OT any tatting snobs here?

"Valkyrie" wrote in message
news:1102848065.258510@yasure...
wished I'd had a Prozac lick on my end table


"Prozac lick". heehehehheheheheh.

I am sooooooo stealing that. hehehehehehheeh

Cindy

On 12/11/04 10:43 PM, in article
, "Polly Esther"
wrote:

It
would just be wonderful to give her some exquisite thread for her beloved
tatting - but I don't know exquisite from kite string. She's 87
I cannot answer the question but remember seeing my 94 year old aunt's
wedding dress- she "tatted" the entire dress (took her 3 years) while her
fiance was overseas during the war. She wore it over a full slip of the same
colour...exquisite! Every year she gives me a tatted Christmas ornament.

Can you tat with toenails? g

"Polly Esther" wrote in message
k.net...
I'm having the same bout of mis-read. I was turning the pages in a quilt
magazine and read "toenails" instead of tonals. It could happen. Polly

"Diana Curtis" wrote in message
...
Now, why did I read this as *tattoing* snob? Must be late. ...Even seeing
who the poster was I couldnt help but think, is she considering a tatoo?
Maybe for the gators?
Diana

--
Weird people need beads, too
"Polly Esther" wrote in message
k.net...
I have a precious, dear, elderly tatting fiend on my Christmas gift
list.
It
would just be wonderful to give her some exquisite thread for her
beloved
tatting - but I don't know exquisite from kite string. She's 87 so I
don't
imagine that we want the trigger-hair finest as in "fine/skinny/nearly
invisible" - but I would love to gift her with something that would be
lovely to hold and create with. It seems that it's never been mentioned
here - so maybe we don't even have a tatter - but if we do, please help
me.
Polly

Tatooing snobs can.
Diana

--
Weird people need beads, too
"Mystified One" wrote in message
...
Can you tat with toenails? g

"Polly Esther" wrote in message
k.net...
I'm having the same bout of mis-read. I was turning the pages in a quilt
magazine and read "toenails" instead of tonals. It could happen. Polly

"Diana Curtis" wrote in message
...
Now, why did I read this as *tattoing* snob? Must be late. ...Even
seeing
who the poster was I couldnt help but think, is she considering a
tatoo?
Maybe for the gators?
Diana

--
Weird people need beads, too
"Polly Esther" wrote in message
k.net...
I have a precious, dear, elderly tatting fiend on my Christmas gift
list.
It
would just be wonderful to give her some exquisite thread for her
beloved
tatting - but I don't know exquisite from kite string. She's 87 so I
don't
imagine that we want the trigger-hair finest as in
"fine/skinny/nearly
invisible" - but I would love to gift her with something that would
be
lovely to hold and create with. It seems that it's never been
mentioned
here - so maybe we don't even have a tatter - but if we do, please
help
me.
Polly

"Joanne Passmore" wrote in message
...
my 94 year old aunt's
wedding dress- she "tatted" the entire dress (took her 3 years)

OMG......being a tatter I can only imagine how she must have worked on that.
Do you have a picture you could post, I'd really love to see it. It took me
about 6 months to tat the bodice and all the trimmings and a tatted bonnet
for the Christening gown. I was going to tat a little 'evening bolero' to
wear over a dress I had but after first finishing the matching front lapels
I held them up and decided they'd make great cuffs for a cashmere sweater I
already had. Or I held them up and took a couple of licks off my block of
Prozac and decided they'd make good cuffs.....the chain of events is still a
little fuzzy ~sigh~

I tatted garters for my nieces when they got married. Those took about 30
hours each to complete. I made a second blue satin garter to slip under the
deep tatted lace ruffle so that was slipped off and tossed to the 'wolves'
instead of the tatted heirloom keepsake at the reception.

This thread (sort of a pun, huh?) has me thinking that I should tat some
assorted designs, mount them on some lovely silk squares and make a little
quilted lap robe. Gonna have to think on that for awhile.......I'm starting
to think.......puurrrrrrrrrrple silk.....hmmmm.

Val

oh my.... I hope you have a picture of the dress that you can share.

--
Mary
http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948
"Joanne Passmore" wrote in message
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On 12/11/04 10:43 PM, in article
, "Polly Esther"
wrote:

It
would just be wonderful to give her some exquisite thread for her
beloved
tatting - but I don't know exquisite from kite string. She's 87
I cannot answer the question but remember seeing my 94 year old aunt's
wedding dress- she "tatted" the entire dress (took her 3 years) while her
fiance was overseas during the war. She wore it over a full slip of the
same
colour...exquisite! Every year she gives me a tatted Christmas ornament.

Every now and again I do some tatting. It has it's advantages, I
think it's one of the best crafts for doing in a car.

I sometimes use the tatting thread from Joanns. I sometimes use some
of the thinner grades of crochet cotton. I have even used carpet
thread.
You might want to check the library, they do have books on tatting,
or at least mine does. If they don't, grab their copy of The
Encyclopedia of Needlecraft by Therese de Dillmont. That specifies
the color and size of threads for all the tatting patterns in the
book, usually with several alternatives, as were carried by DMC at the
time. So far as I can tell the DMC sizes haven't changed or at least
not so as to speak of. I know some of the threads she mentions in
there are not available anymore (or not here anyway), but anyplace
that knows their thread can usually help you find a substitute. I am
fortunate in that my copy of the book has a full listing with
illustrations as to all the different threads DMC carried at the time
it was published. Most of the tatting requires sizes that run from
heavy sewing thread to number 5 perl cotton.
A fancy finish midweight crochet cotton would probably suit very
nicely. A fairly tight spin and a smooth finish are the key things.

NightMist

On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 14:28:40 +0100, "Roberta Zollner"
wrote:

Don't tat myself, but it can't be that different from bobbin lace. So what
about some nice linen thread? Maybe a size 30 or 40? It makes a beautiful
crispy lace and feels good too.
Roberta in D

"Polly Esther" wrote in message
nk.net...
I have a precious, dear, elderly tatting fiend on my Christmas gift list.
It
would just be wonderful to give her some exquisite thread for her beloved
tatting - but I don't know exquisite from kite string. She's 87 so I
don't
imagine that we want the trigger-hair finest as in "fine/skinny/nearly
invisible" - but I would love to gift her with something that would be
lovely to hold and create with. It seems that it's never been mentioned
here - so maybe we don't even have a tatter - but if we do, please help
me.
Polly





--
"To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge
it, requires brains." -Mary Pettibone Poole

It's a shuttle-made lace, essentially.......

--pig


On 12/12/04 11:47, in article , "DrQuilter"
wrote:

I know nothing about tatting (not even sure i know exactly what it is
but I think in spanish it might be called 'encaje de bolillos' and if so
I have a blind, 100 year old great aunt in Spain that does beautiful
stuff - I have one sample). She used a very nice shiny white cotton, not
too thin. But in any case, Polly, as usual you made me laugh with your
post... )

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Valkyrie wrote:

"Joanne Passmore" wrote in message
...
my 94 year old aunt's

wedding dress- she "tatted" the entire dress (took her 3 years)


OMG......being a tatter I can only imagine how she must have worked on that.
Do you have a picture you could post, I'd really love to see it.

I'd love to see a picture too. I imagine if I was really worried and
needed something to do with my hands for 3 years, I might do something
similar. That's a lot of worry to put into a garment.

-georg

Well, Jane Stickle made a very intricate quilt..............

Pati, in Phx.

georg wrote:

Valkyrie wrote:

"Joanne Passmore" wrote in message
...
my 94 year old aunt's

wedding dress- she "tatted" the entire dress (took her 3 years)



OMG......being a tatter I can only imagine how she must have worked
on that. Do you have a picture you could post, I'd really love to see
it.


I'd love to see a picture too. I imagine if I was really worried and
needed something to do with my hands for 3 years, I might do something
similar. That's a lot of worry to put into a garment.

-georg