Ais goes Tatting
The latest thing for Ais to do is tatting!
How did tatting happen, you ask? Well, my mother tatted when she was in college and she learnt it from a friend. Although she doesn’t have any of the stuff she tatted around anymore but some how she remembered it when she saw a pic of some tatted lace on a Chinese website I was on. She got me a shuttle from India when she was here for my delivery. I couldn’t tat then and I really didn’t know what tatting was or how to do it but then I was on the look out for any tutorial that would teach me.
After BabyD was born, I had time on my hands. I know there are many of you who’d ask, ‘You had time with a new born on your hands??” Well…Yeah! Actually, I crochet or tat ( these days) while I am feeding him.
So how’s it been? I think I like tatting. I am enjoying wasting my threads these days. That is really what I am doing, I am wasting the threads. I taught myself to make a ring and a chain and have been working on flowers. I did make one little flower ( will post a pic some other time) but every time I get on to do some serious stuff, I wind up with a mess! I think what I need is someone to teach me what to do after the first line. I mean, you make a ring and then how do you make the petals? Another problem that I have is that I have only one shuttle and until mom gets me more shuttles… life ( my tatting life) is going to be moving in only rings and chains!
And… I don’t have books. I have some that I don’t like and although I have been to the books stores to locate some tatting books.. the ones that I have found seem so not what I want. There is stuff online but it is not enough. I don’t even have tatting friends… 🙁
Ais sad.
Hi Ais,<br>Thank you for dropping by my blog.<br>I can be your tatting friend, if you like. Are you in any of the online tatting groups? You can get a lot of help with your tatting by joining these groups.
Oh, Sad Ais, there are a lot of tatting friends to be made online. I know how you feel though. I learned to tat when I was 14 and then I didn't know any other tatters until I was 28 and that was because I taught them. Finally, after moving to California several years later I had the good fortune to join a lace guild and found a few other tatters. What a concept…actually knowing people who
Thank you for stopping by my page and for your comment. You might also enjoy http://etatters.ning.com/ <br>There you will find lots of different tatters at different levels. Even tho' I have been doing tatting for 27 years I am new to the online network… although I have been admiring online tatting for over a decade. I have found everyone to be very welcoming and helpful.