Thank you. My Grammy taught me when I was 10 yrs old. I have her shuttles and have asked everywhere for lessons for 50 years. Honestly, no one was interested. Your video is clear!!! I hope to learn more about tatting. I am near 80 yrs old, but still quite dexterous.
I think this will be my next art learned. I know how to crochet and knit. I love thread workings. I am 26 and plan to pass my knowledge to my kids I have 3 girls and a boy.
The best description/demonstration of shuttle tatting I've seen by far. Thank you! The larger cord & slow hand movements made this so much easier to follow. I've been limiting myself to needle tatting because I dipaired of ever being able to understand how shuttle tatting works. I think I've finally got it! 😁😘😘😘
I’ve been tatting for years, apparently with the wrong technique of working the shuttle! I’ve finally found a simplified version that makes this easier and faster! Thank you for the video!!
I literally just said out loud "Thank you lady" lol. I am so excited to begin tatting. Your explanation was to the point without being condescending. Loved it!
I found a book from 1934 about tatting at my local creative reuse shop on Friday . Thank you so much for sharing this! I’m about to go to sleep but I’m stoked to try in the morning 😊😊
Oh my GOD!! FINALLY a good thorough description of shuttle tatting!!! This is amazing. I've been so frustrated trying to learn from a book. Thank you so much!!
I'm just picking up tatting again after a long hiatus, and while transferring the knot came back to me easily, I couldn't remember how to handle the thread and shuttles efficiently. I was struggling all over the place, each knot a chore, until I found your video, and now the two halves of the stitches are coming along "zip-zip!" again. Thank you!
I found this gadget (which I now know is a shuttle) at a secondhand store. I collect little odd items. I found out what it was and decided to see how it works. Having never done anything even remotely close to this, I used your video and was able to make 6 stitches. They're certainly not the best, but I did it. Thank you so much for your instructions!!! Now I have a new rabbit hole to go down. ☺️
I have tried tatting off and on over the last 20 years. This is the first time it is making sense in my head because you explained the flipping of the knot. Thank you so much!
As everyone else said, this made my brain click 😂 thank you so much! I kept watching these videos and hearing 'flip the knot' and no amount of watching and rewatching of other videos was doing the trick. You explained it so well!
I learned to tat in 2009 and have been teaching for over 12 years. Teaching student to "flip the knot" has always been challenging. Transferring the knot is an excellent way to describe what is being done. I will be using that terminology in my future classes.
I've found this video after 2 years and I still think you've done an awesome job of explaining especially about transferring the knot. Thank you again and again.
Phenomenal explanation! Thank you so much! This was the first video where I could see everything clearly and understand how it all worked. I was finally able to do the double stitch!
Your explanation of the knot transferring and going slowly so I can keep track of what you are doing makes this a wonderful video. I could never follow what was being done before. Thank you.
Thanks so much. Bought a supposedly Easy Tatting book, which spent a couple of hours trying to make sense of,so then found your instructions and it took a couple of minutes to understand
Aaah transferring the knot...gave up decades ago cos o kept making this mistake and the knot stayed on the hand cord and couldn't get further.... thank you so much .... finally we have UA-cam tutorials and .....I'm TATTING!!!!!!!!!!!! Bless you abundantly!!!!!!! Best explanation I can find...and sending this link to my artsy friends!!!!💓💓💓💓💓💓
This is the absolute best lesson I have seen that shows not only how to do it but why. Others are clearing but you, you have it so well put and without a ton of excess talking causing me to get confused. Thank you so much!
This is one of the best beginner shuttle tatting videos I've ever seen. I love the large cord. When I learned to shuttle tat I actually used a large cord so I could see and study the mechanics of the technique and learn what was happening. Your instructions are so clear and you move slow enough that people can actually see what is happening. I also love that your work surface is so clean and clear because it allows people to concentrate on what you are doing without being distracted with a lot of stuff in the background. Thank you for sharing. :)
This is the absolute best instruction I have ever seen on UA-cam. This woman is very patient and instructs as if you were there. Keep up the good work.
I’ve wanted to learn tatting for such a long time. I’m 67 yrs old and it’s 2:45 a.m. n I just watched your tutorial and u demonstrated it’s so well that it was amazing. I think I’ve finally got it! Thank you so very much for sharing. Your a very generous person for doing so. So many of the older ways of making beautiful laces or doilies are just fading away to new plastic looms n not the old fashion way I call it of this beautiful craft. I hoe to find more of your. Tutorials as how to make a easy beautiful lace doily or a small project til I can master this gorgeous almost lost craft of making beautiful lace. Thank you again so much. Have a wonderful blessed day.
Hello Terry, thank you so much for your lovely message, I'm always delighted to hear when my videos have helped. Yes, I have several more videos on my channel so I hope you find others (maybe in the beginners series?) that you will find useful too. :-)
3 days Ive been struggling .....Im left handed so that doesnt help but one watch of this and Ive done it...... I am thrilled. I love you completely and utterly.
Hello! It's lovely to hear! So glad my video helped. I've been thinking of making a left-handed video (although I'm not left-handed). I hope all continues to go well for you with tatting. :-)
You make it look so easy thank you. My step mother made and got ribbons at fairs for her work. I never knew her, but I now have some of her beautiful work and her equipment, now I can learn to use it. Thank you.
It was much clearer for me to see, how I'm supposed to hold the thread AND the shuttle. The thick thread also made it visually clearer to me, how the thread is supposed to move over and under the hands, fingers and thread. Thank you very much!
I learned this from a book when I was about 12, and I had to make a shuttle, and it’s been years since I did this. But you explained this so clearly, I’m 50 now, but I think I will have another go, as it has come flooding back!
Thank you for your comment Nathaniel, I hope you pick it up again - I'm sure you'll enjoy it. And there is so much help available on internet nowadays. Happy tatting! :-)
This is so extremely helpful!! I can't thank you enough. The bigger thread and shuttle, along with your clear instruction, make it so much easier to understand.
I just want to say thank you for using the cord to show how to tat. It is much easier to see how to do it. Thank you also for showing and explaining it so well. Great video!
Good morning! I dug out my tatting shuttle, determined to have another go and found your series of tutorials. Thank you so much. Not only is this the best set of tutorials I have found but you have also inspired me to think about tatting using thicker coard for a more modern approach.
First time in years (if not my whole life) that I'm commenting on a UA-cam video. Just want to say thank you! I've been trying to learn for days and finally found you video and now everything is going so much better!
I just ordered a vintage book with knitting, crochet, and tatting instructions from the 1950's. I can't wait to get my book and shuttle and get started.
BRILLIANT dmonstration. Thank you. Years ago I tried to learn from a pattern booklet but really could not understand the technique. You have made it very clear.
Wow! Tried this decades ago with a paper tutorial before youtube, and kept making the knots on the hand cord instead of flipping the knot and putting it on the shuttle cord...I just couldn't understand how the shuttle cord was free to be pulled to close the circle!! This evening I found your tutorial and slowed it down....AHA moment....wow....so pleased I've finally understood it....and it's still like magic how the knot flops😂now I can finally make some lace!!!thank you so much!!!!💓
Hi Jeanne, thank you so much for your comment as I'm always happy when someone tells me a video of mine helped them get a lightbulb moment! I wish you all the best in keeping to make progress with tatting.
Amazing! I have tried other videos and would leave frustrated with a tangled mess. After 2 months of not touching my shuttle and unsuccessfully looking for a physical tatting class to go to, I thought I'd give it one last try- found your video this morning and have successfully been able to follow with you! Thank you thank you! Renewed hope :)
Wonderful Elizabeth! Such a nice message to read this morning. I know there are lots of videos out there and sometimes it's just a matter of finding the one that suits you and hopefully it will click. If my video's helped you get started with tatting, then I'm happy!
This was a revelation. After watching a million other videos I still couldn't get it right, bu thiw was the best explanation and demo I've seen. Thank you so much!!
You give wonderful instructions and slow enough to see exactly what you are doing. I tried shuttle tatting, really wanted to do that. Every time I tried to make a ring, it would not move. I finally gave up afted about 100 times of trying. I started needle tatting. It was much easier. At least I was able to.make the rings and chains. Thank you for the instruction. I will try shuttle again.
Hi Cathy, I really hope you will be successful when you try the shuttle again! Don't give up, once you figure out the "flip" (transferring the knot), you'll be away! :-)
That’s a great explanation. Thank you so much. I have been needle tatting because I thought using a shuttle was so much harder. I’m anxious to try the shuttle now!😊
I have had such a hard time getting this as I couldn't get my knots right so that I could get my first rings to close. My thread would just lock and I couldn't slide the knots to close make a ring. I watched video after video and I finally found yours. I can finally slide the knots and close a ring. I can finally learn tatting now that I can do the knots properly. Thank you!!
This is literally the first one of these videos that I've watched that finally made sense!! Thank you so much! All of the other ones that I've watched haven't been able to explain exactly what "transfer the loop" meant. This made it so much easier to understand because I could finally actually see what was happening and you slowed it down and backed it up so I could see it undo and redo as well.
Along with everyone else, I was baffled, until I saw your video using the bigger cord. It's much easier to see as you do it. Thank you for this idea, and for making this video!
Thank you for teaching without the burden of two separate threads. I was taught this method by a lifelong tatter years ago. When I recently purchased a DVD of instructions to brush up my skills, the method using a shuttle thread and a ball thread was giving me fits. I couldn't put my finger on why (how pun-ny) until I came across your video. Trying to keep tension this way is SO much easier. Perhaps later I'll find there are advantages to having a ball thread to contend with, but right now the only advantage I can think of would be needing less thread on the shuttle and thus fewer rewinds. My speed and stitch consistency will increase rapidly with your method, which will help me keep at it. I look forward to seeing more of your instruction... and THANK YOU AUNT RUTHIE for taking time out of your busy NS life to show your grateful US niece how to tie a knot.
Thank you for your comment and as always, I'm very glad if you found this helpful. This was my first time doing a demo video with a larger shuttle and thick cord, hoping this would make things clearer. There are many many designs that require only one shuttle so there is no need to tackle shuttle and ball or two shuttles until you are ready to tat more complex designs. Good luck, I hope you keep making progress!
Excellent tutorial! I have decided that the shuttle is easier than the needle method. Just waiting for my shuttle to arrive. Your explanation is so clear, thank you.
Hello Sue, glad you think so. I think maybe the learning curve with the shuttle is a bit steeper to start with but personally (and I know there are lots of needle tatting lovers out there!) I find shuttle tatting more versatile and flexible for all the techniques available. I also like working with pretty shuttles! I hope you enjoy yours when it arrives. :-)
I am relearning shuttle tatting after many years away from it. This is a fantastic tutorial as you have made it very easy to see everything. Thank you!
This video is so helpful!!! I’m new to shuttle tatting and this video made all the difference - I’m shuttle tatting now!! Thank you - still trying to make my stitches consistent but I’m doing it!
Very clear. I didn't really need the technique, but I have this monster Tatsy shuttle, and wanted to see how someone managed such a big shuttle. Thanks!
Brilliant! You could also make a video with a chain and two colors when ch would show the transfer. This is GREAT because it shows so clearly why the knot must move and it explains the ring too. Wonderfully done!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Took a class 11 y ago. Have depth perception issue atop instructor explaining the SAME way, over and over again. Switching the knot over explanation Much Clearer for me, thank you BUNCHS!
This tutorial is the best one I've seen. I think a lot of well-willing people making tatting videos tend to overlook how something that seems so simple to them can be difficult for beginners to follow. Like until now I thought people were making whole loops when they did the under-part. So whenever I tried it, I kept making knots and not loops... Thanks! 😃
Thanks so much, I taught myself to tat, when my mom teased me that she knew how and I didn't, she recently passed away(at age 88) , and as I am the only family member who can tat, I got all of her shuttles, thread, etc. It has been a while since I have tatted, and I was really frustrated, but with your video, I am back at it, thanks so very much!!!
This is brilliant -- a friend asked me to teach her how to tat & now I can!!! We'll watch this demo -- it is exactly how I tat -- thank you! ps I've tatted for so long, I've forgotten how to be a beginner! -- this will help me teach!
Thank you. You are the first person to tell me how to hold the shuttle in relation to how it is wound! I have watched many videos on how to transfer the knot without success. Now I just pull until the shuttle thread straightens completely and I know it has happened. I have been needle tatting for ages but just could not transfer the knot when trying to shuttle tat.
Hello, good time. Thank you for your very calm and beautiful teaching. I hope to God that I can learn this beautiful art from your teaching. Thank you.🙏🙏👌👌👌👌👌👏👏👏👏👏😍😍😍😍🥰🥰💝💝💝💝💝😍😍💝🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Fantastic video, thank you for sharing this. It's the best explanation I have found. I couldn't work out what both threads were doing and how to get the knot to flip, I was getting really frustrated trying to work out where I was going wrong, but your explanation made it so quick and easy to understand, and now it's clicked! I'm looking forward to learning tatting, such a beautiful craft!
Don't get frustrated if u make mistakes while trying to communicate your knowledge to us. If you really love it, n I think you do, the effort n ur energy will show! Continue doing what u love :)
This is the best video that I have ever seen to show the double stitch with a shuttle. I still cannot do shuttle tatting but this video may help. I at least understand the process now. The other videos that I had watched were too far away and the tatter was going too fast. Thank you so much for this video. I am going to give this another try!
Hi Cheryl, thank you for your comment. I really hope you'll be able to shuttle tat soon and I'm very glad to hear you found the video helpful. Good luck!
Amazing. I learned a lot of years ago, only with books. But I have done for these years a lot of movements, your method is faster and so easier and it stress the thread less than my first method. Thank you!!!
You're very welcome! Like you I used to tat differently in a much less efficient method when I was younger so was glad to change to this style of tatting which I find much more efficient.
Such a good demo of the method, thank you. I cannot even fathom the 215 people who gave it a thumbs down. Maybe they are the ones with the really bad instructional videos that have deeply frustrated most of us wanting to learn this craft. Again, thank you.
Thank you so much for your comment Rita! I must admit I used to get upset in the beginning when I saw "thumbs down"s on my videos but now I choose to concentrate on all the lovely comments I get instead... such as yours! :-)
Oh my goodness you are amazing! I have tatted before but I have been strugging for a long time to figure it out again so I can make some lace. Thank you !!
Thnd so much because some people do it too fast or use suck small string i couldn't tell what they were doing. I think most people that make tatting vids forget what's it like to start from the beginning... This was much more helpful
You're welcome! Thanks to internet nowadays though, it's easy for the tatting community to stay in touch with others around the world... and it makes it feel a bit less like a "lost art". :-)
This is the best explanation I ever seen I have been trying to get this .I even went to class and didn’t get it I teach my self needle tatting but my dream is to learn this you explained it very well God bless you thank you very much
Thank you so much! A friend visiting from out of town tried to teach me to tat, and I had no trouble understanding how and why to transfer or flip the knots, but had the darndest time figuring out the position for the right hand, especially for the first half of the stitch. Now I've got it! Eureka!
Thank you. My Grammy taught me when I was 10 yrs old. I have her shuttles and have asked everywhere for lessons for 50 years. Honestly, no one was interested. Your video is clear!!! I hope to learn more about tatting. I am near 80 yrs old, but still quite dexterous.
Wonderful! I really hope this helps you get started and on your way to being a tatter! :-)
I think this will be my next art learned. I know how to crochet and knit. I love thread workings. I am 26 and plan to pass my knowledge to my kids I have 3 girls and a boy.
@@kristinezinecker845 Hi Kristine, I hope you enjoy learning to tat if you decide to pick it up! :-)
@@kristinezinecker845 And wow, 4 kids and still such a young age!
The best description/demonstration of shuttle tatting I've seen by far. Thank you! The larger cord & slow hand movements made this so much easier to follow. I've been limiting myself to needle tatting because I dipaired of ever being able to understand how shuttle tatting works. I think I've finally got it! 😁😘😘😘
Messages like yours make me so happy! I really hope this helps you continue to make progress with shuttle tatting. :-)
+100
I totally agree. I been watching these kind of videos to learn correctly and by far this is the best video I come across!
Same problem here, had to take needle tatting. This broad yarn with slow description came as a boon🙏🏻
I’ve been tatting for years, apparently with the wrong technique of working the shuttle! I’ve finally found a simplified version that makes this easier and faster! Thank you for the video!!
I literally just said out loud "Thank you lady" lol. I am so excited to begin tatting. Your explanation was to the point without being condescending. Loved it!
Thank you so much for your comment! :-)
I love it..
You’re the first person I’ve seen where you thoroughly explain the process of flipping the knot onto the other chord. This helped a lot, thank you!
Thank you for your comment, glad it was helpful!
I found a book from 1934 about tatting at my local creative reuse shop on Friday . Thank you so much for sharing this! I’m about to go to sleep but I’m stoked to try in the morning 😊😊
Wonderful! I hope it goes smoothly when you give it a try!
Oh my GOD!! FINALLY a good thorough description of shuttle tatting!!! This is amazing. I've been so frustrated trying to learn from a book. Thank you so much!!
What a wonderful comment! I'm so glad the video has helped you and hope you're now well on your way to becoming a shuttle tatter! :-)
I'm just picking up tatting again after a long hiatus, and while transferring the knot came back to me easily, I couldn't remember how to handle the thread and shuttles efficiently. I was struggling all over the place, each knot a chore, until I found your video, and now the two halves of the stitches are coming along "zip-zip!" again. Thank you!
Hi Nicole, very glad to hear you're back into tatting! :-)
I found this gadget (which I now know is a shuttle) at a secondhand store. I collect little odd items. I found out what it was and decided to see how it works. Having never done anything even remotely close to this, I used your video and was able to make 6 stitches. They're certainly not the best, but I did it. Thank you so much for your instructions!!! Now I have a new rabbit hole to go down. ☺️
Thank you for your nice message! Oh yes, be careful, tatting can be addictive! :-)
I've watched so many tatting videos, and this the first time I understood flipping the knot. Brilliant to use a larger cord. Thank you!
You're very welcome! I hope you're now on your way to becoming a tatter! :-)
Wow that was a great tutorial , thank you ! Your large shuttle made it much easier to understand how to use it . Much love from Oahu 🌸
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for your comment! :-)
I have tried tatting off and on over the last 20 years. This is the first time it is making sense in my head because you explained the flipping of the knot. Thank you so much!
You're very welcome - I love reading messages like yours Jennifer! That's what makes it worth making videos. :-)
@@11Frivole now I just need to get home from work and try it out!
I wish I could add a picture - finally got a ring with three picots! It only took 45 minutes, but it's getting there
@@ladyh95 Wonderful, very glad to hear you are making progress! :-)
As everyone else said, this made my brain click 😂 thank you so much! I kept watching these videos and hearing 'flip the knot' and no amount of watching and rewatching of other videos was doing the trick. You explained it so well!
Hi Emily, always glad to hear my video has helped someone so I hope you're well on your way to becoming a tatter now! :-)
I learned to tat in 2009 and have been teaching for over 12 years. Teaching student to "flip the knot" has always been challenging. Transferring the knot is an excellent way to describe what is being done. I will be using that terminology in my future classes.
Thank you for your message Melissa and all good wishes to you and your students. :-)
I've found this video after 2 years and I still think you've done an awesome job of explaining especially about transferring the knot. Thank you again and again.
Glad it was helpful! You're very welcome! :-)
Phenomenal explanation! Thank you so much! This was the first video where I could see everything clearly and understand how it all worked. I was finally able to do the double stitch!
Wonderful! Glad to hear you're on your way with tatting. :-)
Thank you so much! I finally figured out what was tripping me up so much before! This was immensely helpful!
So glad it helped! :-)
Your explanation of the knot transferring and going slowly so I can keep track of what you are doing makes this a wonderful video. I could never follow what was being done before. Thank you.
You're very welcome, thank you for your comment! :-)
This is the BEST description of flipping/transferring the knot I've seen. Thank you so much!
You are very welcome! Glad you found it useful and thank you for your comment. :-)
Thanks so much. Bought a supposedly Easy Tatting book, which spent a couple of hours trying to make sense of,so then found your instructions and it took a couple of minutes to understand
Wonderful! I think seeing it in motion can make it easier to understand than just looking at pictures in a book. I'm glad the video was helpful! :-)
Aaah transferring the knot...gave up decades ago cos o kept making this mistake and the knot stayed on the hand cord and couldn't get further.... thank you so much .... finally we have UA-cam tutorials and .....I'm TATTING!!!!!!!!!!!! Bless you abundantly!!!!!!! Best explanation I can find...and sending this link to my artsy friends!!!!💓💓💓💓💓💓
Hello Jeanne, thank you so much for your lovely comment, I'm always happy when one of my videos helps someone get that "ah ha" moment! :-)
This is the absolute best lesson I have seen that shows not only how to do it but why. Others are clearing but you, you have it so well put and without a ton of excess talking causing me to get confused. Thank you so much!
This is one of the best beginner shuttle tatting videos I've ever seen. I love the large cord. When I learned to shuttle tat I actually used a large cord so I could see and study the mechanics of the technique and learn what was happening. Your instructions are so clear and you move slow enough that people can actually see what is happening. I also love that your work surface is so clean and clear because it allows people to concentrate on what you are doing without being distracted with a lot of stuff in the background. Thank you for sharing. :)
Hi Willow, thank you so much for taking the time to write such a nice comment. I'm very glad your liked the video. :-)
Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you, that was the clearest instruction I've seen.
You're very welcome, thank you so much for your comment! :-)
This is the absolute best instruction I have ever seen on UA-cam. This woman is very patient and instructs as if you were there. Keep up the good work.
Thank you so much for your comment Delores! :-)
I’ve wanted to learn tatting for such a long time. I’m 67 yrs old and it’s 2:45 a.m. n I just watched your tutorial and u demonstrated it’s so well that it was amazing. I think I’ve finally got it! Thank you so very much for sharing. Your a very generous person for doing so. So many of the older ways of making beautiful laces or doilies are just fading away to new plastic looms n not the old fashion way I call it of this beautiful craft. I hoe to find more of your. Tutorials as how to make a easy beautiful lace doily or a small project til I can master this gorgeous almost lost craft of making beautiful lace. Thank you again so much. Have a wonderful blessed day.
Hello Terry, thank you so much for your lovely message, I'm always delighted to hear when my videos have helped. Yes, I have several more videos on my channel so I hope you find others (maybe in the beginners series?) that you will find useful too. :-)
Have tatted for 50 years...best explanation of the "secret" ever.
Lovely comment Elizabeth, thank you very much!
Great instructions! The large cord really helps visually. Thank you!
You're very welcome! Thank you for your comment. :-)
3 days Ive been struggling .....Im left handed so that doesnt help but one watch of this and Ive done it...... I am thrilled. I love you completely and utterly.
Hello! It's lovely to hear! So glad my video helped. I've been thinking of making a left-handed video (although I'm not left-handed). I hope all continues to go well for you with tatting. :-)
You make it look so easy thank you. My step mother made and got ribbons at fairs for her work. I never knew her, but I now have some of her beautiful work and her equipment, now I can learn to use it. Thank you.
Hi Sally, it's lovely you got your stepmother's equipment, I hope you'll enjoy learning to tat. :-)
It was much clearer for me to see, how I'm supposed to hold the thread AND the shuttle. The thick thread also made it visually clearer to me, how the thread is supposed to move over and under the hands, fingers and thread. Thank you very much!
Glad it helped! :-)
I learned this from a book when I was about 12, and I had to make a shuttle, and it’s been years since I did this. But you explained this so clearly, I’m 50 now, but I think I will have another go, as it has come flooding back!
Thank you for your comment Nathaniel, I hope you pick it up again - I'm sure you'll enjoy it. And there is so much help available on internet nowadays. Happy tatting! :-)
This is so extremely helpful!! I can't thank you enough. The bigger thread and shuttle, along with your clear instruction, make it so much easier to understand.
You're very welcome! It's always great to hear! :-)
I just want to say thank you for using the cord to show how to tat. It is much easier to see how to do it. Thank you also for showing and explaining it so well. Great video!
Glad it was helpful! You're very welcome.
First video that shows the steps clearly, the repetition made it so easy to understand. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
@@11Frivole I’m so glad to have found it. 😊
@@patty_valle Wonderful, and thank you for taking the time to comment. :-)
Good morning! I dug out my tatting shuttle, determined to have another go and found your series of tutorials. Thank you so much. Not only is this the best set of tutorials I have found but you have also inspired me to think about tatting using thicker coard for a more modern approach.
Wonderful! Thank you for your comment! Yes, it nice to change things up and try new techniques and ideas.
No one else ever explained how to hold shuttle cord in second half. Thank you so much. Now I can complete the stitch!
Thank you for your comment Karen, I'm very glad you found the video useful! :-)
First time in years (if not my whole life) that I'm commenting on a UA-cam video. Just want to say thank you! I've been trying to learn for days and finally found you video and now everything is going so much better!
Hi Fiona, it's always lovely to receive comments like yours! So glad to hear you are on your way with tatting! :-)
I am so happy to find your turitoral using tatting shuttle.
Now maybe I can get it right.
Thank you appreciate how you explain 😊 Patricia
Glad it was helpful! Let me know how you get on!
I just ordered a vintage book with knitting, crochet, and tatting instructions from the 1950's. I can't wait to get my book and shuttle and get started.
Wonderful! I hope you enjoy learning to tat! :-)
BRILLIANT dmonstration. Thank you. Years ago I tried to learn from a pattern booklet but really could not understand the technique. You have made it very clear.
You are welcome! Very glad if you are finding it helpful.
Wow! Tried this decades ago with a paper tutorial before youtube, and kept making the knots on the hand cord instead of flipping the knot and putting it on the shuttle cord...I just couldn't understand how the shuttle cord was free to be pulled to close the circle!! This evening I found your tutorial and slowed it down....AHA moment....wow....so pleased I've finally understood it....and it's still like magic how the knot flops😂now I can finally make some lace!!!thank you so much!!!!💓
Hi Jeanne, thank you so much for your comment as I'm always happy when someone tells me a video of mine helped them get a lightbulb moment! I wish you all the best in keeping to make progress with tatting.
Amazing! I have tried other videos and would leave frustrated with a tangled mess. After 2 months of not touching my shuttle and unsuccessfully looking for a physical tatting class to go to, I thought I'd give it one last try- found your video this morning and have successfully been able to follow with you! Thank you thank you! Renewed hope :)
Wonderful Elizabeth! Such a nice message to read this morning. I know there are lots of videos out there and sometimes it's just a matter of finding the one that suits you and hopefully it will click. If my video's helped you get started with tatting, then I'm happy!
Wonderful
This was a revelation. After watching a million other videos I still couldn't get it right, bu thiw was the best explanation and demo I've seen. Thank you so much!!
You're so welcome and thank you for taking the time to write a comment! :-)
You give wonderful instructions and slow enough to see exactly what you are doing. I tried shuttle tatting, really wanted to do that. Every time I tried to make a ring, it would not move. I finally gave up afted about 100 times of trying. I started needle tatting. It was much easier. At least I was able to.make the rings and chains. Thank you for the instruction. I will try shuttle again.
Hi Cathy, I really hope you will be successful when you try the shuttle again! Don't give up, once you figure out the "flip" (transferring the knot), you'll be away! :-)
This is the first video I've found that properly explains both sides of the knot. It's so much clearer now! Thank you 😊
Glad it was helpful!
That’s a great explanation. Thank you so much. I have been needle tatting because I thought using a shuttle was so much harder. I’m anxious to try the shuttle now!😊
Glad it was helpful! I hope it goes well when you do try the shuttle. :-)
You did an amazing job of showing how to do the ring. Thanks so much!❤️
You're very welcome! Thank you for your comment. :-)
Thank you so much for such a wonderfully done video! It was super clear and fast venough to understand but not too slow to forget what just happened.
My pleasure, thank you for your comment! :-)
I have had such a hard time getting this as I couldn't get my knots right so that I could get my first rings to close. My thread would just lock and I couldn't slide the knots to close make a ring. I watched video after video and I finally found yours. I can finally slide the knots and close a ring. I can finally learn tatting now that I can do the knots properly. Thank you!!
Wonderful! Always lovely to read comments like yours. :-)
I was getting so frustrated trying to figure out how to flip it and this made everything click! So excited to embark on this journey thanks to you!!!
I'm so glad! Always lovely to hear my videos have helped. :-)
I cannot believe that it’s so simple! Your video gives me renewed hope to try shuttle tatting again!
This is music to my ears Gina! I wish you every success! :-)
This is literally the first one of these videos that I've watched that finally made sense!! Thank you so much! All of the other ones that I've watched haven't been able to explain exactly what "transfer the loop" meant. This made it so much easier to understand because I could finally actually see what was happening and you slowed it down and backed it up so I could see it undo and redo as well.
Thank you so much Chrystal, very happy you found the video helpful!
Along with everyone else, I was baffled, until I saw your video using the bigger cord. It's much easier to see as you do it. Thank you for this idea, and for making this video!
Great to hear! I'm glad it was helpful. :-)
Thank you for teaching without the burden of two separate threads. I was taught this method by a lifelong tatter years ago. When I recently purchased a DVD of instructions to brush up my skills, the method using a shuttle thread and a ball thread was giving me fits. I couldn't put my finger on why (how pun-ny) until I came across your video. Trying to keep tension this way is SO much easier. Perhaps later I'll find there are advantages to having a ball thread to contend with, but right now the only advantage I can think of would be needing less thread on the shuttle and thus fewer rewinds. My speed and stitch consistency will increase rapidly with your method, which will help me keep at it. I look forward to seeing more of your instruction... and THANK YOU AUNT RUTHIE for taking time out of your busy NS life to show your grateful US niece how to tie a knot.
Thank you for your comment and as always, I'm very glad if you found this helpful. This was my first time doing a demo video with a larger shuttle and thick cord, hoping this would make things clearer. There are many many designs that require only one shuttle so there is no need to tackle shuttle and ball or two shuttles until you are ready to tat more complex designs. Good luck, I hope you keep making progress!
Excellent tutorial! I have decided that the shuttle is easier than the needle method. Just waiting for my shuttle to arrive. Your explanation is so clear, thank you.
Hello Sue, glad you think so. I think maybe the learning curve with the shuttle is a bit steeper to start with but personally (and I know there are lots of needle tatting lovers out there!) I find shuttle tatting more versatile and flexible for all the techniques available. I also like working with pretty shuttles! I hope you enjoy yours when it arrives. :-)
This is by far the best explanation on UA-cam so far for beginners. Thank you so much for sharing this.
You're very welcome! Thank you for your comment. :-)
I am relearning shuttle tatting after many years away from it. This is a fantastic tutorial as you have made it very easy to see everything. Thank you!
You're very welcome! I'm glad it was helpful and nice to know you're picking up tatting again. :-)
Oh man this is the clearest version of this I've encountered, and I've been looking for a while. Thanks so much!
You're welcome. Glad you like it! Thank you for your comment. :-)
Been trying to learn tatting for 8 years on and off. Finally got it thanks to this really clear tutorial. Thank you so much!
You're so welcome! Very glad you found the video helpful in getting you started to tat! :-)
I've been struggling with this for a while - now I see where I've been going wrong! Thank you for such a clear explanation 😀. X
My pleasure, thank you for your comment. :-)
This video is so helpful!!! I’m new to shuttle tatting and this video made all the difference - I’m shuttle tatting now!! Thank you - still trying to make my stitches consistent but I’m doing it!
Wonderful! Very glad you are making progress (and sorry I had not replied before, I seem to have missed comments somehow).
Very clear. I didn't really need the technique, but I have this monster Tatsy shuttle, and wanted to see how someone managed such a big shuttle. Thanks!
You're welcome! It is rather large but still manageable though it slows down tatting quite a bit. :-)
Brilliant! You could also make a video with a chain and two colors when ch would show the transfer. This is GREAT because it shows so clearly why the knot must move and it explains the ring too. Wonderfully done!
Thank you so much Michelle! Good idea about the two colours for a future video.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Took a class 11 y ago. Have depth perception issue atop instructor explaining the SAME way, over and over again. Switching the knot over explanation Much Clearer for me, thank you BUNCHS!
You're very welcome! I'm glad you found the video useful. :-)
Thanks for this! I've watched several videos to get a hang of tatting and this one was definitely the clearest one! Great!
Thank you very much, I'm very glad it my video was useful.
I now load my shuttle properly and it’s working! So happy.
Very glad it helped! :-)
This tutorial is the best one I've seen. I think a lot of well-willing people making tatting videos tend to overlook how something that seems so simple to them can be difficult for beginners to follow. Like until now I thought people were making whole loops when they did the under-part. So whenever I tried it, I kept making knots and not loops...
Thanks! 😃
Thank you very much for your comment, I'm so glad the video was helpful to you. :-)
Thanks so much, I taught myself to tat, when my mom teased me that she knew how and I didn't, she recently passed away(at age 88) , and as I am the only family member who can tat, I got all of her shuttles, thread, etc. It has been a while since I have tatted, and I was really frustrated, but with your video, I am back at it, thanks so very much!!!
Hi Carolyn, it's lovely you will be carrying on with your mother's tatting. I'm very glad if I was of help. Happy tatting! :-)
@@11Frivole I am frustrated with trying to hold the thread, is there a secret?
THANK YOU for doing this! Now I actually understand what's happening and what SHOULD be happening. Grateful ❤❤
You're so welcome!
This is brilliant -- a friend asked me to teach her how to tat & now I can!!! We'll watch this demo -- it is exactly how I tat -- thank you! ps I've tatted for so long, I've forgotten how to be a beginner! -- this will help me teach!
That's great! Very glad my video will be useful to you both! :-)
Been trying for 2 days but now I finally can get the stitches on the shuttle cord. I'm away!! Thank you for sharing.
Very glad I could help! :-)
Thank you. You are the first person to tell me how to hold the shuttle in relation to how it is wound! I have watched many videos on how to transfer the knot without success. Now I just pull until the shuttle thread straightens completely and I know it has happened. I have been needle tatting for ages but just could not transfer the knot when trying to shuttle tat.
Hi Elizabeth, very glad my video was useful in helping you get started with shuttle tatting! Thank you for your comment. :-)
Hello, good time. Thank you for your very calm and beautiful teaching. I hope to God that I can learn this beautiful art from your teaching. Thank you.🙏🙏👌👌👌👌👌👏👏👏👏👏😍😍😍😍🥰🥰💝💝💝💝💝😍😍💝🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
And thank you for your comment - you can do it! :-)
Fantastic video, thank you for sharing this. It's the best explanation I have found. I couldn't work out what both threads were doing and how to get the knot to flip, I was getting really frustrated trying to work out where I was going wrong, but your explanation made it so quick and easy to understand, and now it's clicked! I'm looking forward to learning tatting, such a beautiful craft!
So very glad to hear it! Always a pleasure to read messages like yours! Happy tatting!
Thank you for explaining where each loop is supposed to be in each stage of the stitch. That’s the piece I was missing.
Great, very glad if you found it helpful! :-)
Oh, this is wonderful. I finally understood the mechanics behind it. Now there just remains practice, practice, practice! Thank you so much!
Glad it was helpful! Good luck with it Alva! :-)
Don't get frustrated if u make mistakes while trying to communicate your knowledge to us. If you really love it, n I think you do, the effort n ur energy will show!
Continue doing what u love :)
Thank you Christina! :-)
This is the best video that I have ever seen to show the double stitch with a shuttle. I still cannot do shuttle tatting but this video may help. I at least understand the process now. The other videos that I had watched were too far away and the tatter was going too fast. Thank you so much for this video. I am going to give this another try!
Hi Cheryl, thank you for your comment. I really hope you'll be able to shuttle tat soon and I'm very glad to hear you found the video helpful. Good luck!
Your videos were the easiest to follow while providing essential tips (such as how you know when a knot is correct). Thank you so much!
You're very welcome! Thank you for your comment. :-)
Amazing. I learned a lot of years ago, only with books. But I have done for these years a lot of movements, your method is faster and so easier and it stress the thread less than my first method. Thank you!!!
You're very welcome! Like you I used to tat differently in a much less efficient method when I was younger so was glad to change to this style of tatting which I find much more efficient.
Just starting out and have tried other videos, was getting frustrated until I came to yours! Thank you I am on my way thanks to you!
I'm very pleased if my video helped! Thank you for your comment. :-)
This was the clearest demonstration I have ever seen Thank you.
Thank you so much! :-)
Such a good demo of the method, thank you. I cannot even fathom the 215 people who gave it a thumbs down. Maybe they are the ones with the really bad instructional videos that have deeply frustrated most of us wanting to learn this craft. Again, thank you.
Thank you so much for your comment Rita! I must admit I used to get upset in the beginning when I saw "thumbs down"s on my videos but now I choose to concentrate on all the lovely comments I get instead... such as yours! :-)
My mother tatted and I could never learn but this gives me hope. Maybe at 78 I can learn. Thank you. Very clear on instructions.
It's never too late Ruth! I hope you will pick up your shuttles and have a go. :-)
Fabulosa explicación!!!!! La mejor que vi millón de gracias, me aclaro mucho el panorama del frivolite y me encanta !!!!!
De nada, el placer es mío! I am pleased you found it helpful. :-)
Oh my goodness you are amazing! I have tatted before but I have been strugging for a long time to figure it out again so I can make some lace. Thank you !!
You are so welcome! I really hope you'll be happily tatting away again soon. :-)
Thanks, I finally grasped how to to that flip...... thanks for using a larger shuttle and thicker cord for visual aid to beseen and understood!!!!
Lovely to hear, you'll be on your way now! :-)
You are the very best tatting teacher ever!!!! Amazing how understandable you make learning this beautiful craft!!! Thank you so much!
What a lovely comment! Thank you very much and I'm pleased if you found my video helpful. :-)
Thank you a lot, Frivole, because in all the explanations that I read, I never found this so clear !
Merci Marie-Hélène! I'm glad if this video helped you. :-)
Nice clear explanation and done at a slow speed so the brain can keep up. Thank you and well done as the penny has now dropped. Thank you for sharing.
Hi Wendy, thank you for your comment. I'm always glad to hear when my videos helped someone along! :-)
Thnd so much because some people do it too fast or use suck small string i couldn't tell what they were doing. I think most people that make tatting vids forget what's it like to start from the beginning... This was much more helpful
Thank you very much, glad you found it helpful.
Thank you!!!!! I finally get what flipping/transfering the knot means!!! ❤
Wonderful! :-)
I loved to watch my Grandmother Tat it always amazed me. Almost a lost art now. Thank you.
You're welcome! Thanks to internet nowadays though, it's easy for the tatting community to stay in touch with others around the world... and it makes it feel a bit less like a "lost art". :-)
Thank u so much for explaining ,there are some video that go so fast that you can't keep up..thank u,thank u!!!! I appreciate you 🤗
You are so welcome! Thank you very much for your nice comment.
This is the best explanation I ever seen I have been trying to get this .I even went to class and didn’t get it I teach my self needle tatting but my dream is to learn this you explained it very well God bless you thank you very much
Thank you for your message Zizi, I really hope you're next attempt will be successful and that you'll enjoy shuttle tatting. Best wishes.
Most helpful video I’ve watched while trying to learn. Thank you.
Great to hear! Thank you. :-)
Thanks so much. I couldn't figure it out earlier. But with your clear instructions, I understand correctly now.
Very glad it helped! :-)
Thank you so much! A friend visiting from out of town tried to teach me to tat, and I had no trouble understanding how and why to transfer or flip the knots, but had the darndest time figuring out the position for the right hand, especially for the first half of the stitch. Now I've got it! Eureka!
Wonderful! So glad if the video helped!
I was SO confused at first, I wasn't transferring my knot! Thank you SO much :D
Hello Arthur, does that mean it's working for you now? I hope so!
AWESON , REALLY GOOD. !!! You are a perfect Teácher, clear, no selfish, you share your knowledge with other .God bless you!
Thank you very much Martha! :-)