Duchesse and Rosaline

25 members Latest Activity: Dec 22, 2017

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: 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…

Tatting

211 members Latest Activity: Apr 10

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…

Bobbin made tape laces (braid laces)

117 members Latest Activity: Apr 13

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

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…

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…

Bedfordshire

63 members Latest Activity: Feb 16

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

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…