A New Book and A New Shuttle

Tatted Motif & a New Book, a photo by Garyou on Flickr.

A new tatting lace book was published last month. If you translate the title, it would be _Tatting Lace: Accessories and Small Stuffs_ or something like that. Most of the works in this book are motifs. As you can see from the face of it, some motifs are turned into accessories as well. Some patterns call for SCMR and Cluney-like techniques.

I made a square motif from this book. I used Lisbeth #40 154, Wildflower Garden. I tatted it with a shuttle and a ball with SCMR.

To tat this motif, I used my new tatting shuttle. It's a new colour of Clover's tatting shuttle, milk.

So many new products make me scream with joy.

New Tatting Shuttles from Clover

New Tatting Shuttles from Clover, a photo by Garyou on Flickr.

I've bought new tatting shuttles from Clover on Saturday.
The colours look so cool. Pale green and blue suit for summer.

"L" stands for large.



As you can see, it is as long as a Sew Mate shuttle.
Clover says this shuttle is for loading beads.



The hole is really large. You can use really thick thread with this shuttle.



Followings are my opinion, and you might feel in different ways.

Though its length is as same as a Sew Mate one, it's a bit thicker. That makes me a little more difficult to tat since my hands are small.
It can hold a lot of thread and that's for sure.

Anyway, new products are good news and that shows tatting is not a lost art at all.



Via Flickr:
a bit large

My Favourite Shuttle

Tatted Motifs, a photo by Garyou on Flickr.

The photo here shows my favourtie shuttle, GR-8 Tatting Shuttle made with ebony.
I've tat quite a number of motifs and bookmarks, as well as doilies with this shuttle.
I've been to Finland and Sweden with it.
I sometimes have a hard time when I have to rewind thread onto the shuttle, but I'm getting used not to make thread too long.