The Gentle Arts book While I am always reluctant to make New Year’s resolutions, I openly declared that 2013 was going to be a “gentler” year. Coincidentally, while sorting books I came across “The Gentle Arts – 200 Years of Australian Women’s Domestic & Decorative Arts”. It is full of amazing textile work – from hand coloured photos to filet crochet, delicate embroidery to weaving – fine and gentle work. … which motivated me to learn shuttle tatting. A friend gave me a shuttle and lent me a basic instruction book – first attempt not so successful! I hate to say I failed, but the results were certainly an alternate version of tatting! I just could not get the right thread knotting around the other! History of tatting in Australia in "The Gentle Arts" Tatting instructions While on holidays, my mother taught me to needle tat and that seemed quite easy, so back to working with the shuttle with even more det...
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