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Opposable Thumbs & Scissors
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Hi, I'm Angie.
I love to make lace - aka "tat" - mostly with a shuttle. I also love to teach.
Let's *coddiwomple this tatting journey together!
Hope you learn a lot and laugh with me. (At me is ok, too! :D)
No matter how frustrated you may get along our learning journey remember:
You are the master of the thread! You have opposable thumbs AND scissors!!
*Coddiwomple: (KOD-ee-wom-pul) Verb: -To travel purposefully toward an as-yet-unknown destination.
I love to make lace - aka "tat" - mostly with a shuttle. I also love to teach.
Let's *coddiwomple this tatting journey together!
Hope you learn a lot and laugh with me. (At me is ok, too! :D)
No matter how frustrated you may get along our learning journey remember:
You are the master of the thread! You have opposable thumbs AND scissors!!
*Coddiwomple: (KOD-ee-wom-pul) Verb: -To travel purposefully toward an as-yet-unknown destination.
ITD 2024: Crafting & Mental Health
00:00 Happy International Tatting Day!!!
2:15 The Funk - I think I'm coming out!! YAY!
12:55 Ha Ha moments and Pattern Pretties
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL TATTING DAY!!! I hope you enjoy this day where the world celebrates tatting.
In today's video, I'd like to share with you some insights into my own tatting journey. I hope you will leave feeling encouraged.
I mention some specific patterns in the video, here's where you can find them for yourself:
Laura B's shop on Etsy seems to be closed. She's also got a book of doilies that I thumb through often, and a Christmas book (that I don't have). Follow her directions better than I did, LOL.
Books available at hhtatting.com and tattingcorner.com (item nu...
2:15 The Funk - I think I'm coming out!! YAY!
12:55 Ha Ha moments and Pattern Pretties
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL TATTING DAY!!! I hope you enjoy this day where the world celebrates tatting.
In today's video, I'd like to share with you some insights into my own tatting journey. I hope you will leave feeling encouraged.
I mention some specific patterns in the video, here's where you can find them for yourself:
Laura B's shop on Etsy seems to be closed. She's also got a book of doilies that I thumb through often, and a Christmas book (that I don't have). Follow her directions better than I did, LOL.
Books available at hhtatting.com and tattingcorner.com (item nu...
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Видео
Tatting Pink Part 2
Просмотров 200Год назад
I got a second shipment from Tatting Pink a bit ago, and now it's time to review! Link to get your own: www.ebay.com/usr/tattingpink Thanks for watching and as I mentioned in this video... thanks for 200 SUBSCRIBERS!!! That's amazing to me.
Checking in June 2023
Просмотров 191Год назад
My voice has chosen to abandon me, so I won't torture you with listening to my squeaking, lol. Wanted to stay true to my word and make at least 1 video a month, so here's a short & sweet "hello" for June. I had emergency surgery on Sunday June 18th for ovarian torsion. It was the MOST PAINFUL thing I've ever experienced. I didn't go into detail, so no chance for a gross-out. I'm happy to answer...
Tatting Pink Shuttle Review
Просмотров 288Год назад
Tatting Pink on Ebay link: www.ebay.com/usr/tattingpink The heart pattern I think I was thinking of is quite possibly from a Danish tatting book "Julehjerter i orkis" by Lene Bjorn. (Honestly, it could also be from a bobbin lace design book by the same author). Sorry I can't provide you with a link to a cool checkered heart pattern, but there are many many free heart patterns available. Please ...
Xmas 2022 Tatting Lace Jewellery
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FINALLY reviewing the shuttles I got at Christmas. Please take a look the Esty shop I purchased from: www.etsy.com/shop/TattingLaceJewellery My Facebook Page: Opposable-Thumbs-Scissors-105398908851329 Please send me comments, suggestions, or just say hello! Please use the comments section of this (or any) of my videos, or my Facebook page. Hope to hear from you soon!
Pawel Christmas Shuttle Review Part 2
Просмотров 102Год назад
It's been a little while since Christmas, but here are some of my presents! It's also been a little while since I made a video, so I got a little long winded... hence the parts 1 & 2. Hope you enjoy. If you have questions, please ask me. I have a Facebook page: search/top?q=opposable thumbs & scissors . Plus there are lots of informative links below. Stay warm and tat on!! Pawel's ...
Snowflake Challenge 2023
Просмотров 288Год назад
This challenge started on Facebook as a way for the Challenge's creator to have a "stash" of snowflakes. I accepted this challenge because I'd always wanted to do a book from cover to cover and never seemed to "get around to it." Now, I have NO EXCUSES! I also have you and those on Facebook to help hold me accountable. (Integrity is very important to me, so if I say I'm going to do something, I...
Pawel Christmas Shuttle Review Part 1
Просмотров 107Год назад
It's been a little while since Christmas, but here are some of my presents! It's also been a little while since I made a video, so I got a little long winded... hence the parts 1 & 2. Hope you enjoy. If you have questions, please ask me. I have a Facebook page: search/top?q=opposable thumbs & scissors . Plus there are lots of informative links below. Stay warm and tat on!! Pawel's ...
Blue Ice Shuttle Review
Просмотров 1232 года назад
My Facebook Page: Opposable-Thumbs-Scissors-105398908851329 Miss Rita's Facebook page: shuttlebydesign Shuttles By Design: shuttlebydesign.company.site/
Veronika Shuttles
Просмотров 692 года назад
Get your own: tattingshuttles.com/ Take a look at other shuttles and join in discussions about them: groups/252732766934797 (or do a search for tatting or shuttles) Special thanks to Veronika and Laurel for "conspiring" together for my precious Rhema and Rainbow Bridge shuttles. I will treasure them.
Lock Chain
Просмотров 1852 года назад
Here's a video for the specific skills we learned with the tat-a-long. Hope you enjoy. Please ask if there are questions. Opposable-Thumbs-Scissors-105398908851329 Link to Muskaan's helpful pages: tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/
Split Ring
Просмотров 2052 года назад
As promised, here is a "how-to" of split rings. If you watched the TAL part 5 and desire a more "in depth" view, here's your video. Thanks for watching! Also check out @NooBearAus as she's put out an excellent split ring video just recently. Jane has split ring patterns for practice: www.janeeborall.freeservers.com/ Muskaan always has something for us to learn: tipsaroundthehome.blogspot.com/ J...
Tatting Lace Jewellery Shuttle Review
Просмотров 6542 года назад
Tatting Lace Jewellery Shuttle Review
Just found you! Enjoying your videos. Prayers for your recovery and return to youtube.
Thanks so much!! If life would calm down a bit, maybe I could squeeze in a video or 2. I'm so glad you enjoy watching. Have a great day. Don't be afraid to reach out with questions, I'm around and happy to help!
@@opp_thumbs_n_scissors Thank you, I will. I found your picot video especially helpful in correcting a problem I was having despite having watched dozens of other videos.
That's awesome! Glad I could help. Just out of curiosity, was it the counting? That issue tripped me up a lot in the beginning.
What’s the brand name of the big mixed coloured shuttle. It,s beautiful.
It's a hand-made resin (I think resin, anyway) by Alexy. He's based in California now, but hasn't been making shuttles. Thanks for your interest.
So I had a free lesson tatting booth this weekend at our local quilt show. It was very well received! Some people picked it right up. Older crocheters I could not get them to loosen their grip on the ball thread trying to flip the stitch. They would not keep correct hand hold in the pinch. One lady sat with me a very long time, I helped her her and helped and helped. I then just kind of gave up because I am not a crocheter , so I could not tell her how to hold it in her muscle memory. I let her down because I do not crochet and could not get through. She was a lefty so I had her mirror what I was doing from across the table. Not sure if I will do this again, but if you have any tips in case there is another lesson opportunity, it would be greatly appreciated. And about your video……the pressure to make is real!!! Yup I too get paralyzed anticipating…..Sometimes I think that the creative process of any craft I get manic….I don’t want to do anything else…not cooking, not cleaning, not working. When I am in that phase or cycle, I kick butt. Right now I am in a lull. The pressure to create is flowing, but I am relieving the pressure with my wips, and am just not going to think about them. The snowflake is pretty! Oooooo your big doily is gorgeous! The bottom doily is gorgeous too! I like it! ((((((Hugs to you))))). Tatters unite, or untie if you accidentally typo hahaha
How awesome and exciting!! So glad you got to demo tatting, that sounds like so much fun. TIPS: send them to my channel. LOL Seriously, there are a few different ways of holding the pinch with either the index and thumb or the middle finger and thumb. Also you could try reverse Reigo method because they "let go" more so and will perhaps "find their own pinch" more organically. I've been really feeling like making a SCMR vid lately and have wanted to do that one the longest. Though now, you've given me a bit of inspiration on making some shorter ones that I could just blast out... ie different pinch/ways of setting up the loom.... hmmmmm.... I just need to DO it, and not give myself any time for anticipatory anxiety. (Easy to say, right?) I LOVE your sign off - and often have to untie my tatting... I wish it were as easy to fix as a typo!! Thank you so much for commenting! See you around the interwebs!!
I am admittedly a new tatter. After years of frustration and little success I finally found out what is wrong. I have short thumbs relative to very tiny hands. So in normal slip and slide tatting with a typical 3 inch + shuttle I can make the first half of a stitch but the second half I can't reach across without holding on to the very end of the shuttle causing launching of the shuttle. Using 2.5 inch or shorter shuttles I can slip and slide tat in both directions with no problems. Reverse Riego was suggested to me by Noo Bear. With this method I can actually use larger shuttles. Though I tend to slip and slide the 1st half and Riego the second half. Just though I would put this here in case anyone else has run into similar frustrations.
Awesome! So glad you found a way that works. I launch shuttles regularly, too. Mine is because my hands are weak due to surgeries. In Rebecca Jones book The complete Book of Tatting, Reverse Reigo is the 1st listed method (if memory serves). I didn't learn about it until MUCH later, after I'd struggled w the flip for a long time. Lol. Thanks for watching!!
Thank you the wonderful demonstration. I can now tat two different ways. Yay.
Great! Check out the slip & slide Jane's way video, and you'll have 3 ways to tat! Lol lol. So glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching!
The Jennifer Williams 20 Snowflake Patterns is one of my all- time favorites as well is Jon Yusoff's snowflakes book.
I'm really enjoying Jennifer's book. I have Jon's "Tatting Gems" book, but I don't think I've made anything out of it yet. As of this writing, I still haven't finished my snowflake challenge, but I'm determined to do it! LOL. (Plus I think it would make a lovely series of short videos). Thanks so much for watching and commenting!!
Glad you see your smiling face again and a few giggles. Tatting is a knotted journey on the way to make lace. (k)not Confucius but you get it! Make lace on your journey the rest are just knots! Love you
Thanks Laurel! Pretty wise sayings from (k)not Confucius. I don't think I can do a video without at least 1 giggle. Lol
Hugs Angie, thank you for sharing your journey... love your work!
Thanks Miss Deb. Appreciate you reaching out!
I just found your video Thank you very much for sharing I can't wait to start , your a great teacher
Thank you so much!! Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for watching. Please ask if you have any questions.
Thank you for your help.👍
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching.
I have been trying shuttle tatting for a while, just not getting it😢
Did this video help at all? I know for myself, it took a long time for me to "get it." I would suggest using a thick thread (size 5 or even 3). Also if rings are tripping you up, try chains first. I'm here to help, so please reach out here or on my Facebook page of the same name. You can do this!!
Thank you for showing this methode I always struggle with attaching treat and I am certainly going to try this it makes it so much neater. Do you have an instruction how to end the work how do you hide the ends there?
No, I don't. Honestly, most of the stuff I do, I just tie a square knot, dab with a bit of fray check or glue, and call it good. I have used magic loops before, but always seem to forget about them when the time comes. Thanks so much for watching!
@@opp_thumbs_n_scissors thank you for the answer. I also tie a knot when finished and i also use glue or nail polish. Wel at least the start is without a knot. I hoped you had the magic answer for finishing.
Thank you for your help ❤️
Happy to help! 😊
That was fun. What kind of clear do you use?
I don't make them, I just love them! Lol. If you ask tatting pink, I'm sure she'll have much better info as the only info I can provide would be made up. Thanks for watching!!
I wish I'd seen this a few days ago. This looks easier than the other way.
Thanks for watching! It's my hope this helps you see what the thread is SUPPOSED to do, either way you ultimately choose to tat. For the longest time, I didn't even SEE the supposed "flip" "transfer" or anything else others were calling it. Lol. Stay cool & tat on!
Get well! I love the shuttle with spiders))
Thx so much! (Me too!! I can't wait to do a vid for that spider shuttle!)
Master of the thread makes me feel like heman who was master of the universe! 🙂
That's right up there with "Thundercats!! HOOOOOOOOO!! ahhh, the 80's...
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Get Well soon! Bless your heart! Your thread “mess” looks beautiful all laying like that!
Thanks so much! I'm leaning hard on the Lord right now. I was really wanting to make a few "snowflake" videos as we're halfway through the year, but there was no way I could squeaky voice my way through showing some techniques I learned. Maybe in July!! 🤞🤞
No entiendo soy chile español ojala que mande asi
Wow! Chile? Welcome. I got your comment, but I don't understand your question... To buy shuttles from the shop I reviewed in this video, go to ebay & search for "tatting pink" or follow this link www.ebay.com/usr/tattingpink If that wasn't your question, I'm sorry.. please ask again.
Have you thought of using a 3 or 5 crochet cotton?
That's a great idea for this video! Thx. Here's my thoughts about thread on camera in general. I prefer size 10 Lizbeth as it shows up well, is comparable to a size 20 in terms of how the pattern turns out, and won't splay my shuttle blades. Crochet cotton (like Aunt Lydia) is not 6ply and tends to be "fuzzier." It's also not as "slippy" so can be hard to wrestle. Also if it's humid, I'm nervous, or my hands are sweaty for any reason, crochet cotton tends to absorb that moisture somehow and I become all thumbs and have to get the scissors! Lol lol! If you're still reading my reply, thank you! I realize it was longer than you probably bargained for. Thanks for watching!!
your shuttle is so beautiful. I can't even tatt and I have shuttle envy.
Shuttle envy is a chronic, but curable condition, lol. Hopefully this video will help you get the flip so that you can start your tatting adventure. If you have questions, please reach out.
Frog for "frogging" 😊
Haha... I hope not too much of that. 🐸
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Thx! 😊
Love the clicky noises too, l only work with posted shuttles for that reason 👍❤
Post shuttles are my favorite for sure! I'll have more shuttles from this designer in a video soon! Thanks for watching (and commenting!)
I don't understand why RUclipsrs have to spend 5 minutes talking about nothing before getting to the subject.
I can only speak for myself, but I'd say nerves. It's a little awkward talking to an unseen audience (no feedback), plus I want to be personable. I'll try to improve in this area, or provide better chapter jumps so viewers can get down to business right away if they wish. Thanks for watching!!
And I do not understand why some RUclipsrs feel the need to be rude rather than grateful someone has taken the time and effort to make a very edifying video. Maybe the next video opp_thumbs needs to create is how to use the “Playback Speed”” or even the “Back” button to accommodate your busy schedule and not waste your time.
I really like this book. I’ve made Gillian about 10 times, but it’s been a while and I don’t have the book with me (wintering in Florida). I don’t remember having any problems with the center beads. I’ll have to make another one when I get home to see how I did it.
I'm really enjoying this book... beautiful patterns, but explained beautifully that I have the confidence to attempt. I'm sure it's a "me" problem. I've got an idea how to change it when I make it again, but kinda also want to go on, so I make it thru the book. Thx for watching!
oooo the snowflakes with the flat beads would be snow sparkly with sequins! ❤
"Snow sparkly" I know that was prolly a typo, but I LOVE that expression. It turned out much better w larger sequins... pic is on my fb page.
Happy Birthday! This past fall, I tatted up some free pattern snowflakes on pinterest. They are a gob of work, for such petite projects. My goal was to make 15. I only made 3 😳. I enjoyed your video! 🙂
Thanks! That's why I'm glad there are others to hold me a bit accountable. (Plus it's fun). I'm loving the book
The petite shuttle, I have normal hands but short fat fingers, so that one may be for me. Are these heavy like a metal boye?
I bet the classic would also do you well. I'll have to hold them both to tell you for sure (or get out my kitchen scale, lol), but I'd bet that Pawel's are heavier (even if by a smidgen). Thanks for watching!
I bet these feel good in your hands!
They do! The Bellie is a little too wide, (and I think I forgot to introduce "Space ship 1") but I do like the feel.
I need to look into these. Nice thread amount would fit, and I hate tatting my ends in. Thanks for these details!
I'm a rebel... I don't do much with my ends usually... Little fray check sometimes, or make a tail (like for a bookmark)... I guess I should practice more at hiding ends. I'm so glad the info was helpful! Thanks for being a loyal watcher/comment-er. Have a beautiful day!
Я тоже согласен, почему всегда коты😂, я тоже люблю собак. Но и котов тоже. Еще люблю воронов. Нужно дизайн с воронами👍
I'm sure she'll work with you on any custom orders you may want. She's a lovely human! 😍
Спасибо, мы очень рады, что на работу моей любимой Вероники делают обзор на другом континенте планеты земля! 👍🤗
Happy to do it! Her work is stunning! 😍💞💝
Popped the packing, yeah! 🤜🤛 These are beautiful and look like you could fill that with lots of thread for a big project! One day I will get me one of these. Thank you for promoting. Sorry about your fur baby. My fav is the butterfly!
Thanks for your comments & sympathies. They do hold quite a bit of thread especially my larger black carved one.
No worries about the speed of manufacturing videos. It may mess with the youtube algorythm and the exposure you get. Regardless I will watch, like, and comment!
Thanks so much for your support! I appreciate it SO much!
Check out Jennifer's tip sheet found here: www.cariad-tatting.com/_files/ugd/c32622_81fd0b75d1b04572824bf69d7037a6c8.pdf Also check out her pattern page for practice using specific techniques found here: www.cariad-tatting.com/specific-techniques-patterns
I finally understand how to do the lock join. I've been trying for so long. Thank you!
Yay!! That's great Jill! Thanks so much for watching.
I was just revisiting the first book on tatting I ever bought, the one I learned from, "The Complete Book of Tatting: Everything You Wanted To Know but Couldn't Find Out About Shuttle Lace" by Rebecca Jones - and THIS is the method she presents as Method One, probably because it makes everything so simple. (She presents a total of five methods for the shuttle and one for needle.) And yes, she calls it Reverse Riego too, because... "...when Mlle Riego published her instructions on how to tat in 1850 she used the same method, only she did it the other way around... Riego's description of the single stitch (we call it the first half of the double stitch) is the same as our second half of the stitch and her second half is the same as our first half.)" Then she presents Mlle Riego's original instructions in a later chapter. Anyway, I saw that and wondered if anyone had videos on this method, and Google found yours pretty instantly. Bonus - I get to explore the rest of your tatting videos. Thank you!
Awesome!! I hope you enjoy your visit to my channel and you like what you find here. I've heard the saying that "the knot cares not how it was made..." and love that there's more than one way to make beautiful things. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Please make sure to check out all the neat links in all the TAL video description boxes. Please leave feedback either here or on my Facebook page. Thanks so much for watching!!
Hi, where did you get this shuttle, what is the brand? It looks like it holds a lot!
It is a lovely shuttle by Miss Rita. shuttlebydesign.company.site/SHUTTLES-c25529907 I have a lot of her colors, and YES, they hold a lot of thread. They are also good for bead work. Thanks for watching!
I was looking for a present for my brother for his birthday. This is perfect. I've been learning to tat on my own for quite a while. It is going to be fun to have someone to learn with. I'm looking forward to next week's video. The microphone was cool and the volume was perfect. See you next week.
Yay! Can't wait. Thanks for watching.
whoops, responded from the wrong account! lol. I still can't wait, though!
This will be fun to see Angie use this as a base for her tat-a-long. May I say that I don't really consider myself the designer of this cross - it is simply ring and chain, ha! The first sketch was impromptu for a student who was not satisfied with a plain bookmark, as I had planned for our lesson. Her only skills in beginning this were ring, chain & join. The reason for the counts being 3, 6, & 12 was to make the tatting finish quickly. The reason for the lack of decorative picots was because the student wanted to make a cross for her brother. She was having trouble keeping up with the turns of the cross from the crude pencil sketch. When I numbered the rings for her, she could follow the pattern better.
That's what I love about it- simple! (Like me lol). I'm hoping to show some variation especially with the tail to encourage newbies to play & not be so focused on perfection or "getting it right". Tatting is supposed to be fun. Laughing is the best medicine in the whole world! Thanks so much for use of your pattern & for watching & for just being a wonderful human 🥰!
Gina Butler taught me to tat in person! I am forever grateful to her. This tat-a-long is fantastic!
That is too cool! Thanks for being such a loyal watcher; I look forward to your comments.
You’re doing great! Love this!
Thank you so much!! Lovely to hear feedback!
Thank you Angie! See you next week!
Can't wait! Hope you had fun.
Is the weight of this similar to a boye metal shuttle?
This is much heavier, I'd say. (I was curious after I typed that so...) Kitchen scale confirms... Boye is 0.3oz & Diver is 0.7oz
Are the textured shuttles easier to hold on to? They don't slip out of your fingers as easily? Thanks! I'm hearing impaired, so the mic is a little soft, for me.
Yes. But to be fair, I haven't done a project with them yet. They feel so unusual that I think my brain has become stuck on the tactile-ness of them. Lol. Sometimes they almost feel sticky, but that could just be humidity or me being so hot. Thanks for your feedback, I'll try a different setup for the mic so you can hear me better. (Although, I'm sure some would argue that you're better off NOT hearing me. Lol).
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Aww, thanks so much for watching!
I’m a needle tatter along with being left handed. However, I like your explanations and I think I can adapt these helps adding and hidden ends. It looks much cleaner than sewing the ends in. Thank you.
Awesome!! So glad it helped. Thanks for watching!
Thank you Ur video has been very helpful n now I have a knotless start to my tatting
Awesome! Glad the video was helpful. Thanks for watching.
Would you post the sticky mat location too? I’m in a hospital bed with two broken legs knees and ankles. I also have a fractured back, all my items have to be close to me and not heavy ! I am just now learning tatting with and without beads. Beads rolling off my tummy is a problem. Think of the Princesses and the pea. That’s me. LOL (not). My wheelchair and right side of bed is full of stuff along with some shelving on right side. I’m stuck like this for the rest of my life because couldn’t and wouldn’t have surgery. The surgeons would just break shatter more bones trying to fix what was broken in my fall. Been like this since 2019. I loved cross stitching and even designed my own patterns using 160 different colors of thread. I have a project now but can’t comfortably work on it. Any and I mean Any suggestions you have I’d love to hear from you. I do have messenger and on Facebook if that would be a good way of communicating. I am so glad I found you on RUclips tonight!
I'll give you 2. One from Beadsmith is "official" one, then there's a cheaper 6pack that works just the same. Hope you get to feeling better soon! I have a big tummy that I use as a shelf, so I have the same troubles, lol. I pray for you to have wisdom to know how best to proceed. Beadsmith: smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B003SRGE5M/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 6pack: smile.amazon.com/Anti-Slip-Painting-Universal-Embroidery-Accessories/dp/B086GV5RZD/ref=sr_1_30_sspa?crid=1H5KWABTA35VM&keywords=bead+mat&qid=1659122003&sprefix