The main categories of handmade lace are needle lace, bobbin lace and decorated nets. Needle lace is created by making looped or knotted variations on the buttonhole stitch with a threaded needle on ...

When they get together to work, the 70 members of the Brooklyn Lace Guild aren't just making beautiful art — they're helping ...

The Brooklyn Lace Guild brings together antique lace collectors, history enthusiasts, textile artists, newcomers to the craft ...

and bobbin lace. That is like not knowing the difference between running, swimming, and cycling." Another reviewer notes of a second phony tome: "I don't think this book is completed for a ...

The traditional lace can only be made with Honiton lace bobbins which have a pointed end. These bobbins are likely to have been made in Devon around 1980. Doreen had them painted in the ...

The algorithmic pattern-making provides a symmetric look regardless of volume differentials, resulting in a contemporary use for the endangered craft of bobbin lace while contributing to economic ...

John Heathcoat patented a 'bobbin-net' lace machine in 1809. These were installed in his mill in Loughborough, Leicestershire. Heathcoat moved his family and operation to Tiverton after his mill ...