Dear Alice and other Friends,
We have had several people right here on
Arachne who had pursued the skills on their own.
I believe I was the first person to learn bobbin lace via the
Internet & Arachne back in late 1995.
I know I began with "20 Lessons in Bedfordshire Lace" and made 3 or 4
items from it. But then someone sent me a little pin cushion with a
lovely Bucks Point edge. I never dreamed I'd ever actually own
anything so beautiful, let alone be able to make it.
After working through a couple of Bucks Point Books, I bought a teach
yourself book on Chantilly put out by the Dutch Lace Guild, and then
it wasn't long before I discovered the wonderful books by Ulrike
Loehr (later Voelkers).
The rest is history.
I certainly never had to endure the restrictions a purist teacher
might put on one. In fact I recall very early on thinking how the
cloth or half stitch inside a motif would look far better right up
against the gimp and have never twisted on the inside since!
David in Ballarat, AUS
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