HANDY HANDS-This step-by-step guide is fully illustrated with very clear color photographs for each step to get you started with needle tatting. Techniques covered include forming the double stitch making picots, rings and chains, joining new thread, and more. The author also shows how to read patterns written for the shuttle in the various styles that have been used over the years and to sew them with the needle. Once the basics have been learned, the reader can then move on to try one of the pretty patterns that are included-a collar or doily edging, a pillowcase edging, Christmas medallion, hanky edging, a butterfly, and a note card motif. Paperback: 28 pages.