I have a tatting site:
http://www.tattingjustforyou.com it deals in very simple tatting patterns, books, shuttles, free patterns and instruction.
Also a blog:
http://tattypatty.blogspot.com
Free step by step tutorials. I think every one of my patterns are just as easy to do in needletatting. I use only basic stitches which are the same in both shuttle and needletatting. Hope you come visit.
I learned needletatting a couple of months ago. I don't prefer it but wanted to see if I could reproduce my patterns using the needle. I had no trouble.