Link Dump 2009.02.22
How To’s
Instructions for needle tatting a flower pendant.
(via)
http://www.instructables.com/id/Learn_Needle_Tatting_With_My_Flower_Pendant/
and while we’re on the topic of tatting, have a look at some rocks decorated with tatting…
http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/02/roundup_crafty_rocks.html?CMP=OTC-5JF307375954
The guild has started a tutorial forum and populated it with a knotted plate frame and a pineapple knot.
http://igkt.net/sm/index.php?board=10.0
Things to buy
A knotted (button and cross knots and a pendant) necklace.
http://into-the-dawn.blogspot.com/2009/02/knots-backdrops.html
Knotty Folklore
A Buddhist parable tells of Buddha testing the ability of his disciples to untie knots.
http://living.oneindia.in/yoga-spirituality/paramahamsa-nithyananda/2009/manipuraka-chakra-worries-200209.html
Blogs
A tatter who says she also ties knots and micro-macramé, except that I could only find tatting posts….
http://teritatbitdusenbury.blogspot.com/
Things to see and do
My apologies for the after-the-fact notices and vagueness to some of the links here. My hope is that they are still useful as starting points for those interested in making contacts with other knot-tyers in a particular area.
ChinaFest Family Day, on Saturday, February 21, 2009 at the Pauley Center Building, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia they had knot tying demonstrations including dragonfly knots.(via).
http://www.therosegroup.org/caffc/programs_2009.htm
They were teaching knot tying at the Family Fun Week at Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA until February 20, 2009. Phone number at the link.
http://www.heraldnews.com/lifestyle/parenting/x598676703/PK-Calendar
At Glister Fashion Shop (near Petaling Street, somewhere in Malaysia) they give Chinese knotting classes. There’s a phone number in the link.
http://ranibeading.blogspot.com/2009/02/chinese-knot-class.html
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