An Illustrated Dictionary of Tatting

Rating:
Summary: An Illustrated Dictionary of Tatting
Review: A compact little book with an ambitious title that it (unfortunately) fails to live up to.

The books is *minimally illustrated* with black & white line
drawings only. While it does explain some techniques more
clearly than I've seen elsewhere ("magic loops" to draw
threads in when finishing work, for example), it also includes
definitions of such things as "beads" and "sequins" which seem
to serve little purpose other than to fill space.

There are **no photographs** of historical subjects or
significant work in the evolution of tatting.

I would be much happier with this little book if it had simply been titled "A Dictionary of Tatting." As a work that one might
refer to in the course of actually tatting, a binding that would lay flat would be much preferable to this one, which is reluctant to open flat even under pressure. Again, as a reference work (rather than a paperback novel), paper more long-lasting than pulp stock would have been a happier choice by the publisher.

"Life is a ring of tatters."