Is it snowing?

Design Tutorial Snowflake

c.2014 Robin Perfetti

This Design Tutorial Snowflake 

tatting pattern can be found

on Robin Perfetti's Tatting By The Bay blog.

Her books are great, too -- check out her site ; )

I think the fiber is size 20, color ecru or white - 

I cannot recall what I wound on the shuttle.

This was started following a L.A.C.E. Chapter meeting in November 2024.    L.A.C.E. facebook link.

L.A.C.E. is a charter chapter (Elmhurst, IL) of the

 IOLI - International Organization of Lace.

 

Tatted Star

I used Lizbeth Size 40 - Col. 163

Pattern can be found in both of these books:

Tatting Patterns (Kotohajime) Sumie

 Tatting Lace Handbook (Sumie 2021)

Continue with Needle Lace projects:

 Still putting in the outline of the petals with Lizbeth size 40, Col. 611.   Couching!!!  Couching!!!

Pattern and Instructions:

 Needle Lace Sunflower

c. Joan Brash, 2024 

https://teneriffelacekits.com/

 Put in more stitches with Gutermann S303, 100% Silk.  Col.800.

Pattern and Instructions:

Janice Blair    

From the L.A.C.E. classes

Needlelace Star Sampler Workshop

February & March 2012

 

Finished!

Beginning Needle Lace Star 

Pattern + Instructions:  Loretta Holzberger c.2022

Loretta's Custom Stitchery

Sessions thru Virtual Education,

The Lace Museum.

This star has DMC Cebelia outline fiber (size 30) and filling stitches are DMC Cordonnet Special 40.  

I used 26 gauge wire for the outside of the star.

 

Beginning Needle Lace Star: Finished one of 2

DMC Cebelia 20 - Star Outline (couched), 

and I used DMC Cebelia 30 for the filling stitches.

Now to 'finish' the second star ....

Beginning Needle Lace Star 

Pattern + Instructions:  Loretta Holzberger c.2022

Loretta's Custom Stitchery

Sessions thru Virtual Education,

The Lace Museum.

 

Beaded Cat (gift from Melody)

Christmas 2021 dorset

Beginning Needle Lace Star

Two Tier Hanging

tatted icicle

 

Needle lace Star Sampler

This star has DMC Cebelia outline fiber (size 30) and filling stitches are DMC Cordonnet Special 40 .

DMC Cebelia 20 - Star Outline (couched), 

and I used DMC Cebelia 30 for the filling stitches.

Star Points:

Double Buttonhole Stitch

Triple Buttonhole Stitch

Pea Stitch

Knotted Buttonhole

Point de Grain

 Starting the padding around the star.  It is a process!!!   In our session, there were a couple ways to 'end' the star.   So, I'll try both ways.

Beginning Needle Lace Star 

Pattern + Instructions:  Loretta Holzberger c.2022

Loretta's Custom Stitchery

Sessions thru Virtual Education,

The Lace Museum.

 

Beginning Needle lace Star

Fourth Point complete on both star projects.

Beginning Needle Lace Star

from Class Three.

Pattern + Instructions:  Loretta Holzberger c.2022

Sessions thru Virtual Education,

The Lace Museum.

My book arrived!  Can be ordered by the author -

Loretta Holzberger.  Link Below.

https://www.facebook.com/LorettasCustomStitchery/ 

Nice instructions / videos on the RSN site -which includes needle lace stitches.

https://rsnstitchbank.org/

"25 new stitches have been added to the RSN Stitch Bank, bringing the total to 475. Each stitch entry contains information about its history, use and structure as well as a step-by-step method with photographs, illustrations and video"

Additional source for stitches:

  

Project Gutenberg files

has included diagrams and instructions

from The Complete Encyclopedia of Needlework.

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/20776/old/20776-h/chapter_13.html

 

shuttles and needle lace

Tatting Shuttles with a pic. & you can

get them, too.   Lots of designes to choose from.

with or without pic.

The Knotted Vine, Etsy.

Beginning Needle Lace Star 

Pattern + Instructions:  Loretta Holzberger c.2022

Not much to show, added the 

Knotted Buttonhole Stitch

to the 4th point.  (Cebelia 30).

Class sessions thru the

Lace Museum, Virtual Education.

Lots of holiday festivities going on!

Festival of Lights

more pictures - HERE

 

Loretta Holzberger: Needlelace Star Sampler

Beginning Needle Lace Star 

Pattern + Instructions:  Loretta Holzberger c.2022

Started a 2nd Star (sampler).

This one has Cebelia outline fiber (size 30) 

and filling stitches are

DMC Cordonnet Special 40.

I messed up the 3rd point on the first star - and

struggled with the Cebelia.

I watched the video of the third session

Lace Museum, Virtual Education.

It is wonderful to take zoom classes and have the recording of the session to refer back to.

The final filling stitches will be knotted buttonhole (mine look wimpy so far) and the Point de Grain.

 

Ready for the final session ....

 

DMC Cebelia 20 - Star Outline (couched)

 I'm using DMC Cebelia 30 for the filling stitches.

Double Buttonhole Stitch

Triple Buttonhole Stitch

 Pea Stitch

Ready for the final session which

will be Knotted Buttonhole and Point de Grain.

(plus finishing the edges and cutting loose from

the paper)

  Beginning Needle Lace Star 

Pattern + Instructions:  Loretta Holzberger c.2022

Sessions thru Virtual Education,

The Lace Museum.

 

Needle Lace: Star

The needle lace star is slow going.

DMC Cebelia 20 - Star Outline (couched)

 I'm using DMC Cebelia 30 for the filling stitches.

Double Buttonhole Stitch

Triple Buttonhole Stitch

(3rd one will be Pea Stitch)

  

Beginning Needle Lace Star

from Class Two (of 3)

Pattern + Instructions:  Loretta Holzberger c.2022

Sessions thru Virtual Education,

The Lace Museum.

WIPs: Sunflower and Star

Teneriffe Lace Kits

c.2020 Heirloom Arts

Joan Brash

Teneriffe Lace Sunflower

Petals complete - now to finish with Twirlz fiber on the outter rings.

 from Class One (of Three).

Beginning Needle Lace Star

Pattern + Instructions:  Loretta Holzberger c.2022

Sessions thre Virtual Education,

The Lace Museum.

 

Small doodle star

Size 20, Lizbeth fiber.

Small tatted star.

Created at the L.A.C.E. Chapter meeting, I haven't started the Tatting by the Bay Free Pattern. (snowflake).  I'd also like to try the star (lower corner) from Sumie's book:

Japanese Book

 

Needlelace Star

 

Mr. Katt 

can you just see the

"Do Not Disturb" sign?

Not much to show from Saturday's

"Needle Lace Star" class.

Tho, I did enjoy the buttonhole stitching +

was happy to learn how to make the openings.

Just need more spare time to work on the center.

The points will have different kinds of stitches.

Very kewl!

Did get to JoAnn Fabrics + bought more vinyl,

silk Gutermann thread spools (40% off thru 3/31).

It is awesome silk thread!

I joined a few groups on the

ioli board.   Actually, joined awhile back and forgot about it.

Maybe I'll have to check in more often.

Needlelace Star

He looks so innocent.

Just had to chew on the ribbon ...

of my perle cotton box.      

Here he is, faking a cat nap ...

He springs to the edge of the desk for a thread nibble.

Honestly.

The the star is the pre-work for 

a Needle Lace Star class

taught by Janice Blair.

I'm couching down some DMC perle cotton

with pink sewing thread.   Maybe he just likes pink!

Looking forward to the L.A.C.E. meeting on Saturday.

Mr. Katt will remain AT HOME.