This is THE book on Split Ring Tatting that the tatting world has been waiting for This book will teach you not only how to work Split Ring Tatting but it will give you an understanding of the uniqueness of the technique, how to manipulate it, and various ways to work it. Learn how to create Take Off Rings and utilize joins to create unique, contemporary designs never before offered. There are NO chains in this book.....only rings If you like how geometric and patterned tatting patterns are, you will enjoy the patterns in this book. This book could be alternatively titled: Fun with Geometrics. There are 55 designs and 37 pages of patterns in this 65 page book.

This book collects three early texts with full illustrations on lacemaking: Old Point Lace, and How to Copy It (1878), by Daisy Waterhouse Hawkins; Point and Pillow Lace (1899), by A. Mary Sharp; Lace: Its Origin and History (1904), by Samuel L. Goldenberg. These texts review patterns, descriptions, and histories of a wide range of laces.

A book that will appeal to lacemakers and local historians alike It explores, through public records and personal anecdotes, the villages that were crucial to the development of bobbin lace Photographs include many from the author's own extensive collection, previously unpublished, as well as a selection from the renowned Cowper and Newton Museum, brought together especially for this book Tips are included on how to care for and use your old vellum prickings.

Superb guide by accomplished lacemaker enables even beginners to create beautiful lace according to age-old technique. History of bobbin lace, materials and supplies, techniques for simple braid, edgings, fans and spiders, rose ground, turning a corner, laces with gimp, laces made on a flat pillow; projects to make, more. Projects graded, simple to advanced. 249 illustrations. Bibliography.

Immensely useful volume, containing over 400 lace-related terms such as Florentine knots, lappets, a pillow horse, winkie pin, spangles, reticella, honiton, guipure, and Tuscan filet, discusses the origin, nomenclature, date and sequences of development of the more controversial forms. Enhanced with over 250 illustrations depicting various lace patterns, including a magnificent lace collar worn by Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, Queen Victoria's wedding veil, the bridal tulle worn by Diana, Princess of Wales; and much more. A valuable book for lace-makers; a handy reference for cultural historians and needlecraft and fashion writers.