Never received book
I waited and waited and was finally told that this book couldn't be found. So why was it posted in the first place?......disappointing.
Beautiful early tatting book reprint
This is a reprint of Ann Orr's book Tatting Patterns, first published in 1935 and reprinted in 1940. This particular volume concentrates mainly on luncheon sets, some of which have very large centrepieces. Unfortunately the photograph of one luncheon set is not good and others are rather on the small side so that it is difficult to see what goes where.
Accompanying the luncheon sets is a range of edgings, one of which includes what is possibly the first in print appearance of the split ring. For some reason the 1940 edition of the book, of which this is the reprint, did not include the knotted picots technique and so the pattern which included this rather unusual precursor to the self closing mock ring does not appear in the reprint which is rather a shame.
There is also a good collection of motifs and medallions some of which would make attractive small coasters or Christmas tree decorations.
The instructions are written in the longhand style of their time which can be a little difficult to decipher, however careful study before you begin will help you to understand how each piece works. It will certainly be possible to adapt the patterns to use modern techniques such as split rings and chains and no doubt the author would be delighted to see her reverse ring technique being incorporated into her designs in this way. A couple of the edgings do use the split ring and it's fun to see the way Ms Orr wrote out the pattern to use this technique which at that time was completely new and original and which she invented.
This book is a worthwhile addition to any tatter's bookshelf and will provide plenty of attractive patterns to work.
Makes me curious...
Who was Anne Orr? No biographical information is given in this book, but I assume she worked for thread companies in the early part of the 20th century creating tatting patterns. Many patterns are in this book, some useful, some inspirational, but the price is so good, just go ahead and buy it. There are instructions for the "reverse stitch" (which is what we now call the "split ring") at the back of the book, but it's is not used in any of these patterns. Why did Dover include it?
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