Bobbin lace in progress, heart/flower with leaves. Part of a band of repeated heart/flowers

Not my work. Isn't this bobbin lace gorgeous!
#lace #bobbin #wip

Persimmon flower pattern sashiko back side

Persimmon flower sashiko pattern front side

Sashiko class
#embroidery #sashiko #mending #class

I'm at NCRL spring lace day! Envy me!
#lace

That looks neat

At a tatting conference there was an entire presentation 'what to do when you've made a mistake: options'.
1) ignore it
2) repeat it, aka new design variant
3) retro-tat & correct it
4) cut it out & tat insertion to replace it
5) start over

Small hand woven fabric, with loose ends

Playing with mini loom. Need to work on weaving in ends.
#weaving #mini-loom #fiber

And knotted friendship bracelets are basically microme.

Okay, that's some talent.

100% and I bet you didn't hurl your shuttle across the room once!

Post shuttles have a nice click.

When I am teaching my phrase is "it's really unlikely that you'll make a mistake I haven't.'

Eh, the knot does not care how it's made. Aka, whatever works is good.

Check Jane Eborall's website. You can add beads on picots, as you go.

Size 10 or larger, for the sake of your sanity

I pinch the completed knots between thumb & index, using my middle & ring fingers for tension.

Have you added a 2nd thread to make chains?

Tatted edging with beads, shuttle loaded with beads & thread, & ball of thread.

It does for me. It's the same knot over & over, so once it becomes muscle memory, it's meditative. Tatting helps me concentrate on the speaker in a meeting.
BTW, I have successfully crocheted a chain, nothing more complicated. Tatting is closer to macrame than crochet

Well done. You may find using a multicolor or ombre with a strong contrast helpful.

Also, go to the base of the last picot and try to pick up the core thread there, instead of opening at the very last knot in the ring.

Do you know about the posting shuttle trick? You drop the shuttle through the ring before you close it. It makes the ring much easier to open.

After a certain point, they're as meditative as regular rings.

Well done!

That's really pretty. I might have to try that pattern.

Collection of tatted motifs in different patterns, sizes, & colors.

Happy International Tatting Day

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Help make coral reef science accessible worldwide!

ICRS-SECC is recruiting translators in new, underrepresented languages (eg Chinese, Indonesian, Arabic).

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My thread broke.
#TattingWoes #SplitRingWithCenterBead #tatting

Or after 1 traumatic, "screw it, I'm using the pliers."

And is it supposed to be bent? Or straight?

I am a lot nicer to food service employees. They're doing a better job.

Upcycling Clothes: The Ultimate Guide For Beginners In this guide, I'm going to share with you years' worth of experience in upcycling clothes. This is one of my favorite things to do and one of the huge reasons behind starting Upcycle My

Check out Bernadette Banner's book on hand sewing. Your library might have a copy. That will give you the basics of sewing (& some more advanced info).
Then look for upcycling clothing tutorials, like this collection
upcyclemystuff.com/upcycling-cl...
Also look for 'visible mending' for ideas.