This book is for shuttle and needle tatters who enjoy the incredible beauty of tatting Celtic Knots and the fun of tatting interesting patterns to give as gifts, or keep. Over forty designs: including Jewelery, crosses, a bracelet and watch band, plus capital letters, and the Celtic knot Circle.

Celtic Tatted Leaves and Flowers (Revised 2014) This revised Edition includes The Leaves and Flowers in the original book plus patterns for a Celtic Poppy Flower and Leaf, Celtic Dragonfly, Stargazer Lily and Day Lily, Celtic Rosebuds, Star Flower, and a Celtic Rosebud Heart. The delicate intricacies of Celtic weaving and Celtic knot work form the basic shapes of this collection of tatting patterns. The interweaving and Celtic knot designs are reminiscent of the ancient Celtic stone carvings and metalwork artifacts, including ancient jewelry found in archaeological digs throughout Europe and the British Isles and the treasures of Celtic Christian monasteries' crosses and illustrations of ancient books now preserved for generations in museums.

Learn to crochet cables! Have you ever wanted to create a sweater with beautiful cables, but you didn't know how to knit? Now, in Contemporary Celtic Crochet, you can learn how to use basic crochet stitches to create the same stunning effect on sweater wraps, stoles, cardigans, and more. This book features easy projects, such as hats, scarves and device covers, and more difficult projects, including sweaters, wraps and blankets. Make the Hialeah Honey Baby Blankey to swaddle a newborn or create the Inisheer Sweater Wrap to stay cozy in cool weather. The Cables Meet Lace Cape is perfect for evenings out, and the Pennywhistler's Pack will let you carry your essentials on any day trip. These Celtic-inspired stitches and projects are the perfect addition to your crochet repertoire.

Superb step-by-step guide enables even beginners to create beautiful lace according to age-old technique. Edgings, doilies, squares, petals, picots, more. Projects graded, simple to advanced. 249 illustrations. Bibliography.

Warm up your wardrobe with beautiful cabled pieces! The possibilities of crochet cables are endless! In this stunning collection, author and fiber artist Bonnie Barker debuts 18 gorgeous new designs for today's crafter. Using step-by-step directions and irresistible photography, Bonnie shows you how to master this intricate technique to make: • Sophisticated sweaters, ponchos and shawls • Stylish hats, scarves, and gloves • A hip messenger bag with a contrasting fabric liner and a snappy shrug that's perfect for a night out with friends Celtic Cable Crochet even includes a visual stitch dictionary that takes the guesswork out of each pattern. From start to finish, this all-in-one guide will get you hooked on crocheting contemporary, Celtic-inspired stitches.

Reissue of this practical guide to the craft of weaving shuttle lace. Contains comprehensive step-by-step methods of tatting, with numerous exercises, sketches, diagrams and illustrations. Includes a bibliography and glossary of foreign words.

A beautiful and detailed introduction to tatting! With the growing interest in lace, New Tatting is a fantastic book for getting started in the craft. Tatting is a means of creating lace by looping threads together using tiny shuttles and your fingers (with occasional help from a crochet hook). It creates dainty chains and edgings as well as single motifs and is used to edge and decorate textiles and clothing, as jewelry, or as large-scale lace projects in itself. Tatting is getting new respect in the crafting world as people discover its traditional beauty while giving it a more modern inflection. In New Tatting, you will explore modern color and a fresh approach to tatting with incredible step by-step photos and beautiful projects. This book appeals to people who have never tatted before as well as tatters looking for something new and inspirational. Anyone interested in making lace will find that New Tatting offers everything needed to get started.

Original tatting lace patterns in a Celtic style. Motif are compose of multiple pieces interwoven and later join together with an additional round. Instructions for 8 patterns, including bookmarks, butterflies and individual motifs. Suitable for tatters intermediate and advance level. Some of the techniques used on the book are use of beads and split rings.