Easy Tatting

Easy Tatting
by Rozella F. Linden
© 1999 Rozella F. Linden
ISBN: 0-486-29986-4

Summary: This is a 8½ x 11 inch paperbound booklet of 32 pages. It has abut 20 patterns. There are 4 pages of brief instructions on How-to-tat with an artist's rendition of hand positioning for making the double stitch. The patterns are written in modern style instructions with some narrative notes by the author. There are also diagrams, but not all of the diagrams include numbers for the stitch-counts. There are patterns to very simple motifs, to lovely snowflakes and a small tatted mat in this book. The motif entitled "Eight Inch Doily" is a very popular motif I've seen a lot on blogs. It looks like a flower garden when the chains are done in green and the rings in a pastel or light color such as pink, blue, or yellow. This motif sometimes gets nicknamed the "flower garden doily" because of the way it looks.


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Edgings to Crochet, Tat, & Knit

Edgings To Crochet, Tat, & Knit
Art. J16 Book 0105
Second Edition
© 2001 Coats & Clark

Summary: This is a small soft cover booklet of 25 pages. There are 23 crocheted edging patterns, 9 knitted edging patterns, and 10 tatted edging patterns. The tatting patterns are at the back of the book. There are written in vintage style instructions with a black and white photo of a sample edging accompanying each written pattern. Also included is a full color photo of all the tatted edgings on the inside of the back cover. 8 of the tatted edging patterns require only a "shuttle and ball" and 2 of them require 1 "shuttle only". These patterns would be good for a beginner who wants to orient themselves to the vintage style instructions. The ability to read vintage style patterns is a good skill to have because there are so many gorgeous patterns from vintage times that it opens up the possibilities the more types of instructions styles you learn to be comfortable reading! I could not find this book anywhere online at the time of this post (Jan. 3, 2010). I purchased it at a Walmart Store in 2004 in Southern California in the needlework section (they even have tatting shuttles, I'm happy to report).

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Elegant Tatting Patterns

Elegant Tatting Patterns
by Janet Carroll
1996 Designs and Text © Janet Carroll
1996 Figures 1-12 © Dover Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 0-486-29149-9

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Summary: This is a 32 page soft cover booklet with color photos on the cover and black and white image copies inside the book. The first 5 pages cover tatting abbreviations and how-to-tat basic instructions with artist's renderings of hand positions for tatting the double stitch. There is also information on tatting techniques such as:
Joining New Thread
Multiple Threads
Correcting Mistakes
Josephine Knot
Roll Stitch
Bead Work
Weave Stitch
Finishing Work
Press Work
Cleaning Work
There are some lovely tatting patterns for doilies, 3-D Easter Eggs (Egg ornament coverings), edgings, insertions, motifs, and Christmas ball coverings. There is a total of about 44 patterns in all. The patterns are written in vintage style instructions with corresponding black and white photos at the beginning of each written pattern. If you can read vintage style patterns well this is a great book to have. There are some beautiful doily patterns in here!


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XOXO

Encyclopedia of Victorian Needlework Vol. I

Encyclopedia of Victorian Needlework Vol. I
by S. F. A. Caulfeild
© Dover Publications, Inc. 1972
ISBN: 0486228002

Summary: This encyclopedia works more like a manual than an encyclopedia. It has very clear drawings from Victorian times and explains plainly terms and methods used for so many needle arts! This book is a must have in any needle worker's library who loves Victorian needlework! Obviously Tatting is not in Vol. I which covers A-L. This particular volume is 360 pages. Unfortunately this wonderful volume set is no longer in print.


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Encyclopedia of Victorian Needlework Vol. II

Encyclopedia of Victorian Needlework Vol. II
by S. F. A. Caulfeild
© Dover Publications, Inc 1972
ISBN: 0486228010

Summary: This encyclopedia works more like a manual than an encyclopedia. It has very clear drawings from Victorian times and explains plainly terms and methods used for so many needle arts! This book is a must have in any needle worker's library who loves Victorian needlework! Tatting is included in this volume (vol. II) which covers M-Z and is 366 pages worth of beautiful other examples of needlework as well. Unfortunately, this fabulous book is no longer in print.


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Every Woman's Complete Guide to Tatting

Every Woman's Complete Guide to Tatting
Original Author: Norma Benporath
Edited by Barbara Foster
© Handy Hands, Inc. 1994
ISBN 10: 1883432022
ISBN 13: 978-1883432027

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Summary: This softcover book has about 90 patterns within it's 176 pages. It is a reprint of an original book by Norma Benporath originally published in January of 1953 by Colorgravure Publications. The original book had 164 pages and colorplates. The 1994 Foster reprint has black and white copies of these colorplates. Most of the patterns go as far back as the 1950's and are from Australia! Patterns include edgings, medallions, hanky edgings, place mats, hostess sets, tablecloth as well as others. There is also a newborn baby bonnet and a fan quilt edging pattern.


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XOXO

Fancy Pants

Fancy Pants

by Donna Edwards

© 1999 Donna Edwards

ISBN: 0-9650038-3-3

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Summary: This book has over 100 step-by-step photos and explanations on the process of how to learn to tat. It is an excellent book for someone who wants to learn to tat and does not have a live tatting teacher available locally. If you want to learn to tat strictly from a book this is the book to get to learn how to tat. To be totally candid, I find myself embarrassed saying the title of this book out loud so I can never recommend it without giggling in embarrassment!

...but seriously, folks, it's a good book to learn to tat from!

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XOXO

Festive Tatting

Festive Tatting
No. 15218

by Marion T Leyds

© 1983 The DMC Corporation
 

Summary: This is a 32 page paperback booklet with over 20 Snowflake Motif ornaments along with 10 tatted designs for covering Christmas balls. There are also other miscellaneous edgings and motifs. The patterns are written in mostly modern style instructions with a black and white photograph of the finished tatted piece in the immediate vicinity of the written pattern. The cover comes with a green background as shown above or a brown background. It's a fun book to have if you can get it. It's no longer in print so I suggest using "google" or your favorite search engine to locate purchasing links.

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XOXO

Flowers of Lace Put a Smile on Your Face

Flowers of Lace
Put a Smile on Your Face
Edited by Georgia Seitz and Myrtle H. Stickly
©2008 (designers maintain individual copyrights)
Printing by RT Woods Consulting

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Summary: This small booklet was put together with the help of many tatting designers to raise money for the Palmetto Tatting Guild Scholarship Fund. It is 34 pages long and has 21 patterns. The patterns are divided by Month so each month has at least one flower pattern dedicated to it and then there are some patterns in a "Filler Flowers" section. This is a lovely book of a variety of beautiful tatted flower patterns by some very talented tatting designers!


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Frivolite and Beads in Ankars Style

Frivolite and Beads in Ankars Style
by E. Stepnaya
© OOO
ISBN: 978-5-462-00717-0

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Summary: This beautiful hardbound book showcases the amazing talent of tatting artisans in the Ankars region of Russia! The text is in all Russian, however, the photographs are prolific and clear! There are some diagrams that include arabic numerals. There are step-by-step color photographs that make it possible for the experienced beading tatter to follow along with what is going on in the beading and tatting process of making these jawdroppingly gorgeous works of art! A beautiful addition for any tatting library.


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XOXO

Frivolité No. 1

Frivolité No. 1
Sanchez Aparisi, S.L. Editores
Depósito legal: V. 3.657 1996
Realce®

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Summary: This small booklet has 14 pages of 47 patterns that include beautiful edgings, medallions, and doilies. There is very little written in Spanish text and each tatted piece is photographed with a corresponding numeral beside it. The 2 pack pages are full of a partial diagram of the pattern accompanied by a numeral that corresponds with the numeral by the photograph (so you know which pattern you are doing). Would recommend that someone be very comfortable with reading diagrams of tatting patterns before attempting the patterns from this book.


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XOXO

Frivolité No. 2

Frivolité No. 2
Sanchez Aparisi, S.L. Editores
Depósito legal: v. 2.588 - 1989
Realce®

Summary: This is a small 14 page booklet. This has 16 patterns that include black and white photographs, text in Spanish, and at the back of the booklet there are portions of the patterns diagrammed. The patterns included edgings, mats, doilies and medallions. Recommend experience in reading diagrams with a great deal of comfort.


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Frivolité No. 3

Frivolité No. 3
Sanchez Aparisi, S. L. Editores
Depósito legal: V. 4.536 - 1998
Realce®

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Summary: This is a larger booklet in page size than Frivolité No. 1, 2, and 4. It has 14 pages all in Spanish text. There are 41 black and white photographs of different edgings and doilies. Some of the photographs are of the lace in progress. There are no diagrams. The photos are not good enough to see the stitch count in many of the photos. One must be able to read in Spanish to be able to tat out of this particular booklet.


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Frivolité No. 4

Frivolité No. 4
Sanchez Aparisi, S.L. Editores
Depósito legal: V. 273 - 2000
Realce®

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Summary: This 14 page soft booklet has very little written text. What is written is in Spanish. There are 39 patterns that are first shown as black and white photographed images throughout the book with numerals 1-39 beside each photographed image. Then a portion of the diagrammed pattern is shown with corresponding #'s on the back 2 pages of the leaflet. Must be very good with diagrams and visual images to tat these patterns. There are lovely doilies, edgings and motifs.


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From My Heart

From My Heart
by Betty J. Goetgeluck
© 1997 bj lovetats

Summary: This spiralbound book is 35 numbered pages with photocopies on one side of the paper only. There is one page that includes the abbreviations key and another page with "designer's notes". There are 4 pages of narrative and diagrams explaining the following techniques:
continuous thread method
manipulating threads (author's title for "front side/back side" tatting)
directional ring (she says this means with the second shuttle so I'm thinking she means thrown off ring by this term?)
split rings
split ring picot count
lark's head knots
There are 9 patterns written in modern style instructions with a small black and white photocopied image on the first page of the written instructions with a larger black and white photocopied image on a separate page at the end of the written instructions. There is also a poem included called "Life's Path". 8 of the patterns are heart shaped motifs that stand alone as their own element. 1 pattern is a lovely and intricate edging of hearts called "Heart Lace" that includes how to turn the corner!
This book is no longer in print. The best way to find it is to Google the name of the book and title and see what purchasing options come up for a possible used book purchase.

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From My Heart

From My Heart
by Wally Sosa
© 2005-2007

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Summary: This is sold as an e-Book, but I requested a hard-copy so I have a softcover, spiral bound book that is 22 pages long. The printing is on both sides of the paper. There is a list of tatting abbreviations that are commonly seen in the online tatting community as a whole. There are twelve heart patterns some of which include one or more of the following various techniques:
beads
block tatting
clunies
dimpled rings
josephine knots
SCMR (self closing mock rings)
split chains
split rings
thrown off rings
The patterns are written in a modern style of instruction with an accompanying color copied photograph on the same page as the pattern.


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German Tatting Patterns

German Tatting Patterns
Circa 1910
Translated by Helen A. Chesno
Reprint authorized
by Ullstein Verlag, 2001
© Berlin and Vienna, Ullstein & Co. 1913
ISBN: 3-89350-407-9

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Summary: This is a small booklet with about 19 patterns from the turn of the century. The patterns are written in vintage style instructions with corresponding black and white images of the tatted pieces nearby. Some are simple edgings and others are exquisite and intricate motifs. They are beautiful patterns. The cover is photocopied cardstock with 36 pages of photo copies stapled to the cardstock (cardstock is folded and stapled in the "spine"/fold).


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Handmade Lace & Patterns

Handmade Lace & Patterns
by Annette Feldman
© 1975 Harper & Row Publishing
ISBN13: 9780060112318
ISBN 10: 006011231X

Summary: This hardback book covers such subjects as:

• The Story of lace
• Many loved Lace in Many ways.
• Lace making around the world.
• Patterns.
• Edgings Insertions and Motifs.
• Home Doctor.
• Fashion.
• Crochet Directions.
• Hairpin Lace Directions.
• Knitting Directions.
• Tatting Directions.

It was purchased because it is a vintage book with tatting in it. Need I say more?



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Hearts Belong to Tatting

Hearts Belong to Tatting
by Karey Solomon
© Karey Solomon 2004

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Summary: Small booklet with tatting abbreviations and instructions for 14 individual heart patterns including a "full color centerfold" of all 14 hearts. The cover is photocopied cardstock with 26 pages of photo copies stapled to the cardstock (cardstock is folded and stapled in the "spine"/fold). There are black and white photocopied images of the finished tatted leaf that correspond with each pattern. The patterns are written in modern tatting instructions with narrative notes interjected by the author for clarification.


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Heirloom Treasures in Tatting

Heirloom Treasures in Tatting
7 designers credited
© 2004 Annie's Attic

ISBN: 1-931171-92-0

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Summary: There is quite a variety in the 17 beautiful tatting patterns featured in this softbound tatting book. There are 23 pages total filled with designs such as a doily, heart, 3-D bell, a fan, collars, edgings, ornaments, and more. The photos are black and white and correspond with the patterns written in vintage style instructions. Many patterns are quite simple so this is a great book for a beginner who isn't afraid to try out the vintage style instructions for patterns. This is a great book for any tatter's library. The 7 designers credited are in order of appearance: Florence Anthony, Mary I. Bland, Mrs. W. C. Butrum, Rebecca Hollenbaugh, Darlene Polachic, Myrtle Hamilton, and Alice E. Heim.


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