2004 TAT DAY Teacher

Sue Hanson of London, England

Email: sue.hanson@virgin.net
Website: http://freespace.virgin.net/r.hanson/tatting/tatting.htm

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Sue's Tree that went so BEAUTIFULLY with our TAT DAY theme. THANKS SUE!

Bio
Sue Hanson of SE London, England
Although I now live in London I'm Yorkshire born & bred :-)) My affinity with thread began at the age of 4, when Mom gave me needle, thread & fabric and started me embroidering. The idea was to keep me quiet but I'm not sure that worked! LOL

In the 1960's I took the Goldenhands Partwork and from it taught myself knitting, crochet & macramé. I've been a patchworker, a soft toy maker and in the 1980 I got myself a knitting machine and for many years gave lessons on them... I have developed my embroidery to include crewel, church and modern three-dimensional techniques, which I have also taught... and not forgetting workshops on Irish crochet...

In 1990 I took up bobbin lace and for many years was an addict! I had tried to tat for years with no success but the light finally dawned in December 1997 when I got that illusive flip... At the time I was getting very bored with bobbin lace so I visited my local library and got three books out!!!! Between those and help from the Arachne Lace List members explaining techniques via email I progressed to designing... This is the first medium that I can express myself successfully... :-) I then subscribed to the Tatting Digest & the Tat Chat Digest Lists. I joined the Ring of Tatters after meeting Lyn Morton at the Derby Lace Convention in 1998...

I am now seriously infected with the TATTING BUG! :-)

To see some of my designs please visit my web site at http://freespace.virgin.net/r.hanson/tatting/tatting.htm
Any questions e-mail me at sue.hanson@virgin.net

Long Class: Sequins and Stars (with Marie Smith)

Adding embelishments - sequins all bright & sparkly :-)
Depending how things go may even manage to cover split rings...
Sooo learning new skills but most of all having fun :-))

Pre-requisites/Level: Beginner Shuttle
Skills required
Must be able to work rings... Please practice this before hand :-)
Knowledge of joins would be helful but not necessary as it will be covered in class A beginners class covering picots for joining & decoration...

Materials
#10 thread wound onto shuttle & cut from ball
#20 thread wound onto shuttle & cut from ball
Matching crochet hooks 0.6mm & 1 mm
Flat sequins with largish hole (some will be supplied...)

Optional
Long hat pin for fastening down buttfly to tie ends...

Short class: Helma Flowers

Pre-requisites/Level: Advanced
Skills
Rings, chains & encapsulated chains... Josephine knots... Dead end starts... Hiding ends & adding in threads... Crochet an advantage but no worries I can show those who don't...
And most of all imagination :-)))

Health warning!!! These "freehand" flowers can become very addictive!!!
Using up all them ends and making pretty cards, pictures etc :-)))

Materials
Shuttle wound with a variegated for the flower colour...
Short lengths 18" (ish) of the centre colour & 1 to1.1/2 yard(s) for the stem colour.
(These will mostly be used for encapsulating with rings for leaves thrown off the stem...)
Crochet hook to match the thread, I worked out it should be about .75 mm for #20... 1mm for #10
Tapestry needles to take thread of choice... #20 recommended but #10 is OK
Odd contrasts in #40 or smaller for dead end starts...
Glue (PVA fabric type) I keep mine in a tiny pot from Paint by Numbers :-)
Tooth pick or similar for putting on that tiny drop of glue... Mmm I know G will kill me!

Optional extras...
Hair clips, mini clothes pegs, very small heckle pliers OR clip top from toothpaste tube... To hold ends together for encapsulating...
Long pin (hat pin type thing...) for fastening down the tiny flowers while tying off...
Picot Gauges 3/8", 1/4" & 5/8"

Special

Preserving the History, Expanding the Culture: Repairing Antique Pieces and Tatting Around the World (Friday morning)

Samples of teacher’s work:

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