Lace Video

Order BOBBIN LACE DVD or VHS 013 $39.95

With Doris Southard. If you love lace, you'll definitely want to learn bobbin lacemaking. You will learn about tools and equipment, how to construct a simple pillow, and how to read and make a pattern. Patterns for 5 projects are included, and are of graduated difficulty. First you learn the basic twist and cross. Then the whole stitch, cloth stitch, half stitch, Torchon ground, and Brussels ground. You will also learn how to combine stitches as you work a sewing edge, a fan, and a spider, turn a corner, and join a piece of lace to its beginning. Tips on finishing are also included. 109 minutes

Order LEARN NEEDLE TATTING with Barbara Foster $29.95 DVD or VHS 861

This lace making process uses a needle instead of a traditional tatting shuttle to create tatted lace. A tatting needle and 2 yards of thread are included along with a written insert that includes pattern diagrams. You will learn the double stitch (for right and left handers), picots, joining, rings, chains, working off the ball, reversing the work, split rings, joining rings, joining to a doily, how to add beads, etc. 50 minutes

Order Russian Tape Lace DVD 922 $47.50

In this program, Lia shows how to make a Russian Tape Lace butterfly as it is made in Vologda, Russia. She gives intstructions for the starting of the lace, a stem stitch, a chain stitch, a false plait, turning a corner, a variety of fillings and the finishing of the lace. An additional pattern for a doily is included for further practice. 135 minutes.

Order TATTING I - The Basics 027 $29.95

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"The camera work is beautiful. Each step can be viewed & followed with ease" LACE & CRAFTS

With Mildred Clark. It's great fun...and one of those things that you can take with you wherever you go...all you need is a tatting shuttle and some thread!! You will become very well acquainted with this fascinating lace making technique, as you learn the basic stitch, picots, joinings and how to create chains and rings in the traditional shuttle tatting method. You will work a two color edging, and learn how to apply the edging to a project. You will learn the vocabulary and how to successfully read a pattern. It won't be long before you're ready to continue your study with Mildred in Tatting II. 78 minutes

Order TATTING II - Beyond the Basics 028 $29.95

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"I have been tatting for years, & the afternoon I spent with this video was one of the most enjoyable tatting experiences of life." LACE & CRAFTS

With Mildred Clark. If you already have a basic understanding of tatting, or if you've completed "Tatting I" you are now ready to learn other stitches and more complex techniques - among them: the rolled, twisted, and Josephine stitches; how to make fewer thread ends to handle; another way to attach tatting to fabric; beading; and two shuttle tatting. Old tatting terms will be clarified . Mildred also presents an overview to needle tatting, crochet tatting, and hook tatting techniques. 81 minutes

Order TATTED LACE FROM START TO FINISH 966 $44.95 VHS or DVD

Tatted lace course with accompanying 16 page booklet. The tape covers the basic stitch, one shuttle lace, shuttle and ball lace, two shuttle tatting, mock picots and mock rings, split rings and bridges, Josephine knot, twisted stitch and beads, padded tatting and petal tatting. This video offers good instruction with details to all the basics of tatting so that one can read patterns and continue on their own.