Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
TATTING
4 March 2011
I learnt a bit of tatting from a teacher during one of my secondary years and I love it. I am not an expert and I am still a learner.
So I hope to pick up on my crafting skills now and then, bit here and there, just to relax and enjoy myself. I have not craft for ages so here is a simple tatting pattern I found on YouTube to start with.
It took me several attempts before I got my tension right. I used a shuttle to make this one. There is a difference in the texture between needle tatting and shuttle tatting. I will post one done with a needle later.
I learnt a bit of tatting from a teacher during one of my secondary years and I love it. I am not an expert and I am still a learner.
So I hope to pick up on my crafting skills now and then, bit here and there, just to relax and enjoy myself. I have not craft for ages so here is a simple tatting pattern I found on YouTube to start with.
It took me several attempts before I got my tension right. I used a shuttle to make this one. There is a difference in the texture between needle tatting and shuttle tatting. I will post one done with a needle later.
These are my first shuttles since I had my first tatting lesson with my teacher way back in the early 70s, so they have been with me for....let me calculate.....Goodness dear me! It's almost 40 years!
I got this one many years later at a local craft shop. The crochet hook at one end is useful when you need to bring the thread through a picot.
Then I got to know about needle tatting online and I ordered this set of 3 needles from US. They are long, about the length of 2 shuttles and they aren't as sharp as sewing needles.
CROCHET
4 March 2011
Believe it or not, my first basic crochet lesson was from my eldest brother. He taught me alot of things, how to use the sewing machine; how to iron clothes; how to cook rice and prepare simple meals; even fishing and flying kites.
So I got interested in crochet and started to learn more from whatever books I could find in our school library. It has been ages since I last crochet. That day I found my pack of crochet needles and I started to search for some simple patterns on YouTube to bring back my feel. One thing is for sure, my eyes are slowing me down alot. I better start to pick up with my crafting hobby while my eyes can still work with me even though at a slower speed.
These are a few patterns which I just did, a flower and a cross...
Here is a tuturial on the basic crochet stitches for those of you who may be interested.
Teresa's Crochet For Beginners
Believe it or not, my first basic crochet lesson was from my eldest brother. He taught me alot of things, how to use the sewing machine; how to iron clothes; how to cook rice and prepare simple meals; even fishing and flying kites.
So I got interested in crochet and started to learn more from whatever books I could find in our school library. It has been ages since I last crochet. That day I found my pack of crochet needles and I started to search for some simple patterns on YouTube to bring back my feel. One thing is for sure, my eyes are slowing me down alot. I better start to pick up with my crafting hobby while my eyes can still work with me even though at a slower speed.
These are a few patterns which I just did, a flower and a cross...
.....and a leaf.
Here is a tuturial on the basic crochet stitches for those of you who may be interested.
Teresa's Crochet For Beginners
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