Barbara Clorite's list of tools etc. looks very thorough and I'd
second her recommendations. How many bobbins you want, however,
depends to some extent on the style of lacemaking you chose. I
happened to learn the little bit I know in Idrija, Slovenia (we were
in town for a week for a conference on mining history -- it's an old
mercury mining town and my SO is a historian of mercury mining -- and
there's only so much to do in such a small town, plus the weather was
hot and sticky, so I convinced the people at the lacemaking school to
teach me) and their lace typically only uses 6 pairs of bobbins at a
time. I like the look of the lace and find it comparatively easy to
handle. the book in English is called "Idrija Lace", by Bridget Cook
and Metka Tratnik. It's quite thorough on how each piece is made,
but is best used with a more beginners' book too, such as the Torchon
Lace Workbook by Bridget Cook mentioned before or Rosemary Shepherd's
"Introduction to Bobbin Lacemaking."
jessica in NYC
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John W. Draper Interdisciplinary Master's Program
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New York University
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