Starter for Beginners: a description of the technique and tools for working

A frivolite is a kind of needlework based on weaving laces using knots. Arcs and rings are the main elements of the pattern from which the original pattern is created. This technique does not require cumbersome devices - all the tools can be placed in a small purse-make-up bag, there are no age restrictions - frivolity is practiced by both children and adolescents, and adult women. For work use a needle, shuttles or a hook for knitting. The tying of two knots - direct and reverse, the union of their chains into arcs and the tying of connecting "pico" - this is the whole technique of frivolite with a needle;for beginners schemes may seem complicated, but here as in any other kind of needlework: the main thing is to start.

In the technique of frivolity weave fine thin lace items: napkins and tablecloths, collars, lace inserts and decorations, earrings, pendants and necklaces - everything that only fantasy has. Various examples of the work we look below:

Tools

First of all, we repeat that there are three techniques of frivolity: hook, needle and shuttles, and the most popular among the masters last. However, they differ except tools only in the way they work with hands, pulling the threads into knots, because the types of knots and patterns of products are absolutely identical. So, starting to learn the basics of this skill, first of all decide which one is closest and most convenient for you.

Shuttles

They are more often oval, earlier they were part of the girl's dowry and therefore could be made from precious metals or ivory. Today they are almost always bright, colorful plastic. They are sold both in online stores, and almost in every big city they can be found in the shops of needlework. The price is low, so any master has the opportunity to purchase the right amount. For starters, one will be enough, and then you can buy as much as you need.

Some shuttles are equipped with a moving wheel, due to which you can quickly wind the thread, at the end of others there is a "beak" that serves as a hook. Some, especially gift, models can be made of completely different materials, but for work, it is best suited shuttle with a "beak": it replaces the hook and is very convenient for controlling the width of the loops. If you have not yet chosen a working tool to master the frivolity for beginners, a shuttle work video will help you decide.

Needle

There are special needles for tatting, however, it is rather difficult to purchase them in the CIS: they are mainly sold in foreign online stores, so ordering and shipping them are sometimes difficult. The craftsmen, meanwhile, come out of the situation using an ordinary thin and long sewing needle, the eye of which is not thickened.

The needle for embroidery is also useful if you need to dissolve the knot. Knitting hooks can also become the main tool. They can be of different sizes, depending on the threads and the required density of knitting, however, not too large - yet we knit lace. Again, we add video tutorials tatting for beginners crocheted.

In addition, if the hook is not equipped with a hook or you use a needle, hooks No. 8, 10, 13 will be needed to connect the loops.

threads When choosing threads for work, they always focus on the purpose of the product. But here there are options, each of which has its own attractiveness. The main thing is that the thread is smooth, sufficiently twisted, not to be confused and it's good to lie down in nodules. But we must remember that a truly filigree lace will only come out of thin threads, so in most cases conventional sewing threads will do.