Category: Lacemaking

Tatting Information for a Beginner

1/6/2018

A friend asked me to compile some information for her friend, who wants to learn to tat. I thought: why not put my answer here, so it may benefit others, as well? I should note that I'm not an expert tatter, but a beginner. I am writing this to give a fellow beginner the vocab and links she needs to get started, and to point to the real experts!

Tatted Doiley, picture by Renata Niemczyk, via Wikimedia Commons

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HSM 2017 April - Teneriffe Lace

11/6/2017

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I have not been very on top of the Dreamstress' Historical Sew Monthly challenges, not for lack of sewing, but because nothing I've done the past year is very historical! Modern clothing and mending and commissions have been the order of the day. But April's challenge called to me from the start:

April: Circles, Squares & Rectangles – Many historical garments, and the costumes of many people around the world, use basic geometric shapes as their basis. In this challenge make a garment made entirely of squares, rectangles and circles.

Now, I've done rectangular construction before (chemises, pajama pants, et cetera), but don't really enjoy, because I don't really enjoy the fit. Boxy and relaxed isn't my favorite style for myself. But then she mentioned circles, and I thought immediately of Teneriffe Lace.

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Needlelace! My work so far...

9/7/2017

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After a gap of nearly two years, I am feeling inspired to work on needlelace again! And yet, I haven't posted anything about my past needlelace projects... let me remedy that, to give some context for what I'm doing.

This'll be a long post, which should please any reader who is anything like me!

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