Needle Tatting 1

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It has been a few years since I needle tatted so I had to pretty much relearn how to needle tat.  Here’s my progress so far as I relearn needle tatting :).

 

Basics:

I taught myself again how to needle tat using TotusMel’s YouTube video: Needle Tatting Flower Pendant.  TotusMel goes through how to do double stitch, picot, ring & chain while making a simple flower pendant.  She also has a few other YouTube needle tatting videos.

 

I attempted another simple pattern with an extra row/round of chain stitches.  Need to work on being consistent with ring size and chain length.

 

Adding Beads:

Using RustiKate’s Tatting YouTube video: Tatting – #2 Adding Beads (b) in Needle Tatting: method one, I tatted the same simple flower pendant but this time added some beads on the picot.  RustiKate also have a great range of YouTube  needle tatting videos.

 

I tatted a different flower pendant using the variations of RustiKate’s first method for adding beads i.e. 3 beads in a picot and a bead between rings.  This was fun to do but I must find some beads that have holes big enough for my smallest crochet hook.  Or buy a smaller crochet hook :).

 

Throwing Rings off a chain:

Next I tried throwing rings (or floating rings) off a chain using this tutorial here.  Must try throwing rings off a ring next.

 

Two colour needle tatting:

Here’s my attempt at 2 Colour needle tatting using TotusMel’s  Two Colour Needle Tatting YouTube video.  Going to attempt this again :).

 

2 Rows of tatting:

Aiming for something a bit more complex, I attempted This ‘n’ That’s Snowflake 3 pattern.   I had fun tatting this snowflake.

 

Next is to learn how to starch/stiffen/block my completed tatted pieces and learn other tatting techniques :).