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[elspethdawitch.livejournal.com]

Working on the second pattern I posted...I figure if I lay it flat at all times the picots won't get all mussed and I won't have to pin it and press it or anything...I hope to maybe starch it and make it into a Christmas ornament for my mom...I think it will be really pretty. Anybody have any pointers for me, since I've never given a piece a proper finishing before...I've heard you should use sugar water, not starch? Right?

(Pssst, post something. Even if it's just introductions :p)

shuttles

[roobarb.livejournal.com]

what's people's preference for shuttles?

do you prefer the ones with the bobbins in or the all in one type

I've driven friends potty with the shuttle sounds in the past, though I don't notice them myself :-)

Shuttles or Needles?

[moonswirl.livejournal.com]

Hello fellow tatters!

Have any of you tried tatting with needles? I first heard of tatting from a needle-tatting pattern I saw in "Fancywork" magazine some years ago. I picked up a set of needles and learned to tat with them, not even realizing there was this whole other world of shuttles out there...

Eventually, I caught on to shuttles - but had a hard time learning the technique until I came across the wonderful photo instructions on Jen's Tat-ra Sutra site. (highly recommended instrux for those new to the craft, btw!)

I prefer shuttles these days, but I was wondering what other tatters think. Do tell!