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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl

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Alee
Worland Wy
USA
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Posted - Jun 12 2007 :  12:58:00 PM  Show Profile  Send Alee a Yahoo! Message
I am needle tatting-

How do you get the thread to not spin and tangle so much when you are pulling it through to complete a ring?

Thanks!

Alee

sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl

4877 Posts

Wendy
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jun 12 2007 :  1:14:15 PM  Show Profile  Send sunshine a Yahoo! Message
your thread has to be straight before making stitches in tatting you just let go of the shuttle and let it hang till it stops spinning if this starts to happen not sure if this is true in needle tatting As I never had that happen when tatting with the needle

have a lovely day and may God bless you and keep you safe
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Daisy
True Blue Farmgirl

107 Posts

Daisy
Thistle Sprig Farm NW Indiana
USA
107 Posts

Posted - Jun 12 2007 :  3:00:32 PM  Show Profile
You need to hold the "straight ring" inbetween your thumb and pointer finger keeping it flat to keep all the stitches from twisting while you pull it into the actual ring. HTH if not I'll try to explain better.

Daisy

Thistle Sprig Farm
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl

22941 Posts

Alee
Worland Wy
USA
22941 Posts

Posted - Jun 12 2007 :  7:57:34 PM  Show Profile  Send Alee a Yahoo! Message
What does HTH mean?

Thanks!

Alee
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl

3659 Posts

Sherri
Elma WA
USA
3659 Posts

Posted - Jun 12 2007 :  10:32:03 PM  Show Profile
Hope that helps.
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl

22941 Posts

Alee
Worland Wy
USA
22941 Posts

Posted - Jun 13 2007 :  09:28:07 AM  Show Profile  Send Alee a Yahoo! Message
ah! Thanks!

It isn't the stitches that are spinning because I am holding on to them, it is the loop of string that gets smaller as you pull on the needle.

Also what do you do when your loop of thread that is between the needle and the stitches gets way to short to make more stiches? I mean that can't just be the end of your project, right?

Alee
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mikesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl

3659 Posts

Sherri
Elma WA
USA
3659 Posts

Posted - Jun 13 2007 :  11:57:54 AM  Show Profile
Alyssa, I wondered the same thing. Seems sort of finite doesn't it. There must be a way to add more thread onto that. Help ladies.. Sunshine....?
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl

4877 Posts

Wendy
Utah
USA
4877 Posts

Posted - Jun 13 2007 :  12:17:19 PM  Show Profile  Send sunshine a Yahoo! Message
that is typically when you tye a knot and add more but you tie knots at the end and beginning of rings so if you don't have enough for the ring or the chain then you have to add before starting the next item any then you cut you can keep and use as the sting for your tags at least that is what I do with scrap string if my children don't grab it for craft nick nack projects.

have a lovely day and may God bless you and keep you safe
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl

22941 Posts

Alee
Worland Wy
USA
22941 Posts

Posted - Jun 13 2007 :  12:59:19 PM  Show Profile  Send Alee a Yahoo! Message
Oh that makes so much sense now that you mention it! Silly me! I was way over thinking that whole aspect! I am so glad you are here Sunshine! You give us such good advice all the time!

Alee
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl

4877 Posts

Wendy
Utah
USA
4877 Posts

Posted - Jun 13 2007 :  1:44:02 PM  Show Profile  Send sunshine a Yahoo! Message
good to find a beading needle or some other skinney needle and weave the tails in and out the headband of the the little pants (larks head stitched or ds) you are making make the knot not so easy to unravel and just a knot by itself also go back a little like a back stitch when weaving in tails makes it even a little more stronger. Be neat when doing this as you are not trying to add bulk and uglies just strength

have a lovely day and may God bless you and keep you safe
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl

22941 Posts

Alee
Worland Wy
USA
22941 Posts

Posted - Jun 15 2007 :  08:59:05 AM  Show Profile  Send Alee a Yahoo! Message
Sunshine- I am not sure what all that means. I am only familiar with the double stitch for tatting. What is a larks head?

Alee
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl

4877 Posts

Wendy
Utah
USA
4877 Posts

Posted - Jun 15 2007 :  09:58:19 AM  Show Profile  Send sunshine a Yahoo! Message
larks head is a double stitch I was giving multiple names for the same thing so in case you come across them you know what it is. It is the top of the double stitches that you weave in and out of right under them so it mirrows the top of the stitch

have a lovely day and may God bless you and keep you safe
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl

22941 Posts

Alee
Worland Wy
USA
22941 Posts

Posted - Jun 17 2007 :  12:22:58 PM  Show Profile  Send Alee a Yahoo! Message
I see! Thanks! You are such a wonderful help!

Alee

Alee

The amazing one handed typist! One hand for tying, one hand to hold Nora!
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newheart
True Blue Farmgirl

471 Posts

Margie
Owings Mills Maryland
USA
471 Posts

Posted - Jun 18 2007 :  4:07:24 PM  Show Profile
HELP, HELP... I can not find a tatting needle(s) or shuttle any place here....Is there a site that I can get supplies, thread, etc from.....I look every place....and find nothing......just tatting supplies and instruction books.....


Margie


Chocolate makes my Heart 'sing"...
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl

4877 Posts

Wendy
Utah
USA
4877 Posts

Posted - Jun 18 2007 :  5:05:36 PM  Show Profile  Send sunshine a Yahoo! Message
go here
http://www.hhtatting.com/search.cfm

have a lovely day and may God bless you and keep you safe
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sunshine
True Blue Farmgirl

4877 Posts

Wendy
Utah
USA
4877 Posts

Posted - Jul 04 2007 :  3:56:43 PM  Show Profile  Send sunshine a Yahoo! Message
haven't forgotten not everything is unpacked yet.

have a lovely day and may God bless you and keep you safe
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