The Complete Book of Tatting: Everything You Wanted to Know but Couldn't Find Out About Shuttle Lace [Paperback]

Rebecca Jones (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0916896390 | ISBN-13: 978-0916896393 | Publication Date: June 1992 | Edition: First

lacis publishing the complete book of tatting shuttle. an inexpensive craft to begin and reasonably easy to work tatting produces attractive and delicate items for a variety of uses. learn how to tat and then progress to simple starter patters working with two threads pearl tatting and tatting with three threads tatting with beads and many other forms and styles. features over 100 designs ranging from simple doodles to complex 3 d bouquets. softcover 112 pages.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Lacis Pub; First edition (June 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0916896390
• ISBN-13: 978-0916896393
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 0.4 x 9.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #64,525 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Required Reading for every Tatter!, June 2, 2001

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"preemies81" (Knoxville, TN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Book of Tatting: Everything You Wanted to Know but Couldn't Find Out About Shuttle Lace (Paperback)

I purchased this book upon the recommendation of my tatting mentor. Like my mentor, I agree that all tatters should own this book. It is a substantive work, addressing the many techniques of shuttle and needle tatting--both basic and advanced. There are a number of patterns which provide excellent practice for beginners and food for thought for budding designers and advanced tatters. I frequently return to this book as a reference for tatting technique and for patterns to tat quick projects or gifts. Rebecca Jones' Complete Book of Tatting should be required reading for every tatter!

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A super teaching manual with a great collection of patterns!, July 1, 2005

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Gillian Buchanan "Classical Music Editor at B... (London, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Book of Tatting: Everything You Wanted to Know but Couldn't Find Out About Shuttle Lace (Paperback)

This lovely book is an excellent buy for the beginner learning to make tatted lace as well as for the more experienced tatter wanting a good collection of small patterns. Ms Jones starts off with descriptions of six different methods of tatting, with the hope that if you don't understand one method you'll understand one of the others. Details are given of a range of different techniques including lock stitch, roll tatting, cluny tatting and others, however there are no instructions for split rings or self closing mock rings as these had not yet been popularised at the time the book was written in the 1980s.

There is a huge collection of patterns including tatted cross bookmarks, Christmas designs, tatted notepaper and an alphabet. Most of them are small pieces for beginners to enjoy, but the more experienced tatter will also enjoy this selection. One or two of the photographs don't quite match the diagrammatical instructions, but for the most part they are accurate.

Regarding the diagrams, they are hand drawn and clearly presented and apart from one of the crosses I worked quite a number of the pieces in the book myself, and had no problems.

Most people will enjoy this excellent collection of patterns and instructions and the book will remain a treasure on your bookshelf for many years to come.

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent beginner's manual!, November 1, 2000

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Amy, Tatting & Cosmetics Host, Wedding Guru - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Book of Tatting: Everything You Wanted to Know but Couldn't Find Out About Shuttle Lace (Paperback)

When I first learned to tat this was the only book I referred to time and time again---two years later, I'm still going back to The Complete Book of Tatting to brush up on mock picots, cluny tatting and attaching edgings to hankies. Rebecca Jones gives *six* methods of tatting, including needle and reverse Riego, and also includes instructions for more advanced things such as Josephine knots and node tatting. The patterns aren't big or complicated, but there are plenty of smaller droodles and bookmarks perfect for novice tatters. A must-have for any tatter's library.