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Priscilla Tatting Book No. 1
Priscilla Tatting Book No. 1
Monograph · 34 pages
A 1909 instruction book of shuttle tatting edited by Jessie M. De Witt, with selections from The Modern Priscilla plus new designs. It opens with general directions on shuttles, thread, hand positions, rings, picots, joining, chains, Josephine knots and working with shuttle and ball. The rest gives written patterns with photographs for edgings, insertions, doilies, handkerchief borders, collars, yokes, caps, medallions, trimmings and a waist set. It closes with an advertisement for other Priscilla needlework books.
Priscilla Tatting Book No. 2
Priscilla Tatting Book No. 2
Monograph · 34 pages
A pattern book of shuttle tatting edited by Julia E. Sanders, with abbreviated written directions for several dozen numbered figures. It opens with an explanation of stitches and a section on modern tatting, then gives patterns for edgings, insertions, beadings, hat trimmings, collars, doilies, a centrepiece, a table scarf, pillows, a jabot, an alphabet, a library scarf, bags, an infant's cap and a baby bonnet. Many photographs show the finished pieces, and the back page advertises other Priscilla needlework books.
Priscilla Tatting Book No.3
Priscilla Tatting Book No.3
Monograph · 36 pages
A 1924 instruction booklet of tatting patterns published by the Needlecraft Publishing Company of Augusta, Maine. It opens with general directions on the shuttle, hand positions, picots, joining and thread joining. It then gives written directions and photographs for single-thread and two-thread edgings, beadings, medallions, knot-stitch, needle-and-shuttle, Cluny, lattice-stitch, twisted and roll tatting. Finished projects include centrepieces, doilies, a between-meal cloth, a table runner, a boudoir cap and camisole top, and a baby cap, along with a centrepiece that combines tatting and weaving. Advertisements for other Priscilla needlework books and Needlecraft Magazine appear at the front and back.

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