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encuadernación, calidad de papel y fotos excelente. A pesar de tener 100 diseños, no es el mejor, en todo caso.
Not worth the money
A New Twist on Tatting was mostly disappointing. None of the designs is particularly difficult from the perspective of technique, but for those of us with very little free time on our hands, the amount of time and patience that would be required to produce some of them is just plain too much, especially for the uses that the author suggests.
I've often thought that many of the needle arts, particularly the lace making types, have gone out of fashion simply because we have so little use for them any more. Furthermore, not many people appreciate the sophistication of technique and time that is required to produce them. If anything Ms Austin's book only confirms that suspicion. Most of the uses to which she put her designs seem forced, almost desperate. Why would anyone spend hours tatting something for a teddy bear? Most of the illustrations have a tired look about them, but perhaps this is the outcome of the nostalgia motif of the book itself. The antique décor and the keepsakes from bygone days are pretty much where most of the patterns belong. Certainly the cotton bed spread type threads used to create some of them didn't help.
If you're looking to learn tatting, I'd try another book on the subject. Or better still find someone to actually show you how. It's a little difficult to catch on to at first, because the natural tendency is to pull the wrong thread tight and end up making knots rather than slip stitches. If you've already tried unsuccessfully to tat with a shuttle,look at a book or two on needle tatting. You may find this easier to do. After learning it this way, you may find that shuttle tatting is easier to do.
If you're looking for an imaginative way to use what you've already learned, I'd check out Tatting Collage, by Lindsay Rogers. She shares splendid ideas that even the most beginning of tatters can do, and she also shows where the needle arts are really headed these days. When you read a book like hers, you see that it isn't the art itself that's "tired" or "useles" but the way we use them. Tatting Patterns by Lyn Morton also provides some novel uses for tatted motifs and shows what a little color does for your designs as well. Also a nice book of motifs and projects, and one of my favorites, is Blomqvist and Persson's Tatting Patterns and Designs. For those of you who want to do snowflakes for the holidays check out Tatting with Anne Orr. These are definitely not "tired" works of the tatting art.
This one just isn't worth it.
Pretty Pictures, Recycled Patterns
There are indeed very lovely pictures of tatting in this book, but almost ALL the patterns are in the Julia Sanders book that is only $3.95. For patterns, save your money and get Tatting Patterns by Julia E. Sanders.
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