About our Group - Just a little about our group and group membership and some copy right information. Basic Needle Tatting - Tutorials on how to Needle Tat, for the beginner. Also some information for the left hander. These Tutorials show how to work off the ball, which is making rings and chains, and with the Needle & Thread method where the thread is cut off the ball thread. Tatting Terms - A few of the basic Tatting Terms you may see in pattens. List also includes both Needle and Shuttle Terms Advanced Techniques in Tatting - Tutorials on some of the more advanced techniques after you have learned the basic rings and chains. Pattern Guide - All patterns are made by me Roger aka Freedman and have copy rights © by me. Please feel free to make one copy for your own personal use. But they are not to be used for sale/profit, without written permission of copy right owner. Members Original Designs - Members hold the original copy right © to their original patterns/designs. If you'd like to have any of these patterns on your site, please contact the management or the individual designer for permissions. There are two (2) Pages of members designs. If you make one of the members designs and show it off on another site, please give credit to the original designer, so they are acknowledged. TAR Doilies - TAR = Tat A Round. These doilies were made by the group members as a joint project and exchange. Please read copy right © information at the bottom of the TAR pages. TAR Doily 2004 TAR Doily 2005 Beading Idea's - A few idea's on how to use beads with Needle Tatting. Miscellaneous Tatting - Some information on Needle Thread sizes, Stiffeners, Tassel Idea's, Tatting and Testosterone and a few other off topic pages. Learn To Shuttle Tat, by first learning to Finger Tat - Some members have wanted to learn Shuttle Tatting and bought a Shuttle only to lay it aside because they cannot figure out the basics. The hardest part about learning to shuttle tat is the Flip of the thread, which is transferring the hand thread over to the shuttle thread. Now if you want to learn to Shuttle Tat, check out this tutorial showing how to use just a couple feet of thread to learn the basics. Then maybe you will pick that shuttle back up or be enticed to buy yourself one. Members Hints & Tips Message Board - A few helpful tips by members and myself. If you have a helpful Hint or Tip that you use for your tatting please feel free to add to this board any time. We all Tat a bit differently and sometimes we like to try different ways that might be easier. Off Topic Links - Just some of my favorite sites that I thought might be helpful to members, such as the Spell Checker, Font Colorizer and a few web sites that offer graphics etc. Message Boards are set up for General and Tatting Questions Board, but please feel free to ask questions on either. New Tatters Basic Class - For Needle or Shuttle, by Mimi Dillman and Katia