Wednesday, 27 February 2019

Why I Love Tatting

There are many reasons... but one of them is how easy it is to carry a little shuttle in your bag or pocket and when you have any time to spare, are waiting, or are travelling, you can get your little shuttle out and tat.

I was on the train and grateful that I had a shuttle in my bag and worked on trying to create a new one-shuttle edging (I only had one shuttle).  I  felt maybe I was getting somewhere... but then ran out of thread!


So really a minuscule amount of tatting but just so you know I'm still thinking about it and miss having more time for it!

Best wishes,
Frivole
Posted by Frivole at 20:27

18 comments:

  1. Bev28 February 2019 at 11:27

    As much as I love to follow your knitting, AND crochet, AND beading, AND pottery, AND book making......Your tatting is my favourite, even if it’s just a little bit!

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    1. Frivole1 March 2019 at 21:15

      Thank you Bev! I know I started this blog about tatting and it's really been mostly about tatting over the years so I feel I let me readers down when I keep showing other stuff! It's just the way it's going at the moment. Hopefully I'll be able to resume more regular tatting a bit further down the line. Thanks for still being here! :-)

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  2. Lace-lovin' Librarian ~ Diane28 February 2019 at 11:31

    Every little bit of tatting is special!

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  3. Margarets designer cards28 February 2019 at 14:59

    Does not matter how much tatting time you have, tatting is something that can be picked up at any time even if it’s just a play with a shuttle to get a new pattern out of your mind., I look forward to seeing your new pattern.

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    1. Frivole1 March 2019 at 21:16

      Yes, that's what's great about it, isn't it? Well, "one" of the things that's great about it. :-)

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  4. Bluff City Tatter28 February 2019 at 16:14

    I keep a cosmetics bag in my purse with a couple of shuttles, some thread and nail clippers (which I use instead of scissors). It's handy when I'm waiting at the doctor's office, waiting on my son, or even in line at the fast food restaurant.

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    1. Frivole1 March 2019 at 21:16

      Agree with you! No moment to be wasted... when one could be tatting! Like you I find nail clippers great when travelling (especially on planes).

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  5. God's Kid28 February 2019 at 18:23

    Looks like some wonderful designing ideas there!! :)

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  6. Lillia2 March 2019 at 01:12

    I always have two of your shuttles,fully loaded, two spare pre-loaded bobbins, a pair of folding scissors and a couple of Clover bud picot gauge tools in a grip seal bag inside my handbag.I make flowers, butterflies etc. for embellishing my handcrafted cards etc. whenever I am out of the house.
    I travel to hospital appointments via Patient transport. They got me there on Wednesday for 8:44 am. The clinic did not even begin till 11 am ( Consultants were not even on same premises till then as they work several hospitals). I love knitting and crochet too, but tatting is so much more portable.

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    1. Frivole5 March 2019 at 11:55

      Thank you for your message Ejay, like you I also enjoy knitting and crochet (I sometimes carry sock-knitting projects around with me) but you are right, tatting is so portable and that's really great. Takes no space at all and there's always something enjoyable we can do while we wait. :-)

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  7. muskaan5 March 2019 at 12:19

    Besides the various reasons to love tatting, I recently added another.
    See, I'm knitting at present, and the needles are causing a cut and callus in my left hand finger, despite all my efforts ;-P Once I knit an entire sweater in UK #12 & #14 needles - caused bleeding!!!
    This ever happen with tatting? - NO :-D

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  8. craftie sylvie6 March 2019 at 12:42

    I call the little tatting case I keep in my handbag "my survival kit" :)

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    1. Unknown20 March 2019 at 06:57

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  9. Unknown29 March 2019 at 02:42

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  10. Michelle29 March 2019 at 13:51

    This is exactly the reason I love tatting. I love other things too but carrying them around involves planning. I can always put my tatting pouch in my pocket, my purse or school bag. It's like a part of me and goes everywhere with me. I don't "design" like you do but I love making anything. There are a few patterns in my head but now with the phone, even the patterns are generally with me. This edging has promise, I like the little arcs, they remind me of the Mille-Fleurs pattern (which I love).

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  11. Unknown30 June 2019 at 04:01

    Post molto bello e comprensibile specialmente quello del video de medaglione pubblicato il 15 agosto 1918.Purtroppo solo per caso o scoperto il tuo sito e da allora non ti lascio più tanto che mi sono iscritto. O fatto il medaglione da te pubblicato e sto facendo un centro. Mi piace molto la tua navetta mi dici dove si trova? Vorrei comprarla.Inoltre volevo chiederti se mi puoi far vedere come si chiude il lavoro del chiaccherino dopo aver fatto un arco (cioè mi spiego meglio tutti e due fili assieme ).Ti ringrazio tantissimo spero che mi risponda grazie grazie grazie. Cecilia Porseo.

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  12. Unknown6 July 2019 at 10:51

    Buongiorno vorrei vedere un tutorial come si aggiunge il filo al chiaccherino quando si e a metta lavoro.Grazie Cecilia.

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