[Ansteorra-Textiles] Update on activities

[KRISTINE KEENEY]

  Howdy!
  Thanks for the advice! I had purchased everything I
need to learn needle tatting (Lessee - needle, thread,
book...), but really wanted to do shuttle tattint, so
I'll pick up a shuttle the next time I talk Adorable
into taking me to a fabric store.
  It's already humid, and the violets are coming up so
Winter proper is over. But I can always give the knot
flipping a try. At worst, I'll put it down to
learner's limits and keep practicing!
  Thanks for the help!
  Cassandra

--- Audette des Grenouilles <audette at sapheron.org>
wrote:

>> 
> I've done both needle and shuttle tatting.  If you
> knit or crochet, you'll
> probably find needle tatting easier to learn.  But,
> I find the two are very
> different styles of creating similar results.  If
> the end result is wanting to
> shuttle tat, you might be just as well off starting
> with it first, due to the
> very different nature of the techniques involved.
> 
> I have found that shuttle tatting has one challenge
> for me in Ansteorra.  Part
> of the process involves "flipping" knots on threads
> you are manipulating with
> your hands.  When I lived in a drier climate this
> was super easy, but here the
> heat and humidity make my hands or the thread just
> slightly not dry, and
> "flipping" the knot is _much_ more difficult. 
> Winter would certainly be the
> time of year here I'd recommend learning shuttle
> tatting to avoid that as much
> as possible.
> 
> My preference of the two is shuttle tatting,
> however.  I find when I do it, it
> has a crisper, more delicate appearance than when I
> do needle tatting.
> 
> Thanks for the inspiration!  I've been meaning to
> get back to my tatting for a
> while, and this has reminded me about that.  :)
> 
> Audette
> 
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