Easy beginner project?

[newtatter]

Is making a bookmark an easy beginner project for needle tatting?

[RandaGray]

When I started out I made bookmarks, smaller motifs & doilies, & about a bazillion butterflies (I have 2 or 3 patterns that I've done so often I can still do them by heart, even though it's been forever since I got sick of them!), hearts, & stars. As long as it's a simple pattern I always tried whatever struck my fancy at that moment. I wouldn't recommend starting out with something like a regular or large size doily, or anything with split rings or anything complicated in it =-)

[Frivole]

Hi Newtatter,

Welcome to In Tatters!
Though I am not a needle tatter, I think bookmarks are easy and pleasant first projects. There are some very simple and pretty patterns out there. Or even to start, if you did not have a pattern, just a simple ring and chain with some picots would look pretty; make a short length and come back down the other side - voilà! And bookmarks are not only nice but useful.

Hope we see your first project soon.

Best wishes,
Frivole

[soyloquesoy]

I am not a needle tatter, but (depending on the pattern choice) I sure think so!

Here is a thread with some simple bookmark pattern suggestions: http://www.intatters.com/showthread.php?3924-Beginner-Pattern&highlight=simple+bookmark

Welcome to intatters and to the tatting world! I hope you have fun!

[britinpa]

Here's another link to a pretty simple bookmark that I needle tatted: http://tatsall.ca/patterns/linkedring.htm

[soyloquesoy]

That's a great one, britnpa!

[xstchntat]

My Flower Bookmark (http://www.intatters.com/showthread.php?2112-Flower-Bookmark&highlight=flower+bookmark) is another easy one in the Members Pattern area.

My Easy Cross (http://www.intatters.com/showthread.php?3337-Easy-tatted-cross) pattern is also in the Members Pattern area with a soon to be posted variation(waiting for approval by the moderators).

[britinpa]

Very nice patterns xstchntat - think i'll add those to my list of projects to do next!

[AKTATTER]

I hope that you will come and join the online tatting class, too. Do you know about the butterfly project for the holocaust museum??
Georgia
AKTATTER@aol.com
www.georgiaseitz.com

[AKTATTER]

This book has loads of bookmark patterns for beginning needle tatters: http://www.georgiaseitz.com/reviews/foster.html

Pleas come and join the online tatting class too
www.georgiaseitz.com
AKTATTER@aol.com

[mother76]

I'm sort of new to needle tattingI found a website that has the odd tatting patterns needle or shuttle-http://www.freepatterns.com/-its under doilys and called Tatted Lattice Doily, it's for either needle or shuttle I started it cause i like the pattern and i was able t figure how to needle tat it, i plan on use the pattern to make a table cloth. I hope it kinda helps