Free Tatting Books Online
This section includes links to pages where you can download many public domain free tatting books. Most of these are important volumes which you should include in your library.
Adeline Cordet Book 5  [offsite link]
"Tatting Designs with instructions", Book No. Five by Adeline Cordet. Elaborate designs for the intermediate to advanced tatter. Anna Valeire Crochet and Tatting Manual Book 2 [offsite link]
This very early tatting publication dates back to around 1900. Your host is fortunate to possess a copy and it is well worth downloading this volume shared online by Georgia Seitz. The instructions are written in longhand and are fairly archaic but most patterns are simple and you should be able to decipher them. Enjoy! Anna Valerie Book 2 [offsite link]
"Crochet & Tatting Craft", Book 1 by Anna Valerie. Edgings, Medallions & Insertions, with full instructions on over 60 pieces for use in lingerie and the home. Anna Valerie Book 3 [offsite link]
"Tatting Craft," My book No. 3 Anna Valerie.
Almost 100 designs, Old & New with 14 pictures of simplified instructions. Anne Orr Book 14 [offsite link]
J. & P. Coats "Crochet, Cross Stitch and Tatting" by Anne Orr, 1923 Book 14. Only a few pages on tatting but there is an introduction to split ring tatting. Anne Orr BooK 14
J. & P. Coats "Crochet, Cross Stitch and Tatting" by Anne Orr, 1923 Book 14 Barbours Prize Needlework Series Book 1 [offsite link]
Barbours Prize Needlework Series Book 1 is a "Treatise on Lacemaking, Embroidery and Needlework" published by the Barbours Brothers Company 1891. There is a section on tatting, pages 65 - 73. This copy is the 1896 third edition. See also: http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art36304.asp Collingbourne’s Authority on Fine Arts: Crochet, Tatting, Knitting, Embroidery, Book No. 19. [offsite link]
Contains only one tatting pattern on pg 26 of the original or pg 39 of the scan, but full of lovely vintage patterns. Collingbournes New Easy Way of making real Tatting and Maltese Art, Book no. 11. [offsite link]
This has about 20 pages of lovely vintage tatting patterns plus many hairpin or maltese lace patterns, too. Corticelli Lessons in Tatting [offsite link]
This excellent early tatting book is a must have on your bookshelf! Digital Archive of Articles on Weaving, Textiles and Related Subjects [offsite link]
This online library contains pdf downloads for many early textile books, journals and articles which are out of copyright. Eleonore Endrucks-Leichtenstern´s "Schiffchen-Spitzen" [offsite link]
With the compliments of the Online Tatting Class, Martha Ess, and me, Tatting Editor at BellaOnline.com
http://www.georgiaseitz.com/public/eleonoreendrucks-leichtensternschiffchenspitzenbook1920.pdf
http://www.georgiaseitz.com/public/endrucksinsertsdiagrams.pdf
Emma Farnes´ Book E Caps,Collars, Jabots [offsite link]
New Crochet and Tatting Designs in Caps, Collars, and Jabots with instructions, My Book Number E by Emma Farnes. This excerpt contains the cover and tatting pages from that book, pgs. 9, 13, 14 and 15. Emmy Liebert SchiffchenArbeiten 1 & 2 [offsite link]
A group of tatters,(http://www.georgiaseitz.com) is working many patterns from the Emmy Liebert books this fall. This book is written in German and printed in the fraktur font which is difficult for many to decifer. The new models and diagrams are being added weekly to the page : http://www.georgiaseitz.com/public/emmyliebert/liebertproject.htm, http://www.georgiaseitz.com/public/emmyliebert/liebertbk1reprint.pdf and http://antiquepatterns.dreamhosters.com/LiebertShiffchen2.pdf J&P Coats & Clark´s ONT Edgings Book 288 [offsite link]
"Edgings for All Purposes", excerpt of the tatting pages only. 10 tatting designs with full color models. Lily No. 58, Edgings Crocheted & Tatted [offsite link]
"Edgings, Crocheted & Tatted," Lily series #58 Mee & Austin´s [offsite link]
A very old tatting book by Mrs. Cornelia Mee and Miss Austin. It has a discussion of picots and their creation that is worth reviewing. This book influenced the new book, "Picot Play" by Martha Ess, 2011. Mrs Beeton´s Book of Needlework [offsite link]
Mrs Beeton´s Book of Needlework is an important volume which was published in 1870. Any needleworker should have it on her bookshelf and it is now available for free download from the Gutenberg Library online. Please note that this is a very large download and if you have difficulty you should contact the Gutenberg Library for advice. Old and New Designs in Tatting [offsite link]
This is another lovely early tatting book by Sophie T LaCroix. Public Domain Vintage Tatting Patterns [offsite link]
Vintage Tatting Patterns in Public Domain in the Archive of the Online Tatting Class. Tatting pages and full booklets from 19th and 20th century tatting designers. Tatting by Therese de Dillmont [offsite link]
You will need to scroll down, but listed on this page is Therese de Dillmont´s lovely little book "Tatting". The archive of tatting books in public domain [offsite link]
This important collection of downloads includes many of the volumes from the 1850s and 60s when tatting publishing and the development of terminology was in its infancy. Anything in these books will require most careful study before proceeding with the work as the instructions are rather quaint. The Art of Tatting [offsite link]
This important volume, published in 1910, contains illustrations of work done by Lady Hoare and Queen Elizabeth of Romania. There are no patterns but anyone interested in tatting should still have this as it is a superb book with wonderful photographs. Look particularly for the Queen of Romania´s jewelled tatting and the exquisite christening gown made by Lady Hoare´s blind mother. Some of Lady Hoare´s tatting can still be viewed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The Lady´s Manual of Fancy Work [offsite link]
This important volume by Mrs Pullan, published in 1859, contains not only fascinating descriptions of needlework and life at that time in London, it quite possibly contains the first use of the true chain. Links marked with the [offsite link] designation point to websites not associated with BellaOnline.com. BellaOnline.com is not responsible for the material found there.
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