| Bio
In Buffalo, Wyoming, I was born Mary Louise Jacobson, seventh of nine
children. With so many children, sewing, embroidery, crocheting, tatting,
and knitting were a daily part of my mother's life.
All of us children learned whatever as we grew. However, Mother
refused to teach me tatting. She said because I am left-handed, I
couldn't learn how to do it. In the Spring of 1974, about 4 years
after she died, someone asked me about making a cross to put in her
Easter cards. I remembered Mom's tatted crosses. I finally located
one in my stuff and went to learning tatting from one of my books. I
have been tatting and learning more about tatting ever since.
Perhaps the most note worthy thing I have done with tatting before
the books was to create some tatting for a local thread merchant in 1996
when Krenik threads held their nationwide contest celebrating their 25
years in business. I created the tatting for the merchant and the
merchant won. Doug Krenik came to Laramie and they got to see and use
a lot of the Krenik threads.
I still live in Laramie, still tat and have
several more books to get
to print ... as soon as possible.
Class
1 - Team
Teaching with Camelia
Lambert
"Hey! I can
do that in Tatting!"
Time: Saturday, 11:30
to 1:30
Techniques: Multiple
techniques will be used as you work to design an original tatting
pattern.
Project: Designing
Tatting Patterns Inspired by Crochet and Hairpin Lace
Intermediate to Advanced Level:
It is helpful to know split rings, bridges/split chains, shoelace
trick, self closing mock ring (SCMR), twisted picots, measured
picots, lock join, mock picot and pearl tatting. Being able
to work from a visual diagram (not just from written patterns)
is a plus in this class.
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Description: Students will learn
the 'thought process' involved in design, as well as learning some
of the guidelines for selecting tatting stitches that work to duplicate
hairpin lace, crocheted pineapples, clusters, double crochet, and popcorn
stitch. Camelia and Mary will go over the crochet or hairpin lace that
you bring and help you design your own tatting pattern from your inspiration
piece. (Feel free to bring your favorite non-tatted laces for inspiration
on future tatting patterns!)
Supplies:
2 pairs of shuttles (4 shuttles) wound continuous with size 10 or 20 thread,
so you can see your stitches
Bring 2 shuttles wound with contrasting thread and cut off the ball
3 balls of thread – bring the rest of the balls you have shuttles wound
from
Pencil and paper
Scissors to cut out those frustrating mistakes.
Picot spacers that you can leave in your project.
Photocopy of crochet pattern you want to duplicate. This will be written on
so you probably won't want to bring your original.
A good imagination!
Contact Mary & Camelia ahead
of time if you want to start a large project in class. We can help
you figure out what additional supplies are needed.
Class
2 - Team Teaching
with Camelia Lambert
"Design Guidance
- Creating your Own Tatting Pattern Inspired by a Non-Tatted Lace"
Time: Saturday,
3 to 5
Technique: Multiple tatting
and design techniques are incorporated in this class
Project: A new project will not be taught in this
class. The instructors will aid students in completing design projects
already in progress.
Intermediate to Advanced
Level
Description:
This session gives the student the time and guidance they need to complete
the unique tatting patterns they have been working on. This might be a
pattern a student began in Class 1, or the student is welcome to bring
a pattern they have been designing at home. Camelia
and Mary can help you find ways to translate the stitches in another lace form
into a new tatted piece.
Supplies:
Please bring photo copies of the lace that is your inspiration piece, and whatever
threads and tools you choose to use in its creation.
Class
3
"Designing
a 'Rings of Flowers' Card"
Time: Friday, 1 to 3 Technique: Rings with a Professional Twist!
Project: Decorative Cards
Beginner to Intermediate Level Description:
A class for the beginner, designing rings will focus on the creation
of note cards of several varieties. Discussion will include some of the
basic elements of design, placement of tatting, additional elements & how
they can be applied, finishing the card so it looks as professional as possible
(not necessarily in that order), etc. One additional focus for this class will
be to explore other avenues for generating income from tatted rings.
Mary Maynard states:
"Looking back to when I started teaching, I wish I had had someone
to
tell me some of the ways of dealing with unintentional design
variations. I threw away so many, many hours of work because of
those. I'd like to help students learn from this experience."
Preparation before arrival
If you are already a tatter, please have the following:
Several rings, any number of picots - any color, any size thread
Several rings of green (for leaves)
If you are learning to tat at this workshop, no problem, a tutor will
guide you in making the rings for this project.
Supplies:
2 or 3 shuttles wound with any color (do not even have to be full)
scissors or cutting tool
Optional (I will have these items available for
the class in general)
Glue stick or tacky glue (I will provide bottle caps for individuals
to use
for glue containers)
Pens with colored ink
Plastic bags for the finished cards
Conference:
Saturday, 9 to 11, with Nina and Georgia.
Samples
of teacher’s work:
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