My grandmother taught me to tat, and I have met very few others who practice the craft. I was thrilled to find other sites on the web related to tatting!
I taught my friend Janis to tat, and she’s done amazing work! Go see! We take turns cross-pollinating each other with projects and fascinations…
Information, background, and generally useful pages
- Shuttle Tatting Instructions by Carrie - Personal site with some incredible online tatting instructions, with stylized images of her hands to help explain the craft… Wonderful!
- Tattered - Large, colorful, multipurpose site dedicated to tatting, with LOTS of helpful links.
- The Mad Tatter’s Tatting Page - A third generation tatter’s reflections on the craft.
- This ‘n’ Tat - Lisa Trumble’s lessons, patterns and resources for tatters.
- Dreams of Lace: Tatting Links - Lots of information and links.
- Be-Stitched.com (formerly Nancy’s Quilting, Tatting, and Sewing Page) - Photos of finished projects as well as patterns and tips.
- Carol’s Tatting - a second generation tatter’s reflections on the craft.
- The Palmetto Tatters: Conferences - yes, there are in fact Tatting Conferences.
Online Suppliers
- Lacis - Located in Berkeley, California, Lacis offers an extensive online catalog of tatting supplies, as well as other lacemaking-related information and products. They sell tatting shuttles made of most any material: plastic, metal, horn, shell, etc.
- Tatting Shuttle Links - links to many different amazing shuttle suppliers.
- Snowgoose - Online catalog of hard-to-find lacemaking supplies with a snail-mailable order form. They also offer an extensive range of tatting shuttles made from most any material.
- Lace Bobbins by Chris Parsons - Offers hand-painted wooden tatting shuttles.
- Nordic Needle - Supplies and information, specializing in Hardanger Embroidery, but with some tatting and other fine embroidery as well.
Guilds, Organizations and Mailing Lists
- The Lacemaker’s Home Page - Arachne’s Web Server is simply a great resource.
- I.O.L.I. Home Page - International Old Lacers Home Page, dedicated to people who love lace, who like to study, to make, to collect, and to use lace.
- The Lace Museum & Guild - non-profit organization in the based in the San Francisco area.
- Tat-Chat Mailing List and Forum. For those interested, sign up for the mailing list is at http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/vangogh/235/index.html and there is a forum which can be accessed from the same place. This list is based in the US and is moderated by Maus (a.k.a. Etha Schuette). (submitted to this resource list by Elisa Green.)
Please note that my mention of these sites is by no means an endorsement.
I have been so busy lately that I haven’t even had time to order anything from my wishlist of tatting supplies from any of them. If I hear of bad service from the suppliers, or if a page stops being supported, I will remove it from this page.
If you know of links that should be included here, please comment or email me. Thank you!