video Learn Needle Tatting
This is the companion video to my learn needle tatting instructable. I start slowly and build to full speed to show what tatting the flower pendant looks like.
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Doing this tutorial and being able to see what you hands are doing and replay it made it all make sense. My first flower is beuatiful. Ok not perfect (middle is too loose and picots are little bit fifferent in size but it all worked and looks like a flower so I am thrilled.
I could not find a tatting needle so based on Pope's information of using a doll making needle I went out looking. I am in Norway so asked at the craft shop and they said they had needles for making dolls eyes "Dukkenåler" got a set with 89-130-174 mm needles. I am using the smalleset of these with cotton that recommends size 3 knitting needles, Seems to be working well, beyond me needing to get consistent :) which will come with practice now I know what I am doing.
Many thanks for the tutorial.
I was mainly wondering how the eye of your tatting needle was shaped, because mine sometimes is really hard to pull through. It goes wider at the eye like a reguar needle and I didn't know if that was the problem of whether I was tatting too tightly. I've had tightness problem with my crocheting so it may have transferred. Does yours go wider at the eye or is it straight up and down?
Thanks for teaching us though, it's great!
Needle tatting is so much easier than shuttle tatting. I found the size 5 needle and 10/20 cotton way too thick for my liking, the finished item looked ugly to me, not what tatting should be all about. I dropped down to the size 7 needle and DMC Coton Perle 12, the resultant butterflies looked so much neater.
Yesterday I dropped down again to the size 8 needle, I've only been needle tatting for a couple of weeks by the way, and used 50's crochet cotton. There was only a slight difference between that and the Coton Perle, but when I tried the DMC 80's/Turkish 70's tatting cotton the results were quite stunning.
My aim now is to try a beading needle, minus it's tip, and bobbin lace thread. These butterflies are breeding!
You can get tatting needles online through amazon as well as http://hhtatting.com
Hope that helps!
I'll sand the tip down and try and tatt a little less tightly for now, I'll keep my eyes peeled though and inform you if I find a UK based needle tatting retailer :-)
Thanks anyway!
marla