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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- Supplies
- Good Things To Know Before Tatting Lace
- How to Needle Tat-the Double Stitch:
- First Half Stitch
- Second Half Stitch
- Make a Chain
- Close Chain
- Make a Ring
- Close Ring
- How to Read a Pattern:
- Basic Techniques and Definitions:
- Add New Thread
- Bare Thread Space
- Correct Errors
- Cut & Tie
- Element
- Flawless Front
- Gapsosis
- Join
- Josephine Chain/Josephine Spiral
- Josephine Knot
- Picot
- Picot Gauge
- Pinch
- Reverse Order of Double Stitch
- Reverse Work
- Rotate Work
- Round
- Sew in Tail Ends
- Shoelace Trick
- Slip Knot
- Square Knot
- Turn Work
- How to Make and Use a Pinning Board
- Finishing Tatted Lace
- Why I Learned to Tat
- Abbreviation Key
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Title: How to Needle Tat: A Beginner's Guide Book
Author/Designer: Laura Evans
Format/Publication Date: TPB:2013
Publisher: BookLocker.com, Bradenton, FL
Page Count: 60
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 9781626468566
SUMMARY- You get clear illustration for each step instead of photos - I like illustration better, and Ms. Evans' are done well. I didn't have to guess what I was looking at or where the thread was going. Having learned shuttle tatting from books when I was 16, I know it can be done - but youtube makes learning any tatting techniques nearly painless. It is still useful to have hardcopy, and this is a great resource. It isn't a pattern book. The one pattern is fairly simple, but covers all the basic techniques - and she gives it in three formats(written, numeric, and diagram) to help familiarize the novice with the most common notations. I really liked that touch. I also got a giggle out of her coining "gapsosis" - a common ailment of sloppy tatting - and pleased with her explanation of the cure. Her explanations are clear and thorough. I will happily recommend this book. I also went and explored the author's website and was equally delighted with that. I've included the url below.
Author has a website:
www.abctattingpatterns.com
And wrote an interesting article on the history of tatting:
https://abctattingpatterns.com/history/#H-Mar1.2011
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