The Big Book of Tatting

[angelicmystique.livejournal.com]

Probably a stupid question, but would this be a good deal? My store doesn't carry it, so I'm hoping some of you could tell me how useful the book is, difficulty of the patterns, or any rants/raves you may have. Even if I don't buy it now, I may look for it later.

Thank you; you've all been so helpful in the past.


EDIT:
Also, are needle tatting and shuttle patterns different, or just different ways to tackle the same pattern?
I thought I might need to know before I went out and bought a book on needles by mistake.

Comments

[nolly.livejournal.com]

I think there are some shuttle techniques that are difficult or impossible to do with needle (split-ring comes to mind, but I may be misremembering), but needle patterns should work for shuttle.