Carrickmacross Lace

39 members Latest Activity: Jun 5, 2016

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

Withof

35 members Latest Activity: Jul 31, 2016

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

Point Ground Laces

141 members Latest Activity: Sep 4, 2017

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…

Bedfordshire

64 members Latest Activity: May 20

Bedfordshire bobbin lace is a braid/plait based straight lace.  The designs usually involve a graceful clothwork trail that meanders through the…

Tatting

212 members Latest Activity: on Saturday

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

Cantu-puntoVenezia

35 members Latest Activity: Oct 8, 2016

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…

Embroidered Net

39 members Latest Activity: Mar 31

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

Displaying Mounting Attaching Lace

9 members Latest Activity: Mar 7

Do you have questions about diplaying your lace, or what kinds of mounts to use? Do you have difficulties with attaching lace to fabric? This is…

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.

Bobbin Lace Jewelry

101 members Latest Activity: Mar 13

Bobbin lace jewelry.  For discussions of  materials, findings, workable techniques.  Includes both wire jewelry and metallic threads, natural and…

Contemporary Bobbin Lace

84 members Latest Activity: May 14

For those interested in designing and making contemporary and modern bobbin lace designs which don't fit into traditional categories.  Many of…

Binche Flanders Mechlin Paris Valenciennes

82 members Latest Activity: Mar 19

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

Mixed Tape Laces

40 members Latest Activity: Feb 8

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

These laces have a narrow…

Torchon

192 members Latest Activity: Mar 19

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

Cluny, LePuy and Continental Guipure

34 members Latest Activity: Sep 14, 2017

This group is for Cluny, LePuy and continental guipure bobbin laces -- straight laces with a 4 strand braid/plait ground.  Designs may be…

Honiton

36 members Latest Activity: Jan 5

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

37 members Latest Activity: Feb 18

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)

117 members Latest Activity: Jun 16

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