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Sep. 12, 2008
Tat's life!
So you want to learn to tat. Okay, cool. I'll show you the necessary equipment to send you on your way.
Now, it's important that you have the right attitude when starting this craft. Like many other crafts that are difficult to master, it helps to be just a tiny bit crazy.
When you can manage to make your face look like that, you are ready for step 2. Getting the shuttle:
Notice what I added to the picture to show the scale of the shuttle? That's not by sheer coincidence, by the way.
Of course, no one accused the Punmaster of doing ANYTHING the easy way, so she had to continue this tradition and build a shuttle. Out of maple wood.
Now that you have the shuttles and a crochet thread (or if you want to be proper, you'll buy tatting thread), you are ready to begin.
First, shave off all of your hair. It'll save you the pain of pulling it all out while you're learning.
At first, you'll make things that look like these:
Yeah. Exciting. The Punmaster thought so, and at this point, she was about to say, "Um... So I'm going back to knitting now..." But her friend, who was the one who wanted to learn how to tat in the first place, was insistent that the Punmaster figure it out more. So she did.
And now she can make things like this:
A bookmark and various kinds lacey things. Now, keep in mind that these were free-handed. The Punmaster's friend has the instruction book and all of the patterns...
So that is what the Punmaster has been up to recently. If you want to see what other people have been up to, go visit my dear friend and SEiC, Mary aka Canadagirl for more Show n' tell posts. |
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