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ok but imo? it's not even a bad habit! it's not like knitting or crochet, it's not gonna all come apart if a little end gets loose. that shit is locked down. you ever tried to undo tatting? I'm sure you have if you've ever done it. yeah, how well does that go for you. superglue, no way, that'll just introduce a weird texture. you don't need him girl. this is me, the square knot, speaking to you inside your brain
No matter which textile craft you look at, it has weaving in ends, and everyone hates it with a burning passion.
#tatting#sure if you're trying to win a dang prize or something#then pull out all the stops#but just for fun? just for decoration? literally its fine dude#NOBODY will ever even notice
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jokes on you. cut and tie tatters unite 😎
No matter which textile craft you look at, it has weaving in ends, and everyone hates it with a burning passion.
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a little bit in my feelings about finishing this round. I started it in the veterinarian ultrasound clinic while I was waiting to find out what was wrong with my dog. it was liver cancer, and it was terminal. two days later she was dead. but the craft goes on. bit by bit, knot by knot. linking the past with the future. I never thought of this as her project. she was just part of my life, for so long. Anything I did - was it about her? generally not. it wasn't about her because she was the background radiation of my life. a photograph is not about the sun. but I think this doily is hers, now.
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Do you have any recommendations for beginners’ tatting books? It’s a bit overwhelming to try and find good sources (or I suppose if any of your followers have recommendations for good places to learn!)
Thank you so much!
I've totally forgotten the name of the book I learned from lol but it's somewhere around here I'll see if I can dig it out and get the title for you. In the meantime I'll throw it out to my followers, anyone got good recs?
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Odd question, but what pattern is the doily you are making?
this seems like a pretty normal question lol. It's "Doily II" from the book "Tatted Treasures" by Jan Stawasz
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I forgod to join :(
know what do!
yay :)
you'll never even guess without a magnifying glass I bet
this has been a demonstration of my tatting philosophy. thank you
#not bobbin lace#tatting#in progress#cut and tie supremacy#look. its already made of knots. whats one more.
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good news!
the second medallion round of this doily begins! I was overjoyed to discover that this one does not require any folded joins 🙏
also man I hope this thing blocks out flat in the end, it's kinda. rippled atm.
#personally the shuttles satisfy my primal desire to Tie Knots In String#but I hear many people prefer needle tatting and/or find it easier#that said shuttles aren't expensive so what do you have to lose eh? ehhhhhh???? 👀#not bobbin lace#tatting
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the second medallion round of this doily begins! I was overjoyed to discover that this one does not require any folded joins 🙏
also man I hope this thing blocks out flat in the end, it's kinda. rippled atm.
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my tatting was just randomly sitting on my desk and looked really pretty
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I’m in love with that tatted lace hanky you just posted- and I’ve been really curious about making my own lace trim for dress sewing purposes; is tatted lace like that something you can make clothing trim out of? Is the pattern you did beginner/intermediate/expert level? Do you have to make it *on* the fabric or can you just make several yards then attach later (if there’s no corners)? Does the fabric have to have those little holes in it?
Sorry this is a lot of questions, but I’m just so curious about tatting now and if it’s what I’ve been looking for as New Fiber Craft XD
Thank you! you can definitely tat clothing trim, and nah it doesn't have to be looped directly into pre-made holes like I did on that hanky, that's just one way of doing it (which I chose largely because I just don't like sewing very much lol). totally fine to just make a strip and sew it on later!
The pattern on that hanky is actually super beginner-friendly, it is one of the first examples in my intro tatting book, using only one shuttle (for more intermediate/advanced stuff you often need two, or at least for the shuttle to stay attached to the ball of thread) and is constructed from just basic rings. almost doesn't get any easier!
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I'm still blocked on Olney Handkerchief (that corner is just... really scary guys, I'm not gonna lie, I am intimidated) so - I made a different handkerchief! This is just a single-shuttle beginner tatting pattern with wildly improvised corners, but I think it turned out pretty nice! I bought the hanky pre-made and tatted directly onto it. The repeat on this pattern is extremely short so it worked out ok just going for it, I didn't really measure or plan anything out. I am not actually sure how you are supposed to do more complicated patterns on premade hankies... even with this one if you look verrryyyyy close you can see I ran into a couple of problems with things not quite matching up. I do wonder how "real" tatters work that stuff out... none of my books have anything to say about it.
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#holy fuck that must’ve taken forever to block#unless you don’t block bobbin lace or it’s less work bc it’s already pinned or something#but i feel like it would still take forever#i want to try bobbin lacemaking so bad
it is already pinned when you block it! actually, in bobbin lace blocking is really optional, but I prefer to do it personally and I did block, or rather steam, this piece. however it's not in any way like blocking knitting where you have to go back around everything at the end - in bobbin lace, if you are going to block, you do it as you go. the process is basically when you get to the point that you are about to take out pins in an area you have already worked, before you do so you steam it on the pillow for a minute or so (using a clothing steamer or even a normal steam iron) and then let it dry for a couple of hours, and then take out the pins as normal. that's really it. just an extra step in the middle, not a big to-do at the very end. so yeah uh I will say this piece DID absolutely take forever lol but the blocking part was fine. 😂
Finished project: Rosemary
I was scrolling through my own blog today (as one does) and realized I never did a proper round-up post for Rosemary. So this is a bit of a retrospective I suppose! Click through for my notes on the project if you're interested - otherwise, I hope you like the pictures!
This is certainly one of my favorite pieces that I've done. I think it really turned out beautifully! But, it also stands out in my mind for having a foul, foul, truly foul number of broken threads that had to be replaced in the middle of the work. I think at least 6? The ideal number of course being zero. At the time, this sucked. I had no idea what I was doing - you can see in one of the pictures that I was referencing three different books at one point trying to figure out how the heck to fix the dang things. But in hindsight, it was valuable experience! I got a lot of practice splicing in new threads, and I also stopped being so afraid of it happening. (Though of course one still likes to avoid it...)
I am not sure why so many threads decided to part company with their fellows, but I have some theories. I'm fairly sure it's not because of putting too much tension on the thread, because it didn't snap under pressure so much as just kinda fray and drift apart. My prime suspect is the bobbins - something about this style of bobbin makes it really hard (for me, at least) to prevent them rolling wildly all over the pillow during the work, which runs the risk of untwisting the thread. This is very sad for me because I love these bobbins. But I haven't given up hope that I can still make them work. They seem to roll less on my box pillow, so maybe they can just be reserved for that pillow. Also, I'm on that "it was a bad batch of thread" copium 😅
This was also the first time I tried mounting the finished lace onto fabric, which I was very worried about screwing up but it wound up not being so bad! Sewing is definitely not my strong suit, but I got through it and am pleased with the result.
Technical Notes
Pattern: "Rosemary" from A Visual Introduction to Bucks Point Lace by Geraldine Stott
Thread: Egyptian cotton 80/2 in bright white
Gimps: 8 ply of the base thread
Pins: .5 mm pins for the picots and motifs; .8mm pins for the ground and footside
Picots: 5 twists
Started: September 14, 2020
Completed: August 11, 2021
(If you've made it this far and you somehow haven't heard enough about this project, you can check out the "rosemary" tag on my blog to see my other posts about it.)
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yessss, ulrike gang rise up!!!
(but seriously thank you for these recommendations lol, I am woefully insufficient in my knowledge of torchon books)
Hi, I am starting on my journey to learn bobbin lace (I have all the materials already, cushions, bobbins, patterns etc.) I know how to do the basic stuff and even ventured out to do a VERY simple bookmark. I am planning on doing another one but I am quite lost on how to improve my lace making. All the lace makers I see are super advanced and almost unreachable. I want to be able to some day create those extremely beutiful designs you do but I don't know exactly how to progess withouth feeling so overwhelmed. Any advice on a route to improvement?
Kind regards, M.
A very simple bookmark is absolutely the place to start. That is where I started as well. If you have the basic stitches down, it sounds like you are well on your way. After practicing basic grounds until you are comfortable with them, one thing you can do is try working through a book of beginner patterns - there are many available, though without knowing what style of lace you want to get into and what you have already practiced, it's difficult to give a specific recommendation. In general though, I do recommend finding actual books on lacemaking, above relying on internet resources only. In my experience, most of what is available freely on the internet only advances to a certain point.
Here are some books from my library that I believe may be suitable for beginners (though by no means should these be taken as exclusive recommendations - there are certainly good lacemaking books in existence that I do not own! And these are also highly biased towards Bucks Point, the style I prefer.)
Torchon Lacemaking: A Manual of Techniques by Elizabeth Wade (my only torchon offering, sorry)
A Visual Introduction to Bucks Point Lace by Geraldine Stott (many of the patterns featured on my blog are from this book)
All about making - Geometrical Bucks Point Lace by Alexandra Stillwell (as well as numerous patterns entirely suitable for beginners, includes a great deal of technical instruction and theory - highly useful)
Bucks Point Lace Workbook by Louise West (also a book which introduces the beginner to important concepts in Bucks lace via example patterns accompanied by theory, though I would say it is a steeper learning curve, and less detailed, than Stillwell)
Finally, The Grammar of Point Ground by Ulrike Voelcker is a book that should be in the library of any serious point ground lace student who can get their hands on it, in my opinion. This book has been invaluable to me and I cannot recommend it enough. If you can't find or afford it, I highly recommend seeing if you can borrow it from a local lacemaking guild or even public library. Includes patterns you can work, but is mostly a book about theory and technique.
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Heyo! I've always been fascinated by bobbin lace and your work IS SO PRECISE. 😍 I've knit lace a couple of times, but only just started putting a timer on it. (I had a shawl take me 85 hours, from cast-on to otk) I am curious how long it takes you to bobbin lace a project? I want to learn, but im so impatient... also, with knitting, I can just stuff it in a bag to keep my cats out of it. Is it difficult to keep the pillow oriented/tidy?
Whoops, sorry I didn't see this ask earlier. It can be difficult to find anywhere to put my pillow when I'm not using it, lol, but when it's stashed the bobbins stay more or less in their place. It's certainly not very portable, however. I would say the amount of time required for a bobbin lace project is comparable to knitting. For something small, like knitted socks or a lace bookmark, it takes time but not too much. For a bigger project like a knitted shawl or lace handkerchief, more time is required. It really all depends on what you're making!
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Hi, I am starting on my journey to learn bobbin lace (I have all the materials already, cushions, bobbins, patterns etc.) I know how to do the basic stuff and even ventured out to do a VERY simple bookmark. I am planning on doing another one but I am quite lost on how to improve my lace making. All the lace makers I see are super advanced and almost unreachable. I want to be able to some day create those extremely beutiful designs you do but I don't know exactly how to progess withouth feeling so overwhelmed. Any advice on a route to improvement?
Kind regards, M.
A very simple bookmark is absolutely the place to start. That is where I started as well. If you have the basic stitches down, it sounds like you are well on your way. After practicing basic grounds until you are comfortable with them, one thing you can do is try working through a book of beginner patterns - there are many available, though without knowing what style of lace you want to get into and what you have already practiced, it's difficult to give a specific recommendation. In general though, I do recommend finding actual books on lacemaking, above relying on internet resources only. In my experience, most of what is available freely on the internet only advances to a certain point.
Here are some books from my library that I believe may be suitable for beginners (though by no means should these be taken as exclusive recommendations - there are certainly good lacemaking books in existence that I do not own! And these are also highly biased towards Bucks Point, the style I prefer.)
Torchon Lacemaking: A Manual of Techniques by Elizabeth Wade (my only torchon offering, sorry)
A Visual Introduction to Bucks Point Lace by Geraldine Stott (many of the patterns featured on my blog are from this book)
All about making - Geometrical Bucks Point Lace by Alexandra Stillwell (as well as numerous patterns entirely suitable for beginners, includes a great deal of technical instruction and theory - highly useful)
Bucks Point Lace Workbook by Louise West (also a book which introduces the beginner to important concepts in Bucks lace via example patterns accompanied by theory, though I would say it is a steeper learning curve, and less detailed, than Stillwell)
Finally, The Grammar of Point Ground by Ulrike Voelcker is a book that should be in the library of any serious point ground lace student who can get their hands on it, in my opinion. This book has been invaluable to me and I cannot recommend it enough. If you can't find or afford it, I highly recommend seeing if you can borrow it from a local lacemaking guild or even public library. Includes patterns you can work, but is mostly a book about theory and technique.
#bobbin lace#advice#tbh when in doubt go with ulrike though lol#she has published many books covering a wide range of lace styles#I am convinced she has never written anything subpar#also I've met her and she's KIND OF foxy#I don't have a crush who said that????
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my tatting shuttle commission shipped!! the artist sent me this photo of what they look like, I'm so excited to see them in person. the one on the right is supposed to have a sort of shimmery effect when you see it irl. I'm also really interested to see how the pewter tips on that one work in practice - they're supposed to make it adjustable to the thickness of your thread so that it won't click so much, and also so that if the tips come apart you haven't trashed your shuttle (because they can easily be pushed back into place). I decided to get one with the metal fittings and one without, partially in case I don't like them, and partially because that rosewood is just SO pretty on its own, I didn't want to mess it up!
Here is the link to the artist's website
#not bobbin lace#tatting#what do you mean this isn't a hobby about collecting pretty shuttles...#also I promise this won't just become a tatting blog don't worry#there will be more bobbin lace content!
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#<3#tatting#shuttle tatting#love a nice wip#also metal shuttles look so cool…maybe someday I’ll get one myself… (via @knee-stockings)
a) thank you! b) god if you find a good metal shuttle for sale... DM me lol. That one is actually my very first shuttle, and it's my FAVORITE ONE, and... it was inherited from my great-grandmother and likely was manufactured circa 1930 soooooo... I'm not getting another one 😭like I bought a modern shuttle that looked kinda similar and it was so bad! I think it had to have been like spray-painted or something because it has this gross-feeling coating... ANYWAY if u are reading this and are some kinda niche artisan selling stainless steel tatting shuttles 📞
I've been between tatting projects for a while, but I like to have one to fiddle with during meetings so I've started a new doily. took me FOREVER to understand the instructions for that second round... I knew how to do a split ring, but I couldn't figure out how to do a split ring with another ring coming off the side like that. turns out I was trying to do it upside down. whoops!
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