Tatting: Technique and History (Dover Knitting, Crochet, Tatting, Lace)

I bought this Dover book because I had the kindle edition and it kept timing out. This is a very good book on tatting technique and history. When I ordered the Dover copy, the fine print read that it was a reprint of a 1962 book called “Tatting”. Oops. I owned a copy of that book already. The older version has excellent halftone photographs, and the Dover edition is smaller, with blurrier photos. So, they all work, and the kindle edition has very good (but short timed) photographs, too. My vote for best overall is the 1962 book, but it is difficult to find, being out of print, or a used earlier date Dover book.

Buena compra

The first portion of the book is a fascinating history of tatting; however, I was hoping for more of a pattern book. While there are several patterns included in the book they instructions are unclear and hard to follow. I would recommend this book only for someone who is an advanced tatter looking for a reference work on the history of the craft or advanced advice on designing new tatting motifs.

This is a great book about the history and development of tatting primarily. It does include several chapters on techniques and design. There is a section on patterns, but it seems to lean more towards how one would go about adapting a pattern to a purpose and towards creating ones own patterns than it does towards providing specific patterns to be reproduced, though there are a few of those. An interesting book, but not a book of patterns if that is what you are looking for.

The instructions are clear and the patterns are beautiful.

Great patterns!!!!

Bad NO help to me at all!!!

Originally published in 1962, this is still the most readable history of tatting. Because the book is not actually a pattern book, inexperienced tatters may be somewhat frustrated at the gloriously beautiful photos with few instructions, although the photos are clear enough for an experienced tatter to use as the primary reference. The text is clearly written, sometimes with low-key humor, and rather entertaining to read. Anyone with an interest in tatting history and technique should have this book.

I was able to ‘teach-myself’ to follow a tatting pattern from this book as it provides both detailed instructions and step by step diagrams or photos were needed. The pattern notation is old fashioned but extremely easy to read and abbreviations are common to UK language use and crafting patterns.Book was purchased as used - good condition and despite a little darkening of paper-colour due to age the book was in fantastic condition.

Muito teórico , pouquíssimos gráficos e desnho

Great book! From basic to complicated. Easy to read and understand.

La parte di storia del pizzo e' ben documentata e interessante, ma ammetto che speravo di trovare piu' descrizioni di modelli antichi.Non descrizioni particolareggiate per neofiti, d'accordo, ma almeno un po' di belle foto da poter copiare o da cui poter prendere spunto.Invece e' fondamentalmente un excursus sulla storia del chiacchierino. In quest'ottica, un ottimo libro.

タイトルと内容説明からわかるようにこの本は「使う」ためのものではなく「学ぶ」ための教科書のようなものである。パターンばかりの洋書から一歩踏み出してオリジナルを作成できるようになると｢根本」ということが知りたくなるのである程度の技術が身に付いたらいったん足を止めて、このような知識の貯金をしても決して無駄ではないはず。さらに上を目指すTatterの為の書籍。