Name: Beginning Tatting: Basics and Beyond

Class Duration: Saturdays, August 11 and 25, 2007, 1:00-4:00 PM

Fee: $60.00 for both sessions, ($70.00 after August 4)
Registration can be done by e-mail, mail, phone (510) 843-7290 or in person at the Museum.
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Class Location:

Lacis Museum of Lace and Textiles
LacisMuseum.org
2982 Adeline St.
Berkeley, CA 94703
510-843-7290

General Workshop Description:
Tatting is possibly the easiest lace making technique, but one of the most difficult to learn from written instructions alone. We will discover the key move that creates the basic stitch, thus bridging the gulf between frustration and fascination with the tatting shuttle. Students will learn the correct ways of loading the shuttle, holding and manipulating shuttle and thread to make the basic stitch as well as picots, chains, Josephine knots, and joins. We will also cover reading charts and, if time permits, 2-shuttle tatting techniques. At the end of the class you will have completed a simple but delicate motif involving all these stitches.

Materials List:
1. A tatting shuttle at least 2.5” long, but not longer than 3.5”
2. One ball of crochet cotton #10 or perle cotton #5 in any light color, or white
3. Small scissors
4. A crochet hook, US size 0 or 2
All materials are available in the Lacis museum shop.

Instructor:
Wendy Gilmore is a fiber artist who learned tatting when she was 9 years old. “When my grandmother passed away she gave her tatting equipment box to my mother who, 15 years ago, passed it on to me. My mother is still living, and she and I have shared many wonderful hours knitting, spinning, crocheting and tatting. I am eager to pass on this technique to any and all who are interested.”