The changing of the year is always a good time to reflect on what you have accomplished in tatting and where you want to go from here. It is also a good time to make lists. So here is a list of books voted the top ten in tatting books. Please use this list to look for new tatting designers whose work you may have missed as well as studying the classic tatting books.
| 1. The Complete Book of Tatting | Rebecca Jones http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art70461.asp |
| 2. The works of | Mary Konior (especially "Tatting with Visual Patterns") http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art70461.asp |
| 3. The works of | Judi Banashek (Impeccable Tatting, Advanced Tatting Techniques) http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art70461.asp |
| 4. The works of | Elgiva Nicholls http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art70461.asp |
| 5. The works of | Mlle. Riego http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art70461.asp http://www.bellaonline.com/subjects/6778.asp |
| 6. The works of | Anne Orr http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art70463.asp http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art30942.asp |
| 7. The works of | Helma Siepman http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art70462.asp http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art28249.asp |
| 8. A variety of Japanese Tatting Books | various designers during the last decade http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art18859.asp http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art13847.asp http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art18279.asp http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art20073.asp http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art31596.asp http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art31281.asp Workbasket patterns are still under copyright and may not be posted. However, copies of the old magazines are available on the secondary market. |
| 9. The patterns of the Workbasket | magazine 60+ years in pub. http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art70462.asp Index http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art32031.asp http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art31814.asp http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art31198.asp http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art31128.asp |
| 10. The wonderful vintage "10-cent" books | Coats & Clark, Lily, The Star Books, The American Thread Company, The Spool Cotton Company etc. http://www.bellaonline.com/newsdtl.asp?name=tatting&date=8/30/2011%2012:05:34%20PM http://www.bellaonline.com/newsdtl.asp?name=tatting&date=9/6/2011%2012:05:41%20PM http://www.bellaonline.com/newsdtl.asp?name=tatting&date=8/23/2011%2012:05:42%20PM |
| 11. Tied | |
| Christmas Angels and other patterns | Mona (Monica) Hahn |
| The works of the online tatting class, | 1999-present http://www.georgiaseitz.com/2013/2013index.html |
| The Illustrated Dictionary of Tatting | Judith Connors http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art70462.asp |
| 12. Tied | |
| Dover pubs such as those edited by | Rita Weiss, Julia Sanders, Mary Carol Waldrep etc. |
| The works of | Rosemary Peel |
| Mini-Tats | Patty Duff |
| Tatting Patterns | Lyn Morton |
| Tatting Patterns & Design | Blomqvist & Persson |
| Tatting Collage | Lindsay Rodgers http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art52398.asp |
| The works of the Modern Priscilla, | Priscilla 1,2, and 3 |
| The works of | Norma Benporath |
| The works of | Angeline Crichlow http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art16413.asp |
| The works of | Ruth Scharf (OCCHI, OCCHI 2 : Neue Blaetter) http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art28249.asp |
| 13. Tied | |
| All New Knotless Tatting | Dora Young http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art70462.asp |
| The needle tatting books of | Barbara Foster |
| Tatting with Tatsy | Carol Winandy |
| 14. Tied | |
| The works of | Emmy Liebert |
| The works of the Ring of Tatters esp | ROT's Tatting 2000 |
| Beanile | Nina Libin http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art70462.asp |
| Tatting | To de Haan van Beek http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art70462.asp |
| Occhi | Hilda Schleip |
| Forget Knot Alaska | Dianna Stevens |
| Tatted Ornaments | Terry McGuffin |
| Tatting: A New Look at the Old Art of Making Lace | Lael Morgan |
| Tatting, The contemporary art of knotting with a shuttle | Rhoda Auld |
| 15. Tied | |
| Tatting for the Beginner | Nettie Lou Stafford Shipp |
| A Tatter's Workbook | Anon. |
| The works of | Ruth Perry |
| The works of | Pam Palmer |
| Tatting with Friends | G. Seitz, ed. |
