A tatted blossom branch with attached spider web…The Butterfly was machine embroidered by Maria Vialle.
I have chosen todays detail in respose to Jenny’s comment to my post yesterday about learning to Shuttle Tat
Jenny’s said: Well done! You have mastered this art well in one colour. It is easy to learn using 2 colours, that way you can see what is happening with the “flip” snip…
Jenny is right…When learning to Shuttle Tat 2 colours is easier than one…
Tie the end of the Shuttle thread to the second colour…with the knot on your forefinger wrap the second colour around your fingers and let it fall off the back of your hand (see image below)…from there it is the same as one colour tatting…the shuttle thread is the core thread, the second colour makes the loops which will give the tatting its colour…Working with 2 threads means that you can tat straight lines as well as loops and if you work with 2 shuttles you can alternate the colours as I have done in todays detail.
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September 11th, 2006 at 11:28 pm
Nice nails! Thanks for the lesson!
April 12th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
help me for tatting diagram