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Ruth Grinyer
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Hi! Welcome to the group and to tatting! I am also a shuttle tatter. I don't have a specific pattern to offer, but anything with just a shuttle (for rings) and a ball of thread (for chains) is perfect for a beginner! I love the basic cloverleaf, too…
Well, first of all what sort of join do you define as "messy". Until fairly recently, the normal join was to pull the working thread of the part being joined UP through the picot being joined to. This produces a join that does not have a cap and so…
Hi There, Thanks to the people who helped me before, and now I am looking for some more advice.
Is there any tips you can give me to make my joins of one ring to another via a picot neater?
I have found that when I do a Dora Young Knot to the picot…
Hello Ruth, and welcome to a wonderful way of passing time!
There are lots of wonderful patterns available online...a good place to start is by looking at the 25 motif challenge. You will meet other beginners, as well as more experienced tatters, an…
Thanks foor the reply. I currently have 2 shuttles, but only one colour of thread. I am using size 5 thread, but I am hoping to attempt using a thinner thread when I have ran out.
I do find it fustrating at times, especally when I am doing something…
Hi Ruth,Happy to meet you. Happy tatting!
Don't allow shuttle tatting to frustrate you.[It may when it ends up making knots instead of stitches :-D]Once you are past that Find a pattern that gives you practice making picots and joining in both singl…
Hi There. I am new to this group and to shuttle tatting, but very new to stitching fingers.
I would like to know if there are any shuttle tatters on this group, and if there is, is there any advice/tips you can give me? Also can you tell me about y…
Since you just want to be sure that the stitches are secure, you could always just do a regular cross stitch for the eyes. It might change the look a little, but probably would work ok.
Or if you wanted a little bit of a raised effect, do something…
I have uploaded a picture of the kit that I am doing. I have noticed that there are french knots on the buttons as well.
@Narita: I checked out the site, and I am waiting to hear if they deliver to the UK. Thanks for the link.
Also thanks for all…
The french knots are for the eyes. The Colonial knot seems to be the one I was thinking of, but if I am going to have the same problem, then I may have to just do french knots.
Is there any stitches that would look right? I am doing (A51) 'Put if o…
Theres that one that looks sorta like a figure 8 when you make it and then when you pull it, it looks like the knot. bit if you don't like the look, how about adding beads?
Delicas are the nicest and most evenly sized.
My favorite place to buy bead…
Bullion knot is said to be easier
You might be thinking of a colonial knot. Some people consider it a little easier to do than a French knot. But I think it would have the same downsides as the French knot or beads for your purposes:
Colonial Knot
How are the French Knots used on…
Profile Information
- What aspect of textiles are you interested in?
- I love cross stitch and I am very interested in the new ways of displaying them. I have just found blackwork and I am looking into ways to modernise it.
- Where did you learn your textle skills?
- Self Taught.
I started at the age of 6 or 7 with the sides of cereal boxes and my mum's left over wool from her knitting. With a large tapestry needle I would create line pictures. Sadly all of these were lost when we got damp in our cellar.
- Anything else you want to say to introduce yourself to the group??
- I'll try anything once!
- Website:
- http://www.ruthiesxstitch.co.cc
Tutorials
I will be creating tutorials for the projects that I am doing. I am currently creating an english tutorial for 15-sided Biscornu. These will be displayed on my website (to be created) and linked from my blog. I am willing to try anything once. If there is a project that you are interested in and can't understand the instructions, I may be able to help. I am not multilingual and rely on pictures. Just contact me, with a link to the project and I'll let you know if I can help.
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 9:48pm on July 23, 2009,
sharonb said…
- Hi Ruth have you tried flickr or Picasa to host images - I use both and have not problems - they are both free too
- At 9:53am on July 23, 2009,
- Hi Ruth I just wanted to say that your tutorial for the 15 sided Biscornu is great - in fact so good I blogged a link to it this morning.
I just wanted to let you know however that in the post you say click on the images to enlarge them but it is not working
- At 9:18pm on July 20, 2009,
Gina E. said… - Hi Ruth, thanks for joining cross stitchin fingers. I'll post a welcome on the CSF comment wall in a minute, so please drop in and introduce yourself! I'm off to have a look at your blog ;)
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