Computer Aided Design

119 members Latest Activity: Dec 11, 2020

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

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…

Mixed Tape Laces

45 members Latest Activity: Nov 14, 2020

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

These laces have a narrow…

Torchon

211 members Latest Activity: Aug 25, 2020

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

101 members Latest Activity: Nov 6, 2020

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

150 members Latest Activity: Jan 15

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

Identification-History

139 members Latest Activity: Dec 14, 2020

For discussions of lace history and lace identification.  You can post a photo into a comment box for a lace you want to discuss.  Bobblin…

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

71 members Latest Activity: Aug 29, 2020

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…

Cluny, LePuy and Continental Guipure

34 members Latest Activity: Dec 18, 2020

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

Tatting

227 members Latest Activity: Nov 6, 2020

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

Cantu-puntoVenezia

39 members Latest Activity: Feb 13, 2020

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

38 members Latest Activity: Aug 25, 2020

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, 2020

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

Embroidered Net

41 members Latest Activity: Sep 16, 2020

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

Threads

51 members Latest Activity: Aug 11, 2020

For discussion of threads, the best to use, sizes, etc.

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: Jan 11

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

Carrickmacross Lace

40 members Latest Activity: Sep 1, 2020

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

Bobbin made tape laces (braid laces)

127 members Latest Activity: Sep 3, 2020

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