Beginners Class, Basic Info

How to Join the Class
Schedule
Dates
Computer Tools
Items Needed
Resources
Credits
Contact the Teachers

Class related links

Logs of Class Chats
Photos (at NSAN)
NSAN Yahoogroup
Special Events

Lessons

Meet and Greet
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
And onwards!

Search Only The Beginners Lessons from the Online Tatting Class (www.georgiaseitz.com/newtat/index.htm)

Search Only The Online Tatting Class (www.georgiaseitz.com)


 

New Tatter's Basic Class Info

Welcome to the Online Beginners Tatting Class!

- the beginners department ofGeorgia Seitz's Online Tatting Class.

We often refere to offsite links. As sites might move or just disappear, there might be some broken links for which we apologies. We are cleaning up as we can.

How to Join the Class

Anyone is free to use these pages to learn to tat. If you'd like to join our live lessons (conferences on Chatzy using your browser) sign up for Georgia's Tatting Class announcement-only email list. Details are here. Georgia will reply to you with the address of the chat room.

Also, we have a separate discussion list for beginners to voice their questions about the lessons, or learning tatting in general. Details are here http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newshuttlesandneedles/ (click "Join this group.")

No fees, just tatting fun! This site was written and is maintained by volunteers, just as the class is run by volunteers.

Schedule

Class is held on Thursday nights at 3pm and 8:30pm (ET). We need to start on time to make sure no West Coasters miss dinner, and East Coasters can go to bed on time :). So please log in a little bit early and enjoy some open chat too.

Afternoon

  • Eastern: 3PM
  • Central: 2PM
  • Mountain: 1PM
  • Pacific: 12 Noon
  • CET: 21:00/9PM
  • UK: 20:00/8PM

Evening

  • Eastern: 8:30PM
  • Central: 7:30PM
  • Mountain: 6:30PM
  • Pacific: 5:30PM
  • CET: 02:30/2:30AM
  • UK: 01:30/1:30AM


World Clock : Check your local time with the World Clock
 

Please note: For a period during Spring and Autmn the time difference might change as the transition between normal time and daylight saving time/summer time is different between the different US states and between different countries.

US Time changes April 1/Nov. 30, 2012). The April time change springs forward 1 hour and the time falls back 1 hour in November.

Dates

Class sets run a few times per year with a break during North American summer with breaks between to allow for extra help by class members before moving up to the regular Monday night classes held by Georgia.

    Schedule for 2012

    Lessons correspond to the week of the month, Week 1 = Lesson 1 , etc Meet and Greet held as Lesson 1 begins.
    January 12, 19, 26 sorry only 3 weeks...
    February 2, 9, 16 Open chat / catchup / other questions 23
    March 1, 8, 15 Open chat / catchup / other questions 22, 29 (?)
    April 5, 12, 19 Open chat / catchup / other questions 26
    May 3, 10, 17 Open chat / catchup / other questions 24, 31

    Summer break June, July, August special events not yet figured out....
    September-December...haven't figured them out yet either....

Computer Tools

Computer tools for online class: You have them if you are reading this page on line: your favorite Internet browser.

Because of the restricted class time, and amount of information to be covered, we ask that you please check this site and read/look at the classes during the week prior to class. This will allow for us to move along faster, as well as give you time to think about the class and questions you may have for us. Afternoon and evening sessions cover the same material but often different questions. You can attend either or both sessions.

Items needed in each Class

PLEASE Bring these Items to EACH Class:

  • Shuttle or Needle
  • 2 Colors of thread (nothing fancy... thicker is better to start)
  • 1 Small crochet hook (shuttles may have this on the tip)
  • 1 pair scissors or other thread cutting tool
  • notebook to hold your printouts/samples

Also, Check out the Completed Homework page! Scans from our students will be posted as we receive them. If you have scans you would like to include please send them to us! Let's show off what we are learning!

Also, if you notice any broken links or info that needs to be changed in ANY way please email the teachers. We want to make this site easy to navigate for everyone!

Resources

Some handy reference sites:

Reference List of Tatting Book Titles

Sue Hanson's Method of splitting Embroidery Floss for tatting

Comparison of Embroidery Floss Strands to Tatting Thread Sizes

Sites for extra Info/Practice

Tatting Short Hand

Common Tatting Terms Translated in Other Languages:

French

German

Italian

Spanish

Russian

 

Credits

A big THANK YOU to Anita who originally wrote most of the content of these pages in 2006, and to Mimi and Katia for their additions. Cynthia and Jane and AnneB are building on it.

Also thanks to all tatters who make tutorials of various techniques and lovely patterns and posts them online.

 

Contact the Teachers

Cynthia: brasthatfit at yahoo dot com
Jane: stujane82 at embarqmail dot com
AnneB: solurab at online dot no

Georgia Seitz: AKTATTER@aol.com