Hello All! Finally caught up with my tatting friend by phone last night. She lives in eastern Ohio & teaches tatting in both Ohio & Pennsylvania. She commented that not only were knotting shuttles highly decorative (jeweled, inlaid, carved etc), they were often given by gentlemen as a token of endearment. Her collection of vintage shuttles includes carved/etched mother-of-pearl, bone, tortoise shell etc. but none for knotting, so we wondered whether they might be rather expensive? We hope to meet for lunch this fall so I will take the 18th C Embr. Techn. book & give it a try using a Tatsy (??) if I haven't found a knotting shuttle by then. As to the Josephine knots, she finishes tatted bookmarks with them. The twining cord makes for a charming, vintage look. Although she is not a member of arachne, she was very complimentary as she had met Mark somewhere. She mentioned a gentleman from Holland who tats & designs as well. In the meantime, let's see if the library can find The Art of Tatting, circa 1910! Sincerely, Susan in Erie, PA
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