[Knitting A Conundrum]

a neat article on how to make needlelace (which is a lacemaking technique related to embroidery and cutwork and drawn thread work)

http://www.geocities.com/monstonitrus/a_and_s/needlelace/needlelace.html

And here are some instructions on how to get started tatting.

http://home.inreach.com/marthac/tat2.html

[FOG724]

I have done some tatting. Fun but time consuming. I would love to do more of it. The ones that get me are the ones who tie lace. Beautiful work but...

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Some other great needlelace sites:

http://www.marlamallett.com/l-needle.htm
beautiful photos of quite elaborate laces.

http://www.refalo.com/bobbinlace/needlelace.html
links and a great bibliography

Some more instruction on needle lace with links:
http://lace.lacefairy.com/ID/NeedlelaceID.html

[Utah Girl]

My grandmother taught me how to tat when she was 94 years old. I had tried once, but couldn't get the hang of it. And then I decided that if I didn't learn to tat, it would die with her. So I would sit down with her and have her teach me. Except she kind of forgot the flip trick with the thread. I finally figured it out after looking at charts and tutorials on the Internet. I'm glad I learned.