The Thread Bears
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The Thread Bears is the first tatting group formed in Western North Carolina. Located in Black Mountain, NC, the focus of our group is to generate and renew interest in the art of tatted lace, often referred to as finger lace.
The Thread Bears
3y ago
Here’s to the great hope that tatters everywhere are getting in a full day of tatting! Well, it isn’t going to be my fate until after sunset, but the day won’t be over until 11:59:59 tonight! Received the April Newsletter from the Fringe group in Cambridge, ON today. It seems everyone is missing the fellowship ..read more
The Thread Bears
3y ago
For several years, as a group Thread Bears conducted monthly lessons that revolved around various techniques that hopefully would help grow each members’ practice. Sometimes the lesson revolved around a specific need that a member had that might allow them to complete a project and at other times, the lesson was a general explanation and ..read more
The Thread Bears
3y ago
Over the past couple of weeks I have spent some time trialing the various stiffening methods described and linked in the previous post. I decided to try the wax method first. I selected likely candidates that were of white cotton thread, colored cotton thread (Lizbeth and DMC perle cotton) and metallic blended thread. These would ..read more
The Thread Bears
3y ago
Tatting evolves through several stages between the conception of the project and its completion. Selecting shuttles or needle, choosing thread and other materials such as beads, findings and so on are all part of the process. Once completed, the loose ends have to be dealt with and if it is to be used as part ..read more
The Thread Bears
3y ago
It’s not often that I get to spend an afternoon in an antique mall, but today for the first time in several years, it happened. The Mall is a customer of ours and was in need of some computer technical support. The day was busy (good for the mall) and that meant that the computer ..read more
The Thread Bears
3y ago
Early December is the expected time of the year that Black Mountain hosts their Annual Deck the Trees Event for the benefit of the Swannanoa Valley Christian Ministries Fuel Relief fund. This year the requests for heating assistance is expected to be greater than in years past and because of the Corona Virus Pandemic, the ..read more
The Thread Bears
3y ago
It may have been on Facebook, I’m not sure, but a challenge to wear a pearl on Election Day, 2020 in honor of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sent out to our citizens. This is what I’ll be wearing in her honor November 3, 2020: I don’t remember where I got the pattern ..read more
The Thread Bears
4y ago
Its with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to Leigh Jones who passed away June 12, 2020. Leigh was the oldest person I have ever known personally who was a tatter. I met her about 10 years ago when she came to our first Thread Bears group meeting. She was 85 then and had ..read more
The Thread Bears
4y ago
Tatting has always had it’s challenges. For many of us, the first challenge was accomplishing the FLIP. Once a new tatter “gets” that, things begin to improve greatly. But there are always little technicalities in any avocation that someone experienced in the field or craft does not have to be told. These “directions understood” can ..read more