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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Symbols used in Patterns
  • Getting Acquainted With Tatting
  • Tatting- Origins and History
  • A Word About Threads
  • Before We Start Tatting
  • How to Tat:
    • Winding the Shuttle
    • Method One- Reverse Riego
    • Method Two- Traditional
    • Method Three- The Loop
    • Method Four- Direct
    • Method Five- Wrong-way Tatting
    • Method Six- Needle Tatting
    • To Make a Chain
    • Picots
    • Joining Threads and Getting Rid of Ends
    • Joining Rings and Chains
  • Simple Starter Patterns:
    • Shuttle Only Patterns
  • Working With Two Threads
  • Tatting With Two Shuttles
  • Josephine Knots
  • Motifs
  • Ric Rac Tatting
  • Lock Stitch
  • Re-Opening a closed Ring
  • Pearl Tatting and Tatting with Three Threads
  • Cluny Tatting
  • Roll Tatting
  • Tatting With Beads
  • Tatting Round Hankies
  • Moving On
  • Tatted Notepaper
  • Tatted Bookmarks
  • Tatted Butterflies
  • Tatted Doodles
  • Tatted Baskets
  • Tatted 3D Flowers
  • Tatted Jewelry
  • Christmas Tatting
  • The Tatting Bug
  • Tatted Alphabet and Numbers
  • Tatting For Babies
  • Tatted Cats
  • General Hints to Make Tatting Easier
  • Mlle Riego and Victorian Tatting
  • Tatting from European Patterns:
    • French Tatting Words
    • German Tatting Words
    • Italian Tatting Words
    • Spanish Tatting Words
  • A Final Word
  • Bibliography

Title: The Complete Book of Tatting: Everything You Wanted to Know but Couldn't Find Out About Shuttle Lace
Author/Designer: Rebecca Jones
Format/Publication Date: TPB:1985
Publisher: Lacis, Berkeley, CA
Page Count: 112
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 9 1/2" x 7"
ISBN: 0-916896-39-0

SUMMARY- This book is designed to teach the basics, with some patterns to practice on. I consider this a "must have" book in my library for the word translations alone! I also like the demonstrations of alternative styles of tatting - something that had confused me when people casually mentioned they used the "Riego style" or "loop method". I highly recommend this book.