Product Details

• Actors: Bev Dillon
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• VHS Release Date: June 1, 1990
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1929512023
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #376,736 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Video Librarian, June 1990

Bev Dillon is back with a new program designed to teach the popular craft of tatting. She begins with a basic overview of the necessary materials, and shows viewers examples of socks, Christmas ornaments, and even cards with tatted trims. After covering the traditional method of tatting, Dillon demonstrates the modern method, as she creates a daisy chain tatting on a child's sock, tatted chains with connecting rings for a wedding dress, a lovely star-shaped decoration, and even a bookmark, among many other examples. This comprehensive introduction concludes with some general hints on taking care of tatted items. Fine close-ups, and Dillon's pleasant style, make this a good choice. Recommended.

Product Description

The delightful old craft of tatted lace-making is presented in Bev's thoughtful and encouraging style. She covers the basic, traditional methods for beginners, and progresses to more elaborate styles for experienced tatters, including split rings, padded tatting and petal tatting. A 16-page pattern booklet, Tatted Lace From Start to Finish*ing, is included with the VHS tape.

Contents: 8 Chapters
The Basic Stitch
One Shuttle Lace
Shuttle and Ball Lace
Two Shuttle Tatting
Mock Picots & Mock Rings
Split Rings & Bridges
Josephine Knot, Twisted Stitch & Beads
Padded Tatting & Petal Tatting

This VHS tape is part of a three-program set including also Knitting From Start to Finish*ing with Bev Dillon and Crochet From Start to Finish*ing with Bev Dillon. The program is also available on DVD

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful to beginners, May 10, 2005

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Kate - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tatted Lace From Start To Finishing [VHS] (VHS Tape)

My sister taught be the basic double-stitch and making a picot, but I knew nothing else. This video has VERY CLEAR, up-close video of how to make picots, join picots, make chains, and add in new bobbin thread without tying. Then it goes on to more advanced techniques like split rings, adding beads, etc., but I haven't progressed to that point yet. By the way, if you're a total newbie like me, the book "Easy Tatting" by Linden is also very good, although I wish it had more patterns.

Happy tatting...but beware...it's highly addicting!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It answered my questions, December 13, 2007

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ShawnTheMom (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tatted Lace From Start To Finishing [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I learned how to do the basic tatting stitches from a video I checked out from the library, but the library didn't have anything beyond the basics. I found some tatting patterns online and tried to figure things out on my own with no luck. This tatted lace from start to finishing video has been so incredibly helpful to me. It's managed to answer all the questions I've had about tatting. I also like Bev's teaching style. It reminds me of how my great grandmother used to teach me things. Very soft spoken and calm. I find it comforting when I'm trying to figure out something new. :-)