Tatting

I made a friend through Reddit, that shares my passion for crafts, and she had found some tatting shuttles in a box she had bought at a market. Being an awsome person, she sent them to me by mail so that they would come to use. And use them I indeed intend to do :)

Thanks, Bobbi!

Tatting, called nuperelle in Norwegian, is a lace making technique that involves a series of knots and loops that forms rings and chains. The technique has been around since the early 1800s and was developed to imitiate the by far more elaborate and intricate point lace.
There are different ways to tat; shuttle tatting, needle tatting and cro-tatting, the latter is a mix between tatting and crochet.
I've only tried with shuttle and needle, and of the two I am most comfortable with the needle. All the new shuttles I got yesterday is a good incentive to practice more with shuttles :) I'll ask my friend Hege, who is a master at shuttle tatting, to come show me some tricks ;)

Needletatting, with beads:

Shuttle tattig:

Lace trim with beads:

Butterflies:

Simple lace trim:

Another lace trim with beads:

Idon'tknowyet thing:

Will-be-lace-trim bits:

More lace trim:

Earrings:

I think it's safe to conclude that I like to make lace trims:)