If you could stock a store full of Tatting materials . . .

Heglajhess asked that question on the Here-Be-Tatters email list so I thought I would post my answers here too.

FIVE BOOKS FOR BEGINNERS

1- The Complete Book of Tatting by Rebecca Jones

2- Tatting with Visual Patterns by Mary Konior

3- Beginning Tatting (can't find my copy so don't know the author)

4- Tatting by the Tatsy company

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FIVE BOOKS YOU MOST DESIRE OR CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT

1- Ben Fikkart's books

2- The Shuttle Brother's books

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FIVE FAVORITE SHUTTLE TYPES/BRANDS

1- Silent Tatter

2- Detach-A-Spool

3- Handmade by my dad out of walnut from his backyard similar to the Silent Tatter

4- Grizzly Mountain Arts with a sewing bobbin and hook

5- any shuttle using a sewing bobbin and has an attached hook

FIVE BEST THREADS/FIBER

1- 6 cord mercerized cotton

2- hand dyed thread

3- silk

4- linen

5- blending filaments

FIVE TOP TATTING TOOLS

1- magic thread/floss threader

2- short crochet hooks with rings

3- beading needles

4- clover thread cutter

5- yarn swift for handling skeins of thread

6- picot guages

FIVE MOST DESIRED ITEMS TO INCLUDE IN YOUR TATTING

1- beads

2- glass ornaments

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FIVE MOST NECESSARY DESIGN AIDS

1- 1' tatted measuring thread

2- pencil

3- paper

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PLEASE INCLUDE ANY REMARKS HERE

beginning tatting videos - I like Sharon's