Not a clue here. Some of those skills are soon to be lost skills, I'm afraid. I always wanted to learn how to tat, but never did. Good luck on your lace making!
Ravelry.com is a great help. There's lots of help for the new knitter or crocheter and tons of patterns for knit or crocheted lace. I just bought a tatted ornament last week and would LOVe to learn how to do tatting.
I bought an old book on sale on tatting lace. Unfortunately, it assumes a certain knowledge of the subject to start with. Which I don't have. I LOVE lace.