The best Lace & Tatting books: Reddit reviews

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It’s not hard, at all. Once you’ve mastered the yarn over and a few other stitches, you’re pretty much set.

You might want to check out “The Very Easy Guide to Lace Knitting”. I’ll put the Amazon link below. I just got this book for myself a few days ago. I already know how to knit lace but I bought it because I wanted more lace pattern ideas. Anyway, the front of the book is very comprehensive and teaches you all about how to knit, in general, and how to knit lace, in particular.

If you’re the kind of person who’s very visual, there are a lot of good tutorials on YouTube. Personally, I like a channel called Very Pink Knits because the host explains things so clearly and she has a diversity of videos. She has a twenty minute video on how to knit lace on her channel.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0312675321?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_dt_b_asin_title

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SEuO8X5paos&list=PLBFC09DD42E53EAC4&index=22&t=0s

Dye and Thunder's <em>Beginner's Guide to Bobbin Lace</em> is good, and it's been around a while, so used copies are out there.

Jo Edkins' Bobbin Lace School has a lot of info and a lot of free patterns.

Luckily they are short. If you still excited after that, there’s a lovely book that recreated patterns in an antique lace sampler.

https://www.amazon.com/Knitting-Lace-Workshop-Patterns-Projects/dp/0942391527

It looks like it's from this japanese book - see 3rd photo in the link

Japanese craft book "Beautiful crochet spring / Summer 19"#9207 (Let's knit series) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004NRU3NU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_EfnkFbJ02R376

That's such a cool find, I really love vintage books.

I actually purchased a modern reprint of this awhile ago! It's a pretty decent price, too.

Amazon link for the interested: https://www.amazon.com/Mary-Thomass-Dictionary-Embroidery-Stitches/dp/1570769214

Eeh, honestly, my knowledge on crafts has been gleaned from reading and re-reading a set of Craft Encyclopedias front he 70s which I bought from a library sale a decade ago. So much (often obsolete) information.

Yes, unfortunately that pattern is in a book called "Amazing Lace" by Doris Chan. It's available from Amazon but for $52 because it's out of print. Good luck!

I've been working on this off and on for a very long time. Probably at least a year. I should also note that this is my first project, and I've restarted it a few times. I've had to cut out mistakes and redo them. I got the pattern from this book which is cheap and has lots of great patterns in it.

I have no idea when it will be done, or if it will be neat enough to sell, but I'm hoping!