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Master the art of needle lace making in this image-rich step-by-step guide!

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This original and exciting guide to lace is a visual feast of inspiring step-by-step projects; it will encourage you to experiment, inspire you with handy tips, and provide sources for further inspiration.

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Tatting is basically a handmade lace, with each stitch composed of two half-hitch knots. The appeal of the craft is that it is simple and portable, you can take your tatting equipment anywhere. This book features instruction to make 65 patterns or motifs and 60 designs. It includes lots of useful tips throughout and a Tools and Techniques section.

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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."

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Tatting is the craft of making lace with a shuttle. Its charm lies in the repetition of simple motifs. This title traces the development of tatting from the eighteenth-century pastime of knotting, through its emergence as a craft in Victorian times, to modern innovations. It is illustrated with examples from museums and private collections.

Guides the reader through the intricacies of identifying a piece of lace, listing and illustrating the points to look for in each lace. This book covers a range of lace from different parts of the world, selecting for examination of those major types which the collector or dealer is most likely to come across or hear about.

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22 beautiful tatted lace accessories to make from Italian designer Donatella Ciotti. Learn all the modern needle techniques with easy-to-follow, step-by-step photography. Perfect for the absolute beginner as well as the more experienced tatter looking for design inspiration.

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These lacy snowflakes are perfect for beginners and offer an infinite variety of designs that are fun to make.

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Lace is making a statement in fashion and home decor trends and it's no wonder. Lace adds a delicate beauty to knitted items from dresses, skirts, shawls, and hats to pillows, curtains, and tablecloths. This book helps knitters create everything from hats and caps, mittens, gloves, and cuffs, socks, scarves, and shawls to children's sweaters.

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Loop-d-Loop Lace is a modern collection of more than 30 novel, elegant knitted lace designs similar in aesthetic to those in the author's first knitting book, Loop-d-Loop (STC, 2005).

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A clearly illustrated step-by-step guide to all the stitches and techniques needed to create beautiful bobbin lace.

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Netting had its origins in prehistoric times with the invention of fishing nets and became one of the earliest forms of lace. Today's filet lacemakers use machine-made net as a base for their work, but Margaret found herself needing netting in sizes and colours that were not commercially available, and discovered techniques hidden in old sources.

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Torchon lacemaking is a textile art steeped in tradition - the skills required are often perceived to be beyond the reach of ordinary mortals. This book describes those skills. It explains traditional techniques through a series of specially designed samplers.