Intermediate Needle Tatting

Instructor: Diane Fisher

Class Description

Building on what is learned in Basic Beginning Needle Tatting (class on Sept. 23), take the next step, learn new skills, and make a beaded wreath ornament!

Bring needles from the Beginning Needle Tatting Kit. Your kit will include a pattern, beads, and #5 perle cotton.

If you ever tried shuttle tatting and failed, needle tatting makes the process of tatting easier to accomplish. Anyone who knits or crochets can usually learn needle tatting.

Bio:

Diane has been teaching needle tatting for over 20 years. Her mother tatted with a shuttle and could never slow down her hand movements enough to teach Diane or her daughter to tat with a shuttle. Diane owned 6 shuttles and numerous books on tatting, and considered herself a “tatting flunky.” She owned and operated Diane’s Design in East Petersburg for 10 years, and it was at one of her buyer’s shows that she discovered needle tatting. It was like a dream come true and needle tatting became an instant hit at her shop. She began teaching needle tatting to people who wanted to tat, but could not master the shuttle. At that time, Diane was a member of the Embroiderer’s Guild and the International Lace Maker’s Guild. It was several years later when Diane went to a tatting retreat (with her tatting needles in hand) taught by Rosemary Peel from England that she finally learned to tat with a shuttle. Rosemary told her, in a very British accent, “You can’t tat this with a needle.” But, Diane managed to do it with her needle and, as a bonus, learned to shuttle tat!

Registration Information:

Register online or download our registration form and return with payment. Cancellation Policy: All materials must be pre-purchased by the instructor; therefore, cancellations can only be refunded prior to sales-end date (November 4). If you registered online through Brown Paper Tickets, you may request a refund through them up to 12 hours after purchase. After that grace period and before the sales-end date, refunds will be issued via a paper check from the Landis Valley Associates, less a $20 non-refundable processing fee. Please contact landisvalley@gmail.com or 717-569-0401 to request your refund. We reserve the right to cancel a class due to insufficient registration. In that case, students can use funds already spent towards the cost of another class or receive a full refund.