Easy Tatting (Dover Knitting, Crochet, Tatting, Lace) Kindle Edition

I am new to tatting. My eventual goal is to incorporate beads into tatted pieces and make jewelry, but since I have never tatted before, I figured it was best to start with the basics. This is an inexpensive and small book, but it contains a lot of information.I knew very little about tatting before purchasing this and I didn't realize how simple it was. (Not that I am good at it yet, mind you, I just figured it would be a lot more complicated. And practice will make perfect, eventually.) Although there are some larger projects in this book, including a doily and a mat for the table (what I imagine to be the size of a place mat, though the book notes the photos are not always to scale), there are a lot of small projects to start out with, such as individual motifs that look a bit like flowers, snowflakes, and the like (the cover shows some representative examples). I imagine these will be useful for my eventual goal of jewelry making since they look to be a great size for pendants, brooches, and earrings, with some added jewelry hardware.This is a shuttle tatting book, exclusively (there is also something called needle tatting which is not covered here). I bought both shuttle and needle tatting books because I am not sure which form I will end up preferring, and because you really don't need many supplies to try both. Of course there is a (blissfully small) section on tools required as well as one on various threads to use. Some time is also spent discussing the shorthand used in tatting patterns and I think this material really helps you to understand the patterns later on.The illustrations and photos are all in black and white, but I find them to be clear (and remember, I'm coming at this as a beginner). For this particular craft, I find that a thick book with glossy paper and color photos is not necessary.This is a pretty bare bones sort of book, and I do think instructions could be clearer on how to prepare/wind the thread on the shuttles, as an example, but my shuttles had instructions that covered this so I was able to proceed. I should also note, I learn from printed patterns and instructions very well (taught myself needle knitting, loom knitting, many seed bead stitches, etc., that way), so I may be having an easier time with this than people who have different learning styles. I am going to assume this book was written for right-handed people based on the drawings that incorporated hands, so lefties may need to adapt the instructions (I am ambidextrous so I just followed them as-is).Overall, though, I found this useful and I learned from it.

I tried to learn shuttle tatting a few years ago, basically just watching videos and tangling strings on my own, I finally got a few stitches to flip, and put my shuttle down and didn't pick it back up until just recently. This time, with a little more patience, and some videos with a little better explanation, I got it, and decided this would be my starting point with pattern books, and I'm not disappointed in the least, it's a great little booklet, and I've been working on working each one of the projects at least once... twice if I really like them, or if there's something I don't get right away. The patterns in this book are balanced just right, not so hard as to be frustrating, and not so easy that I'll be stuck in a boring rut.

A very clearly well written and illustrated book of patterns that were easy to follow and understand!

I thought the samples were hard to follow instructions.

Lovely patterns. Although I am a beginner in needle tatting, this is a shuttle book, but I was able to interpret the directions OK. I found some typos and some of the directions leave out steps, it seems to me, but overall I am pleased with the purchase. Photos are black and white but clear enough for a beginner. The CAD-drawn illustrations lack detail and I found some errors, but upon combining the photo, the schematic, and the written instructions, and a practice round or two, I got it.

I have a hard copy of this book, but i needed one for my kindle, for convenience's sake. It is identical to the hardcopy which is a book i would recomment to anyone looking for instructions on how to tat. This book came highly recommended by most of the tatting community online and they were right. It is well illustrated and the instructions are clear.

I have this little book and love some of the patterns in it. I've tatted for over 45 years and have also written a "learn how" book on the subject,  Beginning Tatting: A Lesson Book: Arts and Crafts Collection , yet I still collect pattern books like this one and have a large collection of them. (In my opinion you can't have too many!) Even if you're an accomplished lace maker, there are new ideas, especially those for the use of tatting, that can add to your repertoire of patterns and techniques.

WELL WRITTEN EASY TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS. 🌺

This is not a book for beginners and neither is it a book for advanced tatting enthusiasts. The author assumes that a beginner will know how to load the shuttle, will be able to read patterns with only a brief explanation of how to read them (literally one small paragraph) and the hand diagrams that show how to do the basic stitches are not clear. I got more advice free from Youtube than I did from this book.

Interesting book but too advanced for me atm. Will save for when I have a bit more confidence

Too complex for a beginner

Lovely little book, looking forward to putting the contents into practiceClear instructions and beautifully presented

This is just what I needed. It's written in clear English and is well illustrated with many projects building on previously learnt skills. Also, the projects areusable. I would recommend this book to other people, thank you.