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Here is my little travel tat-box. It is about 5x7", about the size of a small paperback book. As you can see it can fit my:
You can see that on the larger project, I have my thread wrapped around a wooden spool. I bought that for about a dime at the craft store woodworking section. It doesn't hurt the tatting to bunch it up like that, especially since I am using a soft perle cotton to work this design I use a post-it note to jot down a pattern, and then stick it on the inside of the lid. |
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While it is deliciously convenient to have a hook or spike integrated into a tatting shuttle, sometimes they don't come that way. It was too cumbersome to use a full size crochet hook for joins, so Tighe made this for me from a regular crochet hook. If you have a saw, metal file, and a drill, than you can make one too, or you can order one from one of the many suppliers out there. See a close-up and more info |
 | Cutters for thread! I have a cute little mini scissor (red handles) that came from a travel sewing kit, and a neat-O pair of folding scissors, and there's always the dual purpose toe-nail cutter/tatting thread snip. |
 | Here's those little wooden spools I was talking about. They cost fourteen cents, and are great for winding the ball thread onto, to make your tatting more portable- especially if you use a larger size thread. |
 
| Ball thread holder - again you can purchase this item from one of the many
suppliers, but take a hint from the
Tatmeister and make your own thread caddy from one of
those gumball machine prizer-holder balls. Just take a hot match and burn a hole through the plastic.
Dan made his to fit the size 80 ball of tatting cotton, and, if you can't tell, mine is a bit larger and can accommodate a size 8 ball of perle cotton. |
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Other miscellaneous things you might like to have on hand are:
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