Designing Bobbin Lace

107 members Latest Activity: May 9

For those who want to talk about designing bobbin lace, whatever style.

Computer Aided Design

113 members Latest Activity: May 16

For those who like to use software to design bobbin lace, tatting or other laces.  All the various programs are included.  Talk about your…

Duchesse and Rosaline

30 members Latest Activity: May 16

Includes 18th and 19th century Brussels lace. Duchesse bobbin lace is a 19th century derivation of older and more complex Brussels laces.  Some…

Carrickmacross Lace

39 members Latest Activity: Oct 4, 2019

Carrickmacross originated in Ireland in the 19th century and involves fine cotton fabric appliqued onto machine made net, with embroidery and…

Withof

38 members Latest Activity: Feb 8, 2019

Withof Duchesse bobbin lace is a 20th century invention, derived from Sluis Duchesse (Dutch duchesse).  The major innovation is the use of a…

Torchon

210 members Latest Activity: Mar 13

Torchon bobbin lace is a geometric lace with a mesh ground.  It is very popular with lacemakers.  Includes the 's-Gravenmoerse motif.

Irish Crochet and Crochetted Lace

99 members Latest Activity: May 13, 2019

Irish crochet is made with a typical crochet hook, but always includes shaped motifs and may have some raised cords or layered bits.  It is…

Point Ground Laces

148 members Latest Activity: May 5

Point ground laces include Bucks point, Tonder, Bayeux, Chantilly, Blonde, Beveren and others that use the CTTT ground.  During the 19th century…

Maltese

21 members Latest Activity: Sep 4, 2017

Maltese bobbin lace is generally considered to be a guipure straight lace,  It often, but not always, uses a braid based (plait based) ground.  It…

Knitted Lace and Lace Knitting

68 members Latest Activity: Jul 16, 2019

Knitted lace can be made into clothing, veils and shawls, tablecloths.  And it can use very fine yarns.  I've heard that “lace knitting” is…

Tatting

224 members Latest Activity: May 9

Tatted lace is made with a shuttle, but needle tatting is recently popular.

Cantu-puntoVenezia

39 members Latest Activity: Feb 13

Cantu bobbin lace is a variety of tape lace, but uses a bundle to travel threads from one part of the design to another, a technique not used in…

Honiton

37 members Latest Activity: Jan 8, 2019

Honiton bobbin lace is a very fine and delicate part lace.  Motifs are shaped by adding and removing threads as needed. It was based in…

Bruges Bloomwork

44 members Latest Activity: Feb 13

Bruges Bloomwork and Chrysanthemum Work.  Bloomwork is a fairly coarse and simple part lace with a limited set of standard motifs.  Any design is…

Bobbin made tape laces (braid laces)

126 members Latest Activity: Jan 26

Varieties of this kind include Russian tape lace, Schneeberger lace, Idrija lace, Lepoglava, Hinojosa and Milanese.  These laces are popular…

Embroidered Net

40 members Latest Activity: Oct 4, 2019

Tulle embroidery.  There are 2 kinds of embroidery on hexagonal net: Needlerun embroidery (Limerick), and tambour work, made with a tambour…

laceauthors

9 members Latest Activity: Jul 20, 2016

For authors of lace books to discuss issues of publication, printing, copyright, software, print on demand, ebooks, etc.

Binche Flanders Mechlin Paris Valenciennes

91 members Latest Activity: Aug 7, 2019

How to make Flanders bobbin lace, Valenciennes bobbin lace, Binche bobbin lace, Paris bobbin lace and Mechlin bobbin lace.

Mixed Tape Laces

41 members Latest Activity: Feb 12

Specific types are Battenberg lace, Branscombe point, Princess lace, Borris lace or Romanian Needlepoint Lace.

These laces have a narrow…

Bobbinlace Beginners

285 members Latest Activity: May 6

For all beginners in bobbin lace who need a little help, and for experienced lace makers who are willing to assist.  Learn how to make bobbin…