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05/20/2005: "tatting with yarn"
back when i taught a tatting class in december, i got some size "1" and "0" tatting needles that are supposed to be for tatting with yarn. i thought it sounded kind of fun and certainly great for kids in my class since it would be a much larger scale than the tiny thread usually used for tatting. (my 5th grade student did just beautifully with the small needles and rainbow colored crochet cotton.) andy gave me some beautiful wool-silk tweed yarn for my birthday and i have been trying to think of something to do with it. on a whim the other night, i pulled out the large tatting needles and started making my basic snowflake. what a nifty looking flowery thing. so i connected two together. i think i am going to make a whole shawl of tatted flowers - a little lacy something to go over my shoulders...
(that's a quarter in there for scale) oh, and yes for the textile enthusiasts out there, i did say needles and not shuttle. i really am better at tatting with a needle than a shuttle and you certainly couldn't do yarn with a shuttle. if you talk to purists, they want to say needle tatting is something completely different, but i say "do what makes sense to you."