Hi Shell and fellow Arachnids,
Like many lacemakers I can do several types of lace;- bobbin (a number
different types), needle, Irish and 'straight' crochet, Carrickmacross,
Armenian (knotted), knitted, tambour, tatting (do not enjoy but can do it),
Tennerife and embroidered laces and
I make mainly bobbin lace, but I also tat and learned about 70 years ago,
but tatting took a back seat when I discovered bobbin lace. I have made and
enjoyed needlelace, and have always intended to do more, but again, I am
afraid bobbin lace comes first. I can crochet and I do a lot of knitting,
Elizabeth Ligeti wrote:
“Somewhere I read of some old men on the continent,(6 or 7 of them, I
think.) who taught lacemaking at a lace School - and their beards were
so long they had them tied up in little bags to keep them out of the
way of the pins!”
Do take a look at Tønder in Mrs.
Hello All! Thank you Jeri for posting the link to Angela's site! What a
delightful piece of Bedfordshire!! The quatrefoil ground (my term--I don't
know anything about this lace!) is just right to set off the holly, berries
butterfly. Awesome! Sincerely, Susan Hottle, Palm Beach Gardens,
I've learned to tat but still very much the beginner. So far with bobbin
lace I've made a short tape of stitch practice before my move. I've knit
plenty of lace like things, but nothing of actual lace.
On Wednesday, March 27, 2013, J D Hammett wrote:
Hi Shell and fellow Arachnids,
Like many
The first lace I ever did was shuttle tatting. That soon ended when I
discovered that I couldn't go back and fix mistakes. One of the 'joys' of
bobbin lace is that if you make a mistake you can retrolace and fix it.
Much later I discovered needle tatting, and I enjoy that for Christmas
Hi Alice,
I'd love to see your 16th century Flanders, as would others I'm
sure. Any possibility that you could post pictures to LACEIOLI Ning group?
Nancy
in Connecticut, cleaning out a flooded basement,
throwing water-logged *stuff* away, and thinking it doesn't matter much
because all my
How many kinds of lace do I make?
Well, the only kind of lace I make is Bucks point ground, and I like to
make yardage.
When I started, I learned to make torchon first, and still use that
sometimes, such as for making Christmas decorations.
In the past, I've done all sorts of needlework, from
I can't believe this! I do not have a lace project in progress! I don't know
what to do with myself!
I just finished a piece of Milanese, designed by Louise Colgan. I'll post
this to Flickr when I can photograph it. I have a workshop with Vera Cockuyt
coming up soon, where I'm going to
Clay: your empty pillows are crying, feeling neglected and unloved.
I agree with Nancy: I'd love to see more early Flemish lace.
Pottenkant? Paris lace? The forgotten sisters.
I agree with Maureen: bobbin lace alone can occupy several lifetimes. Add
needlelace and you have several
With regard to the original question, I'm also addicted to bobbin lace. I've
tried all others I know of except hairpin lace, but the only other type I
really enjoy is hardanger and other lace-like embroidery--go figure! I'd like
to do more needle lace but I'm hopelessly bad at it, whereas I seem
Hi Lorelei and all
I too have a problem with my left eye, which I damaged inside when I fell
and broke my arm a few years ago.
Therefore I often either enlarge the pattern and work in thicker thread, or
where magnifying glasses. The latter especially when I go on a Bedfordshire
lace course
Le 27/03/2013 19:43, Clay Blackwell a écrit :
I can't believe this! I do not have a lace project in progress! I don't
know what to do with myself!
I just finished a piece of Milanese, designed by Louise Colgan. I'll post
this to Flickr when I can photograph it. I have a workshop with
I have had people who do extremely complex things themselves (just not
lace) come up and say that too me. A lot of times, the people who tell me
that are men who do extremely complex things like chain mail or other metal
work. When I point out how much patience they have for their passion, they
Written with tongue firmly in cheek, only to be funny, NOT to be mean. Please
take as intended.
Clay, how could you have let something like that happen!! You don't usually
make such mistakes!! Are there only two pillows in the house? How are you
coping? Order a roller pillow forthwith
Noelene have you been looking at the british weather LOL
I have 3 pillows on the go honiton with a flower that needs the filling
finishing.
Bedfordshire ( the other 2), one's an 'edging of Christine Springetts that
needs LOTS doing, and the other is an oak motif, again by Christine,
I do bobbin lace, and needlelace mainly these days, but I have, in the past,
done knitted lace, tatting, macramé, crochet, and Hairpin lace.
Included in the word Needlelace is also filet lace, and the embroidery on
net types (Carrickmacross, and Limerick) with Tambour Lace still on my To-Do
Oops - I forgot to mention my Knotted laces - I do the Eastern Mediterranean
laces, Oya and Bebilla, and have tried Puncetto.
I have done hardanger, too, but I count that more as an embroidery rather
than lace.
Regards from Liz in Melbourne, Oz.
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