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@bobbinlacebliss
I basically get two genres of comments on this blog, and while of course I love to hear things like "beautiful" "gorgeous" "stunning" etc, I must confess I am also a great enjoyer of the rarer breed of comments that run along the lines of "fucked up" "horrifying" and "so fucking troubling to look upon". why yes, I AM a freak, thank you so much for noticing 😇
The snowflake ornament @bobbinlacebliss made for me with my mother’s old tatting shuttle! ❄️🤍
so great to see it in the wild!
hello! I just found my thread and my bobbins and I have a makeshift pillow and I'm ready to start a lace bookmark.
my question: is there an optimal way to wind a bobbin? direction of the thread? is it different with different types of lace making? I am not finding a great deal of info rn and I'm a little stuck.
it absolutely does not matter which direction you wind your bobbins...
HOWEVER.
once you choose a direction, there is no going back. YOU CANNOT CHANGE THIS CHOICE EVER. as soon as you wind that first bobbin you are either a clockwise or counterclockwise girlie for life.
the reason behind this is that some amount of skill in bobbin lace depends on muscle memory. as you learn your hands will start to understand what angle and tension to hold the bobbins at so that they behave well. if you switch directions all of that will be backwards and your bobbins will come unwound and you will cry.
aside from that my main advice is don't try to tie a knot around the bobbin to get the thread anchored, it'll never work. you have to just kind of pinch the end of the thread parallel to the bobbin stem and wind around it a few times until it's secure, then you can start spinning the bobbin around more freely to get the rest of it wound (in your chosen direction of course, lol)
hi hi hi you've probably answered this a million times before but do you have any tips on how to get started with bobbin lacing? I'm super interested but there's a lot to learn, a lot of methods, and not a lot of resources i could find very easily
sure! take a look through my #advice tag, then I'm happy to answer specific questions as well
my lacemaking supplies arrived and I cruelly ignored my dog so I could learn how to do a whole-stitch ground. (“ground” being like, the simple background part of the lace. fancy flowers and shit come later I guess.)
tbt august 11 2017 when I first learned how to do a linen stitch. wish I could go back in time and pet my dog instead, but I'm glad I learned lacemaking all the same
this style of tatting instruction... 😭 girl at least put bullet points or something??
so what I'm getting from this is that crocheters need to agitate for better working conditions...
snowflake for @unquartdetour in exchange for the free antique shuttle (pictured - top). it is VERY small (2in across) because I may have completely disregarded the recommended thread size in favor of just using the stuff that was already in my bag 😅 I think it'll do as a christmas ornament though! snowflakes are meant to be small anyways, right??
this style of tatting instruction... 😭 girl at least put bullet points or something??
@crossedwithblue @bluejay-07 are you suuuuuuuuure? 😇
you guys remember olney handkerchief, right? I confess I sometimes forget about our olney handkerchief for months at a time...
anyway.
since my last update on this project (when dinosaurs roamed the earth) I have actually made some progress. today I even moved the lace up another notch - which incidentally meant it was time to free the first bit of lace from the last few of its pins! I do love unpinning. I try not to fiddle with the lace too much after it's free - must keep it clean - but... just a little won't hurt...
so cool right?
No matter which textile craft you look at, it has weaving in ends, and everyone hates it with a burning passion.
jokes on you. cut and tie tatters unite 😎
ok but imo? it's not even a bad habit! it's not like knitting or crochet, it's not gonna all come apart if a little end gets loose. that shit is locked down. you ever tried to undo tatting? I'm sure you have if you've ever done it. yeah, how well does that go for you. superglue, no way, that'll just introduce a weird texture. you don't need him girl. this is me, the square knot, speaking to you inside your brain
No matter which textile craft you look at, it has weaving in ends, and everyone hates it with a burning passion.
jokes on you. cut and tie tatters unite 😎
a little bit in my feelings about finishing this round. I started it in the veterinarian ultrasound clinic while I was waiting to find out what was wrong with my dog. it was liver cancer, and it was terminal. two days later she was dead. but the craft goes on. bit by bit, knot by knot. linking the past with the future. I never thought of this as her project. she was just part of my life, for so long. Anything I did - was it about her? generally not. it wasn't about her because she was the background radiation of my life. a photograph is not about the sun. but I think this doily is hers, now.
Do you have any recommendations for beginners’ tatting books? It’s a bit overwhelming to try and find good sources (or I suppose if any of your followers have recommendations for good places to learn!)
Thank you so much!
I've totally forgotten the name of the book I learned from lol but it's somewhere around here I'll see if I can dig it out and get the title for you. In the meantime I'll throw it out to my followers, anyone got good recs?
Odd question, but what pattern is the doily you are making?
this seems like a pretty normal question lol. It's "Doily II" from the book "Tatted Treasures" by Jan Stawasz
I forgod to join :(
know what do!
yay :)
you'll never even guess without a magnifying glass I bet
this has been a demonstration of my tatting philosophy. thank you
