{"product_id":"shuttle-tatting-for-beginners-tressie-medhurst-9798180785596","title":"Shuttle Tatting for Beginners: A Step-by-Step Guide to Knots, Lace Patterns, and Techniques with 15 Easy Projects Including Rings, Chains, Doilies, Je","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe thread either flips or it doesn't. Most tatting books spend two paragraphs on that moment. This one spends an entire chapter.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou've probably watched someone tat and thought it looked impossible. Maybe you tried once, the thread locked up, nothing closed, and you put it down convinced it wasn't for you. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat experience is the most common beginning in this craft, and it traces to one cause: the flip was never explained with the depth it requires. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat Fifteen Projects Actually Build\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn the double stitch through a dedicated chapter on the flip, with a testing method for each half\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClose your first ring in Project 1 and your first complete bookmark in Project 2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForm consistent picots with a gauge so each joining point aligns exactly when the design needs it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNavigate reverse work and two-thread chains until both become automatic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRead standard tatting notation before Project 5 so any published pattern becomes accessible\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProgress through size 10, size 20, and size 40 thread with guidance specific to each weight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlock and finish a five-round hexagonal doily that holds shape and reads as professional handmade lace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery project in this book is sequenced. Skip nothing, rush nothing, and by Project 10 the technique stops being something you think about. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Structure Behind the Progress\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFifteen original patterns, each requiring only what the previous chapters prepared\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCorrections for the exact errors that appear at each stage, given at the moment they occur\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJewelry, bookmarks, edgings, and a doily covering what tatters most want to make\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinishing and care instruction so every completed piece looks exactly like what it is\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommunity resources and next-step guidance for continuing well beyond the final project\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTatting has a steep opening and then a long satisfying plateau. This book is designed around the opening, because that is where most beginners stop, and it doesn't have to be. Once the flip is reliable, the range of what you can make is limited only by thread and time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStart tonight. The first stitch is thirty pages away. The rest follows from there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tressie Medhurst\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798180785596\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 98\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.20d","brand":"Tressie Medhurst","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852967784703,"sku":"9798180785596","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shuttle-tatting-for-beginners-tressie-medhurst-9798180785596","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}