I had never tried tatting before but last autumn I found needle tatting on the internet and had to try! Frivolité was the only handiwork that my grandmother used to do and after digging my storage boxes I found the plastic pouch that she used to carry her shuttle and thread in. She used really thin cotton (the green shuttle below) and when I first tried to continue her lace I just managed to mess it up into a terrible knot! I practiced the shuttle method with thicker thread and here below is the result. After first working with the needle (small doilies, earrings etc. some of which are pictured above) I’ve now continued with the shuttle exercise.