Shuttle tatting!

I found some shuttles. My great-aunt (now 102) gave me a box of assorted needlework tools (embroidery hoops, rug hooking hooks, shuttles, etc.) some years back. I'd forgotten about them until I was cleaning last weekend. The room I'm working on is a second floor kitchen (my house was duplexed some years back), and has become a catch-all for anything that didn't have a place to roost. I was sorting everything, throwing a great amount of junk, and boxing things to be donated, which was greater than what was thrown. Anyway, I found the shuttles, so after I get a better hang on needle tatting, I'll try shuttle tatting.

I really am enjoying needle tatting.

A flutterby!

I made the butterfly in the Barbara Foster book. I know the picots are a little big. I'll try it again.

Without a tag, I can't quite tell, but I think I'm working with a #10 Perle. It's what I had, so I'm using it. When I get more comfortable with tatting, I can change the thread. I have lots to choose from.

I'm teaching myself to tat!

I've been enjoying samples of tatting from several sources, for several years, and decided to give it a try. There was the choice of either shuttle tatting or needle tatting. I chose needle tatting and here are my first samples. The first is a ring, the second is a joined ring. It's really fun to do. Now unto a "real" project, after I finish learning all the stitches. :)