I have an awful time remembering the titles of resource books! I have several on needlepoint (I think the one you mentioned and one really gorgeous one on Tiffany style projects), but mostly I just print the free patterns and ideas you can pull off the net. (I especially liked those blackwork links you provided last week, which led me to needle lacing, which led me to. . . another obsession.)
And I have several books on costume design and construction. "Elegantly Frugal Costumes" is one of my favorites, and probably the only title that comes right to mind. Sorry I'm so hopeless with reference titles!
The only reason I knew all those titles is I pulled the books off the shelf! ;-)
Please tell us more about your Blackwork and Needlelace. :-)
I love having handwork that is straight forward and fairly repetitive, so my mind can wander, but I still feel like I'm not just wasting time.
I've about given up on counted cross stitch, because I can't remember the numbers in the time it takes me to look away from the chart and find my place on the canvas. :-(
But I have found a way to outline in tent stitch designs that I've drawn onto canvas or evenweave cloth, then I can just fill it in with cross stitch or basket weave stitch. I've been doing that this week while I wait in the car for my daughter who is doing her GED tests.
I like going in spurts: reading, researching and designing like mad, then kicking back and truly enjoying the monotony of working to the end of an already-laid-out project.
Diaper design in Blackwork are great for that, too. :-)
Pinz