Forthcoming Courses Include:

• Introduction to Tatting & Beading
• Tatting & Beadwork Weekend

Tutors Include:

• Brenda Rewhorn

New for 2006/7 we are delighted to offer 2 new Tatting and  Beading courses with Brenda Rewhorn.

Tatting is an old, simple and portable thread craft producing a strong lace-like fabric. Beginners as well as more experienced workers are welcome on this course. The whole programme is designed to inspire you to create interesting butterfly motifs, 3-D flowers, and personalised greetings cards

The crafts needs the minimum of equipment - just a shuttle and possibly a fine crochet hook. Any smooth thread may be used - the equivalent of crochet thread size 20 or 40 and it is very easy to add beads which are so popular today.

Historically, tatting emerged in the first half of the 19th century as a development from knotting. The new availability of fine mercerized threads from 1835 encouraged a burgeoning of lace crafts of all sorts. In the 19th century and well into the 20th century, tatting was used like crochet or knitted lace mainly for edgings, collars, doyleys, traycloths and so on. The threads used ranged from No. 20 to the very fine No. 100. And the colour was usually white or ecru.

But since the formation of the Ring of Tatters in 1980, and even more since the coming of the Internet, ideas and new techniques have spread around the world like wildfire. More people than ever are creating their own patterns, and publishing them too.

For more details about our Tatting Courses, please see the links above.