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Slow lessons in lace from the balcony, every other Sunday.
November 2026
5 videos
Joining a ring to a ring, without a crochet hook
The shuttle join, slowly, from the picot to the closed ring.
Making the double stitch your hands trust
A flip of the shuttle, a snug thread and a ring that closes by itself.
Reading a tatting pattern diagram
Rings, chains and picots, and what each little mark is telling you.
A round snowflake from six small rings
The motif I teach first, tatted in white thread and pinned flat to dry.
Three edgings you can tat in an evening
Plain, picot and scalloped, each one worked off a single shuttle.
October 2026
4 videos
Winding a shuttle without a knot
How much thread to wind, and the little tail that keeps it tidy.
Blocking and starching tatted lace
Pins, a soft board and a thin starch for a motif that holds its shape.
A picot bookmark for a friend
A thin strip of rings and chains, with a loop of thread for the tassel.
Fixing a mistake without cutting the thread
How to open a ring, undo a stitch and carry on as if nothing happened.
September 2026
1 video
Where my lace comes from, on the balcony
The morning light on the balcony in Yerevan, and the first thing I tatted there.
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Thread Notes
A short letter every other Sunday about one motif, one stitch and one thing the shuttle taught me.