! nyway, as soon as I complete something I will try to get some pictures on here. I enjoy looking at all of yours so much. First I have to finish several needle-felting projects I have going, so close but not quite done. I'll put them on here also. I really enjoy doing that. It is like sculpting with wool to me.

17SassyLassy
Mag 2, 2016, 8:35 pm

>12 labwriter: Lovely story. I imagine if your great great aunt had actually made it to the store, whatever she would have chosen there would be long lost, while this hanky still delights.

18mmignano11
Mag 4, 2016, 12:42 am

Ain't it the truth?

19mmignano11
Mag 15, 2017, 7:23 pm

I am back in the group again and will be posting some pics of my latest projects. I am so inspired by everybody here!

20rosalita
Mag 16, 2017, 10:12 am

Welcome back, Mary Beth!

21mmignano11
Mag 16, 2017, 10:30 pm

So I was practicing a little pair of crochet sandals but they didn't look right. Its OK since I'm just practicing.

22judylou
Mag 18, 2017, 7:49 am

Hi, I quilt and cross stitch mostly. I knit occasionally and love the idea of tatting, but I just wouldn't have the time to devote to it. I'm looking forward to seeing your projects.

23mmignano11
Mag 24, 2017, 5:41 pm

I am happy to say that I found a book that seems to give very good instructions on crocheting. I was getting frustrated by the book I had initially purchased and then found this inexpensive book at Target and it was wonderful and really answered the questions I was developing as I tried new stitches. I am going to practice as many stitches as I can and then attempt a simple project.

24avaland
Giu 7, 2017, 8:55 am

Looking forward to seeing some of your projects....

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