The Tatter's Treasure Chest
 The Tatter's Treasure Chest: This book consists of reprints of patterns from thread company pamphlets of the 1930's, 40's and 50's. The reprints are well done and clear, and the original instructions have not been altered (In addition to the many [... more]
$8.95
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First Book of Modern Lace Knitting
Disappointment: This is NOT a good book for a beginner in Knitted lace. I am an experienced knitter but have not knitted lace for years - I was once fairly expert, I earned pocket money while a medical student by knitting circular Shetland lace baby [... more]
$9.95
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Tatting Patterns and Designs
Not much to go on: The instructions include the basic knot, how to join rings, how to join threads. That's it. Nothing on making chains, hints on when to reverse work, how to use two shuttles, what is "one shuttle, second thread" etc. You do [... more]
$9.95
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Tatting Hearts (Dover Needlework Series)
Tatting Hearts is a Wonderful Book of Patterns: I have to strongly disagree with "NickName12345's" review about this book. I was inspired to learn to tat 3 years ago after seeing a copy of Teri Dusenbury's "Tatting Hearts" book. I [... more]
$4.95
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Elegant Tatting Patterns
Very nice booklet: This is a nice tatting booklet - it is one of the dover series books, but this is a newer one, not a republished version of older patterns. I like this book because the designs are fresh and unique, and the instructions are easy to [... more]
$3.95
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Knitting (Kids Can Do It)
Excellent first introduction to knitting: Each children's knitting book has its own particular virtues. The most exciting feature of Knitting by Judy Ann Sadler is that the Double Tail cast-on method is presented in a children's knitting book. None of [... more]
$6.95
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Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitter's Almanac
Tasty read with some *very* Elizabeth Zimmerman designs: I've had this book in my collection for many years. A self-taught knitter, I am not overly intimidated if a pattern is a bit sketchy or without the *pithy* details. Alas, this is my favorite EZ ( [... more]
$7.95
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Christmas Angels and Other Tatting Patterns (Dover ...
not really my kind of book :-(: This is the first tating bok I ever bought, and I have been quite disappointed with the patterns. There's some angles and some snowflakes, but a lot of the patterns are "one shuttle" works and I just can't make [... more]
$3.95
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Mary Thomas's Knitting Book
A great addition to your knitting library: This is such a fun book. I have read a little more than half of it now, and skimmed through the rest, and there is so much here. The history of knitting that she gives at the beginning as well as sprinkled [... more]
$9.95
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Tatting Doilies and Edgings (Dover Needlework Series)
Good, cheap source of patterns: These patterns are all culled from thread company tatting leaflets from the 1930s and 40s. Many are beautiful, a few are hideous, but for this price you can't beat it. Note that Rita Weiss is NOT the author or the editor, [... more]
$5.95
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Easy Tatting (Dover Needlework Series)
Very good: I am a beginner, and this book really helped me to progress to shuttle-and-second thread tatting. Other books are kind of stuffy and hard to understand. The only complaint I might have is that the author doesn't introduce slightly more [... more]
$3.95
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Tatting: Technique and History
Not great for learning tatting or patterns . . .: Since I learned to tat, I've heard Elgiva Nicholls' name mentioned enough to know that she figures prominently into the world of contemporary tatting book authors. Nicholls has written several books on [... more]
$9.95
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