What's On?
Exhibitions and Events
The Ring of Tatters visits several craft events per year with a demonstration stall, up and down the country. We love to say hello to fellow members of the Ring, or to show how to "flip the knot" to people interested in what tatting is all about!
The fairs we usually attend include the following:
- The Creative Craft Show, at either the NEC Birmingham, or the SEC Glasgow.
- Some of the smaller fairs: recently we have been to Yorkshire, Cambridgeshire and Solihull
Our next events:
Mainly Lace is hosting a Christmas Fair at the National Motorcycle Museum Conference Centre, Solihull, Birmingham, and the Ring of Tatters will have a stand there too.
Feel free to drop in and tell us about your Christmas tatting!
We hope you can join us at a Virtual Tat and Chat on Saturday 7th February 2026, starting at 9pm London (UTC), or 4pm New York (UTC -5), or Sun 8am Sydney (UTC+11).
Do bring along any tatting you are doing and we can catch up with each other. If you want to join us, please e-mail design@ringoftatters.org.uk and we will send you a Zoom link.
Other events:
The Lace Guild has published the details of its triennial competition for 2028, and there are several categories in which tatting might be entered, including
- knotted lace (which includes tatting, filet and Armenian laces) in a traditional style
- lace on the theme of "Legends"
Local Tatting Groups
Please let us know details of your local tatting days or meetings and we can list them here to let other tatters find you!
Ayrshire Tat and Chat Lace Group meet at 10am, on the 2nd Saturday of each month in Alloway, Ayr. For more details, see the Ring of Tatters newsletter.
Meet to Chat and Tat at the Storyhouse Chester from 11am till your fingers are sore on the 4th Saturday of most months. Refreshments are available at the venue. Contact Brenda Rewhorn on Rewhorn.bd@btinternet.com
Charnwood Tatters meet at 1.30pm on the 3rd Saturday of each month (2nd Saturday in December) at Shepshed Community Centre, Leicestershire, which is easily accessible from Junction 23 of the M1. Visitors and new members are always welcome - please see our facebook page.
This group meets every other Tuesday afternoon, 2-4pm, at the Insomnia Café, Community Room, Littleover, Derby DE23 6FQ
Contact:
South East Michigan, United States
The Great Lakes Lace Group include lacemakers from several traditions, including tatters. They hold regular meetings every other month: check their website for dates.
The Palmetto Tatters (South Carolina) are holding regular monthly meetings. The next Palmetto Tat Days are on August 22-25, 2024. For details, please see their website (link above).
The Scattered Tatters meet on the 1st Saturday of most months in Halesowen. For details of their meetings, see the latest Ring of Tatters newsletter.
The Shuttlebirds Tatting Guild in Spokane, WA, hold regular monthly meetings. They also have a blog.
South Lakeland Lace Makers are a group of lace makers and tatters who meet on the 3rd Saturday of each month, near Kendal in Cumbria. For details of their meetings, see their latest newsletter or their website (link above).
Social gathering to craft, all crafts welcome. 3rd Sunday of the month, Stogursey Victory Hall, Somerset TA5 1PR.
Organiser: Vicki Thomas, on the Ring of Tatters committee,
contact social@ringoftatters.org.uk.
Tatting Corner organises Tat Days, and the next one is Games Tatters Play, on July 11-13, 2024, in Chesterfield, Indiana. For details, please see their website (link above).
The Witney Tatters meet in the afternoons of the fourth Monday of the month.
Anyone interested in coming along, beginners welcome, please contact Joy Hollier at
