One project at a time or Multiple
Tatting: We make lace with lots of little knots!
by Eliz Davis aka Tatknot
1w ago
 I usually try to force myself to work on one project at a time, but I'm finding I'm actually more productive switching from project to project. I'm getting things done as well as learning and exploring new things. My old approach sometimes seemed laborious and it was easy to lose interest. Now I'm just having fun.These are some of the things I've been doing this week.In the top left, the ..read more
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Beginner Tatters Can Design, Too!
Tatting: We make lace with lots of little knots!
by Eliz Davis aka Tatknot
1w ago
 When my daughter, Sarah, was new to tatting at age 12, I encouraged her to start creating her own designs right away--just play with what she knew.  She had learned to make a ring, rings on bare thread, and rings and chains. She used these three elements to create this bookmark. It's a great way to use the last of the thread left on a shuttle. She shared it only with our close little ..read more
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Beginner tatters can be designers, too!
Tatting: We make lace with lots of little knots!
by Eliz Davis aka Tatknot
2w ago
When my daughter, Sarah, was new to tatting at age 12, I encouraged her to start creating her own designs right away--just play with what she knew.  She had learned to make a ring, rings on bare thread, and rings and chains. She used these three elements to create this bookmark. It's a great way to use the last of the thread left on a shuttle. She shared it only with our close little tatting ..read more
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Catherine Wheel Joins and Torchon Cloth Stitch
Tatting: We make lace with lots of little knots!
by Eliz Davis aka Tatknot
3w ago
 This is my practice piece for the Catherine Wheel Join. It has plenty of bad joins as well as some good ones. I think I've finally got it, but I plan to keep practicing until it's large enough to serve as a coaster for my favorite mug.Progress on Torchon! I completed three inches. I love that this project lets me practice cloth stitch as well as the effect of twists within. Just two more ..read more
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Starfish WIP complete, Reminiscing on Past Bobbin Lace Projects
Tatting: We make lace with lots of little knots!
by Eliz Davis aka Tatknot
1M ago
 Lisa Trumble's Starfish is finished in size 20 Lizbeth Color No. 136, variegated light blue and white. I've also been relearning the Catherine Wheel Join as I practice Catherine Wheels for design class. I mentioned a few weeks ago that I want to pick up bobbin lace-making again. The images to the right are scans of the very first pieces I made years ago using the two books also in the ..read more
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"An Element-al Approach to Design" PDFs Have Been Updated
Tatting: We make lace with lots of little knots!
by Eliz Davis aka Tatknot
1M ago
Hello, Tatters. Links to the updates are posted on my Tatting Techniques page. Just click on the tab above. For those of you new to these documents, here is an excerpt from the introduction of "An Element-al Approach to Design, Update Feb 2024."Note from Eliz: If you think about it, tatting is made up of ring shapes (usually a ring), curves (usually chains), and straight lines (traditionally ..read more
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Progress on Trumble Starfish
Tatting: We make lace with lots of little knots!
by Eliz Davis aka Tatknot
1M ago
Tea Time with TattingWhile my husband and I listened to a live YouTube broadcast this evening of a class on Exodus I was not up to attending in person, I settled in ready to make some progress on Lisa Trumble's Starfish. I managed to finish the fourth arm. I know it isn't much, but I've been obsessed with updating Element-al Approach to Tatting Design and it's accompaniment which provides links ..read more
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Updated Links and Progress on a UFO (unfinished object)
Tatting: We make lace with lots of little knots!
by Eliz Davis aka Tatknot
1M ago
 While waiting to place an order for more Lizbeth threads, I thought I would work on a UFO. I started this starfish by Lisa Trumble some time during the last few years while I was out of contact with you. I finished leg two and started leg three. The link to the pattern for Lisa's beautiful starfish seems to be no longer available. I printed the pattern years ago, but it doesn't show the ..read more
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It has been a long time since I posted anything an...
Tatting: We make lace with lots of little knots!
by Eliz Davis aka Tatknot
1M ago
It has been a long time since I posted anything and during that time, I didn't tatted much either. My health is much improved and tatting is fun again. I'm tatting Sue Hanson's RR520 doily. Mimi Dillman, Dianna Stevens, and I worked with Sue to design this 10.5" round doily. The original was tatted in purple and black size 20. I completed the final round on May 6, 2000 and sent it on its way back ..read more
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Unending Doilies
Tatting: We make lace with lots of little knots!
by Eliz Davis aka Tatknot
1M ago
i emptied several bobbins completing these little doilies. I used rings of 5 picots separated by one double stitch. The one with yellow in it was worked in a spiral while I worked the smaller one in successive rounds. I like the latter’s shape best so I will do that again. The one that matches the latest Concentric Rectangles doily will be going to the dollhouse, too. I’m headed back to my ..read more
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