Tatting Classes

Beginning Tatting
Shuttle or Needle
Tatting can be done with a shuttle or needle. Beginning Shuttle Tatting is taught in 3 separate 2 hour sessions with practice time in between. Beginning Needle Tatting can be taught in one 6 hour session or two 3 hour sessions with practice in between.
Level: All
Googly-eyed Owl
Whoo knows where your shuttles (or needles) are? This owl is a fun project with a nest full of tatting tricks. Learning to encase "eyes" in tatted rings, cluny beak, SCMR, and direct pearl tatting - after all that the rest is easy. Students should bring 2 shuttles or 2 tatting needles (same size), 2 bird color- and 1 beak color- balls of size 20 tatting thread, and usual tatting supplies. Kaye will share her lifetime supply of googly eyes.
This project is for both shuttle and needle tatters.
Skill level - Intermediate


Treble Tatted Trillium
Walking through a spring-time woods you are sure to find plenty of trilliums though not quite like this one. Treble tatting lends a beautiful scalloped edge to these petals. Learn the technique early in this project while making the treble-tatted center. Students should bring size 10 tatting thread in petal color and center color, 2 shuttles or 2 tatting needles (same size), and usual tatting supplies. Crochet hook is definitely needed.
This project is for both shuttle and needle tatters.
Skill level - Experienced Beginner to Intermediate
Tri-color Star
Old Glory Star is a study of encapsulation and more-than-one-color tatting for both shuttle and needle tatters. Two joins - the no-blip join and the swirl join - add a bit of challenge to this easy-to-tat pattern.
Skill level - Experienced Beginner to Intermediate


Treble Tatted Heart
This heart pattern features floating rings, climbing out to Round 2 with a split ring, and a lovely treble tatted scalloped border.
Skill level - Intermediate