Teacher

Riet Surtel
of Holland

Email: r.surtel@home.nl

Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Frivolitekring/

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April 7, 2005

Bio
I was born on the 1st of May in Tilburg, a city in the south of the Netherlands. I learned a lot and that I was a “nice” pupil. You can see in the book Butterflies Migrating.

I started working and still learning when I was 17 years old. At the same time I learned tatting. I did it by myself with a book. I tatted an oval doily for my Moeke (mum) for Mother's Day and that was it. I got a boyfriend and was a scouts leader and my studying took so much time, tatting disappeared in a box and it stayed there until the beginning of the year 2000. Then someone announced that she would start a tatting guild and I thought wooooops somewhere in a box I must still have the shuttles and the book. I found them and started and there was a butterfly. In the same time I got my own pc, didn’t know anything about this thing , but after some weeks, I understood it a little bit and I found the class online. That was A Big Discovery !! There I met a lot of tatters and there were a lot from the south. They tried to learn me the way they speak in SC. We had and still have a great time in those classes.

And the tatting oooooooo that was a total surprise for me with all those new techniques, much more than doilies. I learned so much and in 2003 I was at the first TAT DAY in Columbia, SC.

Now I know a lot more of tatting and am busy with designing. I am also busy with our own guild doing workshops. I have a guildsite at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Frivolitekring/. I also make and translate patterns for our magazine. And I have taught for Georgia Seitz' Online Classes (see http://www.georgiaseitz.com/classes2001/fall2001/riet.html ).

And so I will soon be back in South Carolina, to meet you all again!

Riet Surtel-Smeulders the B-Engel from Holland
NATA #307

Class 1

"Playing with Picots"

Time: Friday, 3:30 - 5:30

Technique: Long Picots
Project: Doily

Advanced Level: Must know how to do split rings.

Description:
The student will learn to make long picots and play with them. You will work a doily and discuss other options like making it with splitrings into a triangle, or a circle or other shapes. Students are encouraged to think of other suggestions.

Homework:
It will be fine if you have prepared for this lesson a string of split rings, tatted with the threads you want to use for the doily. Need a string of about 24 till 30 split rings (SR 12/12)

Supplies:
2 shuttles
crochet hook
thread size 30 or Oran Bayan # 50 or something like that, in 2 colors
picot gauges (gauge of 3 - 3, 5 - 4 - 4, 5 - 5 - 5, 5 cm) one or two, not all, depending on the way you tat. (Teacher will provide cardboard ones, if needed.)

Beginnings of Doily

Sample Bookmark

Class 2

"Finger Tatting and Cool Snowflake for a Hot Summer Day!"

Time: Saturday, 11:30 to 1:30

Techniques: Rings, Chains, Picots and Joins
Project: True New Beginners - Button, Butterfly, Ring Flower or a bookmark. Beginners - Snowflake

Beginner Level: True Beginner to "I don't feel quite comfortable with my rings and chains." If you struggle to get a ring to close or find gaps in your chains, consider joining Riet for this snowflake project.

Description:
This snowflake class is dedicated to the brand new student. This small group will move at a slow pace. Students will learn flips, rings and chains.... and finish by working their first snowflake project. Children age 8 years and older are welcome to attend when accompanied by an adult.

Supplies for Snowflake:
Shuttle
Size 10 or 20 thread, white
crochet hook

Supplies for New Beginners
thick thread, like size 10, 2 colors
button or plastic ring

Or you may borrow supplies from The Palmetto Tatters Guild

Conference: Saturday, 3 to 5, with Sherry and Jane.

Samples of teacher’s work:

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