Tatting

[Jackie Lott]

I have started learning needle tatting so that I'll have pieces to add to my CQ blocks. Does anyone else in the group tat? Shuttle tatting is more popular, but really hard. I could not do it.

[Margaret]

Jackie I have not heard of needle tatting, like you I tried it with a shuttle but was not successful,recently I routed out my shuttle and it is now in the box of forth coming projects, how long before I start is open to discussion!!In the next week hope to start learning the crazy patchwork, as soon as I finnish the sampler I am working on at the moment

[Marjolein Mieras]

Recently I have started needle tatting. The purpose was to tat pieces for my crazy quilting. On my blog http://threads-and-patches.blogspot.com/ you can see the results under the label tatting.

[Carmelina López Andrade]

Jackie, I've been doing tatting many years ago. I don't use needle, I use shuttle. At the beginning is sooooo difficult to get the knot, but after that.... you can get beautiful effects. I think the needle tatting is more limited than shuttle tatting. Maybe you can try again with shuttle(s). There's a page I visit, frivolite.es, it's in spanish but there's a lot of videos, instructions, patterns.... The Georgia Seitz's page is another internet source of knowledge in needle and shuttle tatting. You'll enjoy visit them.
Greetings from Mexico. I'd love to see your progress in this beautiful art.

[Connie Eyberg]

I've done a little needle tatting and love it.  Actually it is my understanding you can convert any pattern written for shuttle tatting into needle tatting.  If that is true it wouldn't be limiting at all.  Needle tatting is very easy to learn.  I haven't done a lot with it yet but I'm anxious to do more and like you Jackie want to do some to use on my CQ also.  It would be interesting to hear from someone who has done both whether they feel one has an advantage over the other.

[Anneliese]

Hello everybody. I am a total and absolute nothing-knower for tatting but interested so much. I have the shuttles but needle tatting for my purposes seems to me easier - so I started to look up in google and found a super tutorial for a 'pendant' . I worked with: Needle Tatting Flower Pendant.MPG -You Tube by TotusMel. And I did my first pendant using a thicker yarn and ----- a normal rather long needle lacking a tatting needle - it worked. When I feel I would continue I will buy the proper needles which have a blunt end!
I have just blogged my first try under: anaslua2.blogspot.com

[Gin9912G]

I haven't tried tatting yet but am interested in it also. It's very pretty and would make a gorgeous embellishment. It seems a lot like crocheting in super miniature form. :) 

[Nicola Thomson]

I used to be able to do shuttle tatting..the knack is in the way you make one thread twist around the other, once Id mastered that I was ok...but very slow

[Margaret]

re needle tatting, today I went on utube and hey presto I am needle tatting, only the basics but it so much easier than with a shuttle and you can undo it when you go wrong!!I will now try Anneliese`s link to a pendant.

Will have to find wherI can get some thicker needles, I am using a doll needle at the moment but would like to have a go using thicker thread, think it would be easier for a beginner.

[Margaret]

well I have looked and asked about needles foe needle tatting and all I get is either a blank look or "you do not use a needle but a shuttle"  It does annoy me when specialist shops etc do not seeem interested , if they specialise they shpuld show some interest, I fear all they are concerned with is selling existing stock, no wonder we are shopping elsewhere ie the internet or abroad. I find the doll needle has too sharp a point to make tatting a pleasure but will carry on trying to practise and will go to the internet in search for a supplier, I wonder maybe a lace supplier is the route to go down

[Anneliese]

Margaret, Here is an address which I got from Marjolein from Netherlands
They offer a package with 3 needles of different sizes - and books...... and other things.
http://www.hhtatting.com/detail.cfm?ID=6&Desc=Tatting

[Margaret]

thank you for the information Anneliese but when I went to order the needles were $11.95 but the postage was $42.89 so will carry on using the doll needle, maybe I can snip the point off with some pliers so I stop pricking myself.

Anneliese said:

Margaret, Here is an address which I got from Marjolein from Netherlands
They offer a package with 3 needles of different sizes - and books...... and other things.
http://www.hhtatting.com/detail.cfm?ID=6&Desc=Tatting

[Margaret]

have managed to find needles at last from someone who imports them, also ordered a needle tatting book, have got 2 fine needles and then 3 that come in a packet for using with wool etc, think it is easier to learn with thicker thread

Margaret said:

thank you for the information Anneliese but when I went to order the needles were $11.95 but the postage was $42.89 so will carry on using the doll needle, maybe I can snip the point off with some pliers so I stop pricking myself.

Anneliese said:

Margaret, Here is an address which I got from Marjolein from Netherlands
They offer a package with 3 needles of different sizes - and books...... and other things.
http://www.hhtatting.com/detail.cfm?ID=6&Desc=Tatting