Learn the beautiful art of tatting with the step-by-step instructions and interactive DVD presented in this book from American School of Needlework. 48 pages

A beautiful and detailed introduction to tatting! With the growing interest in lace, New Tatting is a fantastic book for getting started in the craft. Tatting is a means of creating lace by looping threads together using tiny shuttles and your fingers (with occasional help from a crochet hook). It creates dainty chains and edgings as well as single motifs and is used to edge and decorate textiles and clothing, as jewelry, or as large-scale lace projects in itself. Tatting is getting new respect in the crafting world as people discover its traditional beauty while giving it a more modern inflection. In New Tatting, you will explore modern color and a fresh approach to tatting with incredible step by-step photos and beautiful projects. This book appeals to people who have never tatted before as well as tatters looking for something new and inspirational. Anyone interested in making lace will find that New Tatting offers everything needed to get started.

Tatting beautifully enhances clothes, jewelry, soft furnishings, and other accessories. Explore the potential of this centuries-old craft with a collection of charming, innovative designs. More than 40 original patterns, shown in color photographs and diagrams, will enchant you. "This excellent collection of designs is recommended for public libraries."--"Library Journal."

Over 110 patterns for projects from edging and trimming to handbags, baskets, pillowcases, aprons, and more. Includes complete directions, guide to materials, and 121 illustrations. "...lovely patterns which will surely interest the reader who is already a competent tatter." —Kliatt Paperback Book Guide.

Become the envy of your friends with these unique and stunning pieces of jewellery. Tatting, one of the oldest forms of lacemaking still in use today, is an accessible and thriving craft, ideal for making fantastic necklaces, bracelets, pendants and earrings.