✨ Add a little sparkle to your tatting ✨
Would you like to start adding beads to your tatting but aren’t quite sure where to begin? This friendly, hands-on workshop will guide you through the basics of incorporating beads into your tatting with confidence.
In this class you’ll learn:
🧵 How to plan where beads should sit in a design
🧵 When to load beads onto the shuttle, bobbin, or leave them loose
🧵 How to work beads neatly into rings and chains
🧵 Tips for choosing bead sizes and colours to suit your thread
Together we’ll make a pair of beaded tatted earrings, and if time allows, you’ll also start a small decorative beaded motif to take home.
⚠️ Please note: This class is suitable for those with some basic tatting experience. You should be comfortable making rings and chains and forming a consistent double stitch. It is not suitable for complete beginners.
What to bring
✏️ Notepad and pen
👓 Glasses (if needed for close work)
🪡 2 tatting shuttles
🧶 1 ball of #5 pearl cotton (any colour)
🧵 1 × 0.6 mm crochet hook
🪡 1 needle with an eye large enough for cotton
✨ 1 strand of beads (to match or contrast with your cotton – available to buy from the shop next door)
A relaxed, supportive session in my upstairs studio at Patchwork Dreamer — perfect for building skills and enjoying some focused creative time.
📍 Patchwork Dreamer, Bodmin
🎟️ Places are limited, booking essential
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