Originally Posted by
pahega
I have always loved the look of tatting and want to teach myself how to do it. No one I know knows how. Is it a lost art? Is it difficult to do? Can anyone suggest good sources?
I taught myself to tat using
http://totusmel.blogspot.com/ instructions, the lessons are down on the right of the page, and a few books I checked out of the library. There are a lot of good You tube videos. Tatted treasures is a good site but has not been updated for a while. First question you need to ask is Needle or Shuttle? I find the needle a lot easier to do and to keep my tension even, I can do shuttle but am very slow. I also like learning new stuff and have always wondered about bobbin lace, I'm giving that a try now. Not too hard, but can get messed up very easy. Good luck and go for it!!!