Needle Tatting Lace - Sato Rei
Needle Tatting Lace - Sato Rei
Sato Rei's new book may be petite, 7" x & 7" (18 cm x 18 cm,) and 95 pages, but it is so packed with great photo tutorials that both student needle tatters and experienced tatters alike will love it!
Ms. Sato presents 28 tatting patterns as learning exercises for the different techniques taught. Each is shown in great detail in the front of the book. An instructional section follows which teaches the actual use of the tatting needle and the basics of ring, chain and joins.
(Ed. note: Rei demonstrates the traditional "up" join in tatting. In order to create the all front/back side look to your tatting, please learn the "down" join also. See: https://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art55501.asp )
Her excellent diagrams are well annotated with directional arrows for the progression of the work, double stitch count and differentiation between regular rings and floating rings.
My personal favorites are three bracelets, #25, 26, and 27. Between the three patterns, they feature split rings, flowers, floating rings, double rings, node stitch, pearl tatted (Maltese chains) and beads! And they are so cute. Excellent as accessories or gifts both.
Notice the cover has beads on the core thread of the piece in progress ready to be added on the picot. The narrow edging to which the beads are being added shows a definite curve to the work. This photo is an excellent example of how a natural curve is worked into the tatting when the picots used for joins are all the same size. But if you want the lace to lay straight, then the joining picot must be slightly longer.
The small flower motif on this cover also shows a great design technique. The joining picot is made extra long. After the piece is done the tatter may adjust the legs of the picot to form a rainbow look. And consider adding beads to the joining picot in two colors. When the join is made separate the beads so they will display on separate legs.
Note: I acquired this book for my personal tatting reference library. - G. Seitz
Here's the latest article from the Tatting site at BellaOnline.com.
Tomiko Morimoto Tatting Lace Lesson Book 2018
Tomoko Morimoto's new book, Tatting Lace Lesson Book" is a great teaching tool filled with lots of inspirations. Check out the great square doily with negative space in the back of the book.
https://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art305520.asp/zzz
Please visit tatting.bellaonline.com for even more great content about Tatting.
To participate in free, fun online discussions, this site has a community forum all about Tatting located here -
https://forums.bellaonline.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=39
I hope to hear from you sometime soon, either in the forum or in response to this email message. I thrive on your feedback!
Have fun passing this message along to family and friends, because we all love free knowledge!
Georgia Seitz, Tatting Editor
https://tatting.bellaonline.com
One of many great sites at BellaOnline.com
Sato Rei's new book may be petite, 7" x & 7" (18 cm x 18 cm,) and 95 pages, but it is so packed with great photo tutorials that both student needle tatters and experienced tatters alike will love it!
Ms. Sato presents 28 tatting patterns as learning exercises for the different techniques taught. Each is shown in great detail in the front of the book. An instructional section follows which teaches the actual use of the tatting needle and the basics of ring, chain and joins.
(Ed. note: Rei demonstrates the traditional "up" join in tatting. In order to create the all front/back side look to your tatting, please learn the "down" join also. See: https://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art55501.asp )
Her excellent diagrams are well annotated with directional arrows for the progression of the work, double stitch count and differentiation between regular rings and floating rings.
My personal favorites are three bracelets, #25, 26, and 27. Between the three patterns, they feature split rings, flowers, floating rings, double rings, node stitch, pearl tatted (Maltese chains) and beads! And they are so cute. Excellent as accessories or gifts both.
Notice the cover has beads on the core thread of the piece in progress ready to be added on the picot. The narrow edging to which the beads are being added shows a definite curve to the work. This photo is an excellent example of how a natural curve is worked into the tatting when the picots used for joins are all the same size. But if you want the lace to lay straight, then the joining picot must be slightly longer.
The small flower motif on this cover also shows a great design technique. The joining picot is made extra long. After the piece is done the tatter may adjust the legs of the picot to form a rainbow look. And consider adding beads to the joining picot in two colors. When the join is made separate the beads so they will display on separate legs.
Note: I acquired this book for my personal tatting reference library. - G. Seitz
Here's the latest article from the Tatting site at BellaOnline.com.
Tomiko Morimoto Tatting Lace Lesson Book 2018
Tomoko Morimoto's new book, Tatting Lace Lesson Book" is a great teaching tool filled with lots of inspirations. Check out the great square doily with negative space in the back of the book.
https://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art305520.asp/zzz
Please visit tatting.bellaonline.com for even more great content about Tatting.
To participate in free, fun online discussions, this site has a community forum all about Tatting located here -
https://forums.bellaonline.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=39
I hope to hear from you sometime soon, either in the forum or in response to this email message. I thrive on your feedback!
Have fun passing this message along to family and friends, because we all love free knowledge!
Georgia Seitz, Tatting Editor
https://tatting.bellaonline.com
One of many great sites at BellaOnline.com
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