What's On

 

Members, please email webeditor@ringoftatters.org.uk with details of your tatting events and we will display them here.

 

Venues where the Ring of Tatters will be demonstrating in 2008

August 24th - 25th August
(Bank Holiday Weekend)
Wrest Park, Silsoe
Wrest Park Craft & Design Show, Silsoe, Beds. MK45 4HR (midway between Bedford and Luton)
Contact David Wareham davidwareham69@yahoo.co.uk
**Demonstrators needed** Please contact Ruth Price if you are interested in demonstrating.
September 25 - 28 Exeter
Creative Stitches & Hobbycrafts, Westpoint Centre, Clyst St Mary, Exeter EX5 1DJ
For travel details see the ICHF website
October 9th - 12th Alexandra Palace
Knitting & Stitching Show, Alexandra Palace Way, Wood Green, London N22 7AY
www.alexandrapalace.com
October 18th Pudsey Lace Day
Great Northern (Not Just Lace) Fair, Civic Hall, Pudsey, West Yorks LS28 5TA
Oct 30th - Nov 1st Cardiff
Creative Stitches & Hobbycraft, Cardiff International Arena, Mary Ann Street, Cardiff CF10 2EQ
For travel details see the ICHF website
November 20th - 23rd Harrogate
Knitting & Stitching Show, Harrogate International Centre, King's Road, Harrogate HG1 5LA
www.harrogateinternationalcentre.co.uk

VOLUNTEERS - If you are interested in demonstrating at any of these shows, please don't wait to be asked! Contact Ruth the Exhibitions Co-ordinator and let her know you are willing.

You don't need to be a great tatter! What we need are enthusiastic people who can turn the knot. If you can tat a simple chain, that's all you need to demonstrate.

 

Tatting Days and Other Events in 2008

Usually a tatting day runs from 10 - 4. You take a packed lunch but drinks are provided all day. There is generally a workshop and a supplier, and maybe a competition - but just enjoy tatting and chatting if you prefer. In the UK tickets are about £3. Beginners are always welcome and this is a great way to learn with lots of people to help you. You don't have to be a member of the Ring to attend.

Tatting workshops, exhibitions and fairs are also included here.

Please Contact Us to be put in touch with individual organizers for more details.

May 18th Learn to Tat Workshop
Fabrications, 7 Broadway Market, London E8 4PH
Contact editor@ringoftatters.org.uk
May 31st Rosemarie Peel Workshop
Heritage Centre, Avenue Road, Nuneaton
www.lacet.co.uk
June 7th Glasgow Tatting Day
Woodside Halls, Glenfarg Street, St. George's Cross.
June 21st West Midlands Tatters
Amblecote Church Hall, Vicarage Road, Stourbridge
Talk by George Hook, the last mother-of-pearl worker in Birmingham. Workshop on several tatting techniques.
Contact Chris bob.chris@o2.co.uk
July 26th & Aug 23rd A La Ronde, Exmouth, Devon
An intriguing 16-sided house built in 1796 by two women cousins. The Upper Gallery is noted for its shell decoration. Great views over the Exe Estuary. A National Trust Property
The 1-day exhibition and demonstration will be held in a tent at the side of the house, and entry to this is free. Bus from Exeter. Contact wilmagaskins@hotmail.co.uk
September 13th Pompey Tatters' Day
Buckland Community Centre, Malins Road, Portsmouth.
Talk by Heather Lickley about her bursary on Elgiva Nicholls. Workshop on Shamrock from Elgiva's book.
September 14th The Midlands (Not Just Lace) Fair
The Benn Hall, Newbold Road, Rugby, CV21 2LB.
Contact jofirth@ntlworld.com
September 20th West Midlands Tatters
Amblecote Church Hall, Vicarage Road, Stourbridge
Workshop with Brenda Rewhorn.
Contact Chris bob.chris@o2.co.uk
October 4th Glasgow Tatting Day
Woodside Halls, Glenfarg Street, St. George's Cross.
Octoper 4th Downend Tatting Day
Lincombe Barn (Downend Folk Centre)
Workshop with Jennifer Williams.
Contact exhibitions@ringoftatters.org.uk
October 11th Charnwood Tatting Day
Baxtergate Baptist Chapel, Baxtergate, Loughborough, Leics.
October 18th The Great Northern (Not Just Lace) Fair
The Civic Hall, Dawson's Corner, Pudsey, LS28 5TA
Contact jofirth@ntlworld.com
October 18th The Guild of Needle Laces Lace Day and AGM
All Saints' Church, Dedworth Road, Windsor, SL4 4JW
www.guildofneedlelaces.org
November 8th Northern Ireland Lace Day
Contact patricia-todd@hotmail.com
CANADA:
Date to be confirmed Maple Leaf Tatters' Workshop
Toronto ON
Contact sac@interlog.com
September 26-27th Fringe Element Tatters' Guild
Cambridge, Ontario
Classes by Karey Solomon, Deb Arnold, Ruth Perry, Brenda Franklin, Rita Cochrane and Norm Reid.
Contact fringetatters@execulink.com
USA:
June 4-8th Lace Makers of Puget Sound
Pacific Northwest Lace Conference
At a university campus in Tacoma WA just south of Seattle.
All sorts of lace including tatting.
www.lacemakers.org
June 20-21st Camp Wanna Tat
Near Thompson Falls, MT
Contact Bobbie Demmer
September 5-6th Palmetto Tatters' Guilds Annual Tat Days
White Oak Conference Centre, Winnsboro, South Carolina
www.palmettotatters.org
September 19-20th Camp Wanna Tat
Near Thompson Falls, MT
Contact Bobbie Demmer
 

Regular Meetings

These are informal, friendly groups that usually meet for 2 hours once a month. Beginners are welcome, and you don't have to be a member of the Ring to attend. Tatting groups can be found in all of the following places:

Please Contact Us to be put in touch with individual organizers for more details. We don't give addresses here because meetings are often in private houses.

England: (In a generally north to south order till south of the M4, then east to west)
Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham
Yarm, North Yorkshire
Brighouse, West Yorkshire
Colne, Lancashire
Lancaster, Lancashire
Burnley, Lancashire
SW Manchester area/Cheshire
Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
Nottingham/Derby
Derby (2 groups)
Sheringham, Norfolk
Wells, Norfolk
Loughborough, Leicestershire
Kettering, Northants
Nuneaton, Warwickshire
Halesowen, West Midlands
Malvern, Worcestershire
Woodbridge, Suffolk
Chelmsford, Essex
Didcot, Oxfordshire
Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
Eastbourne, East Sussex
Sevenoaks, Kent
Orpington, Greater London
West Wickham, Cambridgeshire
Cuckfield, West Sussex
Burgess Hill, West Sussex
Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex
Brighton, Sussex
Epsom, Surrey
Guildford, Surrey
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Freshwater, Isle of Wight
Bristol (2 groups)
Great Torrington, North Devon
Exmouth, South Devon
Dawlish, South Devon
Camborne, Cornwall
Wales Scotland
Newport
Cardiff
Penarth
Swansea
Morfa Nefyn, Lleyn Peninsula
Invergarry, Inverness-shire
Lower Largo, Fife
Alloway, South Ayrshire

Australia: Epping, NSW; Ringwood, Victoria.

Japan: Miyagi.

New Zealand: New Plymouth.

USA:
Mobile, Alabama
Buena Park, California     www.hedgehoglacers.org
Chula Vista, California     karpap@cox.net
Lexington, South Carolina     www.palmettotatters.org
Boulder, Colorado     www.rockymountainlaceguild.org
Lakeland, Florida
Sandy Springs, Atlanta, Georgia
Central Iowa
Lincoln, North Louisiana
Frostburg, Maryland     mdtatter@yahoo.com
Lincoln, Nebraska
Chisholm Trail, Kingfisher, Oklahoma
Charlottesville, Virginia
Bremerton, Washington
Spokane, Washington     www.geocities.com/shuttlebirds
Tacoma, Washington
Oshkosh, Wisconsin

If you would like to find out more details Contact Us, or better still join the Ring of Tatters.

 

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