Try Tatting (With Our First Ever ReadyMade Video!)
Katherine Sharpe
In the February/March issue of ReadyMade, we run an introductory lesson in tatting, an ancient lace-making art based on hand-tied knots and loops.
We found that it's a little hard to learn tatting on your own, so our writer, Keith Mulvihill, stopped by the home of Nina Libin, who lives on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Nina has been teaching tatting for over 20 years, so she really knows how to demonstrate the basics. Her own tatting handiwork is amazing. She has also combined tatting with beading---a process she calls beanile---to make intricate jewelry pieces. If you want to learn more about Nina, you can read this interview she did a few years ago. Nina is also the author of "Tatted Lace of Beads, the Techniques of Beanile Lace."
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Tatting Video
Nina Starts off by demonstrating the Double Stitch
At 2:02 she shows how to make a Picot
At 3:01 you can learn how to make a simple 8 petal flower.
Below the fold, check out two examples of Nina's beanile work.
We found that it's a little hard to learn tatting on your own, so our writer, Keith Mulvihill, stopped by the home of Nina Libin, who lives on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Nina has been teaching tatting for over 20 years, so she really knows how to demonstrate the basics. Her own tatting handiwork is amazing. She has also combined tatting with beading---a process she calls beanile---to make intricate jewelry pieces. If you want to learn more about Nina, you can read this interview she did a few years ago. Nina is also the author of "Tatted Lace of Beads, the Techniques of Beanile Lace."
[youtube vqQJh9g9fkU]
Tatting Video
Nina Starts off by demonstrating the Double Stitch
At 2:02 she shows how to make a Picot
At 3:01 you can learn how to make a simple 8 petal flower.
Below the fold, check out two examples of Nina's beanile work.
