Tatting: Contemporary Designs from a Traditional Craft - Softcover

Connors, Judith

9780731812516: Tatting: Contemporary Designs from a Traditional Craft

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0731812514 ISBN 13: 9780731812516

Publisher: Kangaroo Press Pty.Ltd, 2006

In Tatting: Contemporaryn Designs from a Traditional Craft, Judith Connors has combined new approaches to tatting with traditional ones to create exciting new designs. This book concentrates on modern styles, while embracing traditional techniques, and will appeal to tatters of all ages. Judith takes you through the simple techniques of tatting, demonstrating with easy-to-follow instructions how to develop the skills to create wonderful tatted jewellery and other beautiful designs. Judith explains the basic techniques of tatting, including central mock ring, split ring, pearl tatting and needle tatting. Each design is illustrated in full colour and includes handy tatting tips to improve your tatting. The great variety of designs means there will be something to appeal to everyone.

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Review:

June/July 2007 New approaches are combined with traditional ones in fifteen exciting projects, both two and three dimensional. In addition, the reader is shown tatting methods in clear diagrams and with explanatory texts. These are featured separately and the projects refer to them as necessary. The book offers readers the opportunity to understand and develop skills in this increasingly popular craft. * Workbox *

About the Author:

Judith Connors was taught to tat by a teacher at high school, becoming seriously interested in the art in 1988. Since then she has won a number of blue ribbons and awards for her lace. She is an accredited teacher with the Australian Lace Guild and a member of Tatters' Guild of New South Wales.

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