BethFishReadsAn overhead view of the pattern and my bobbins. #bobbinlace @fiberarts @bobbinlace #lacemaking #BincheLace
LookNoFurther@BethFishReads @fiberarts @bobbinlace this is magnificent... what will become of this piece once it is finished?
@bobbinlace @LookNoFurther @fiberarts it’s an oval edging. Traditionally it would be sewn to a piece of linen as a doily. I’ll likely frame it.
@BethFishReads @bobbinlace @fiberarts My Norwegian-American great=grandmother and her sisters did handwork that they called "tatting." Are you familiar with it? All of their pillowcases had tatted edges.
@LookNoFurther @bobbinlace @fiberarts yes. Tatting is very pretty and is done with a shuttle. It’s a different kind of lace and is popular around the world.
Kara Shallenberg@bobbinlace @BethFishReads @fiberarts @LookNoFurther I taught myself to tat as a teenager! But man, it sucks if you make a mistake and need to pick it apart. Knitted and crocheted lace is more my jam. Easy to rrrrrip.
@Kayray @bobbinlace @BethFishReads @fiberarts think about posting some photos.... your yellow piece on your profile is quite nice
Jody Wallace@Kayray @bobbinlace @BethFishReads @fiberarts @LookNoFurther Not if you make it with angora lace weight hehehehe
@BethFishReads @bobbinlace @LookNoFurther @jodywallace @fiberarts I’ll stick with good ol’ crochet cotton 😁
@Kayray @BethFishReads @bobbinlace @LookNoFurther @fiberarts The end product would PROBABLY be worth it to use one of those fuzzy, soft lace weights but you'd have to make NO mistakes.
katpesk@Kayray @bobbinlace @BethFishReads @fiberarts @LookNoFurther
All this lace-talking! In a weakened moment I told someone,"sure, I can make a Barbie wedding gown".
All this lace-talking! In a weakened moment I told someone,"sure, I can make a Barbie wedding gown".
@katpesk @Kayray @bobbinlace @BethFishReads @fiberarts This is unbelievable! You are an artist. Thank you for sharing these photos.
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Julia Howe@LookNoFurther @BethFishReads @bobbinlace @fiberarts
My grandmother from #NorthYorkshire in the UK used to do tatting
Rachel Wright@juliahowe @LookNoFurther @BethFishReads @bobbinlace @fiberarts I used to do some tatting, although I liked the other name, "frivolité"!
savourtardis@LookNoFurther @BethFishReads I’ve done some tatting. You can also do it with a long needle where the eye is a relatively even width with the rest. I think it’s easier to form the stitches in needle tatting, mostly because there’s a trick to “flipping” the stitches in shuttle tatting. (It’s also easier to do faster with a needle.) But, perhaps because I’ve done it more, I think forming the bigger structures in the lace is more intuitive in shuttle tatting.
@savourtardis @BethFishReads my people used a needle, too
@savourtardis @LookNoFurther I’ll have to try it
Monique@BethFishReads @fiberarts @bobbinlace I got some bobbins (and fiber and all kinds of stuff) from my mother. But I’m totally into crocheting at the moment. Maybe I will post some pictures of my mother’s work.
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alwen@BethFishReads Beautiful! And what beautiful bobbins.
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