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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • INTRODUCTION
  • Needles
  • Fibers
  • Patterns
  • Basics for Right Hand
  • Basics for Left Hand
  • Correcting Mistakes
  • Making a Ring or Chain
  • Making a Picot
  • Vocabulary of Tatting
  • Practice Patterns:
    Caterpillars,
    Beetles,
    Flowers, Etc.
  • Simple Lace
  • Adding a New Thread and Finishing
  • Making a Join
  • Lace patterns- Single Sided:
    T-shirts,
    Handkerchief, etc.
  • Lace patterns- Double Sided:
    Bookmark,
    chatelaine,
    Tanktop,
    Doily,
    Afghan,
    Evening Stole, etc.
  • Lace
  • Christmas Wreath, Necklace, Earrings, Lamp Shade
  • "The Cording Stitch"
  • Review
  • Dedication

Title: Tatting With a Needle for Beginners: Right and Left Handed Instructions
Author/Designer: Georiana Bromley
Format/Publication Date: TPB:1989
Publisher: Self, Huntington Beach, CA
Page Count: 19
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: None

SUMMARY- Illustrations and sample pictures aren't very clear, but written instructions are easy to read. The instructions are well written - I could follow what the author was trying to teach me - but I already know where I'm going. There's still a lot of helpful information in this book. Patterns for practice are extremely basic doodles - perfect for the person picking up the tatting needle for the first time.