The Borris Lace Collection, a Unique Irish Needlelace, by Marie Laurie & Annette Meldrum.
Soft card cover and spine, full colour, 128 pages, full gloss paper.  The story of Marie and Annette’s trips to Ireland to study the collection, Continue reading →

A Bounty of Tatted Delights by Karen Bovard
46 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches, published 2019

This is Karen’s latest book, and features a Cornucopia, and 38 fruits and vegetables.

There is everything there – from a big fat pumpkin, Continue reading →

Illusions of 3D in Split Ring Tatting by Karen Bovard
50 pages, 8.5×11 inches, published 2019.

This is another of Karen Bovard’s fascinating Split Ring Tatting books with 23 Optical Illusion designs in the book.
The traditional 3 Tumbling Blocks, Continue reading →

Snowflakes in Split Ring Tatting by Karen Bovard.
50 pages,  8.5 x 11 inches.  published 2017.

This book is filled with 54  snowflakes of all sizes and appearances, to suit every taste!
Each snowflake is photographed Continue reading →

Tatting Collage, by Lindsay Rogers.
This edition Published March, 2012.
A5, hard cover, covered spiral binding.
96 pages.

“Tatting Collage” has some lovely ideas to use by building up the patterns supplied for a number of plants ,flowers,trees & insects. Continue reading →

One Shuttle Tatting by Lindsay Rogers
Published February 2019.
Hard cover, covered spiral binding, colour, 80 pages.
Easy to use book showing what can be achieved with just a shuttle, thread, hook and sometimes a few beads.  Suitable for Continue reading →

Occhi – Patchwork und mehr, by Adelheid Dangela.

A5, soft cover.  Contains small motifs that are put together to make larger pieces, e.g., 2 clover leaf triangles put bottom to bottom for a lozenge shape, and that is used Continue reading →

Guida al Ricamo Reticello Liberty by Laura Marzorati. 2nd edition 2012, first published 2008, Il Castello, Milan. No ISBN. In Italian. 80 pp, soft cover, 22 euros from Barbara Fay.

As a student of Margaret Stephens (reticella and aemelia ars, Continue reading →

Herbarium: Fiori e Colori a Reticello.  Giuliana Buonpadre, 2015, Quaderno, Verona, 80 pp., soft cover. From Barbara Fay, 35 euros. Italian, French and English.

Another Reticello book (see also review of Guida al Ricamo Reticello Liberty  by Marzorati), Continue reading →

Self-published. Available from: Doreen@needlelace.com
Cost UK21pounds plus postage.

Doreen has published 3 books on needlelace;
Flowers in Needlepoint Lace, Dryad Press, 1987
Needlepoint Lace: Designs from the Countryside, Batsford, 1991
Needlepoint Lace: Designs from the Town, Batsford, 1994

Doreen has Continue reading →