Mirecourt Bobbin Lace

15 members Latest Activity: May 18, 2016

Mirecourt is a part lace, usually fairly coarse in scale, often using a thick gimp worked so that it is more prominent on the front side.  It is…

Freehand Lace

24 members Latest Activity: Oct 28, 2018

Freehand bobbin laces are a group of peasant laces made in various countries in Europe.  What they have in common is that pins were only used…

Bobbin Lace Jewelry

109 members Latest Activity: Apr 21, 2019

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

Bobbinlace Beginners

284 members Latest Activity: Mar 20

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…

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…

Cluny, LePuy and Continental Guipure

34 members Latest Activity: Aug 7, 2019

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Contemporary Bobbin Lace

88 members Latest Activity: Jan 9

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

Duchesse and Rosaline

29 members Latest Activity: Jan 31

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

Designing Bobbin Lace

105 members Latest Activity: Sep 29, 2019

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

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…

Tatting

223 members Latest Activity: Feb 19

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

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…

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.

Bedfordshire

68 members Latest Activity: Oct 3, 2019

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

Identification-History

133 members Latest Activity: 22 hours ago

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…