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Explore: Lacemaking, Crafts

Making laces by hand is an ancient and treasured art form. Sites listed here are involved in the study, preservation and the making of lace of all types. Some types of handmade laces include bobbin laces, needle laces, tape laces and tatted lace....
This page was last updated on July 24th, 2008
Lacemaking (from Crafts)
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Batten LaceBatten Lace
These simplified instructions for making battenburg lace include photos.
La DentellesLa Dentelles
Rosanna has compiled articles, photos, reports and diagrams of lacemaking in France, including an unusual collection of lacemakers in miniature.
Introduction to Bobbin LaceIntroduction to Bobbin Lace
There are sixteen online pages in this comprehensive beginning lesson taught by Jennifer McNitt.
Lacemakers of CalaisLacemakers of Calais
Homepage of this historic Australian Society of Lacemakers.
Iva ProskovaIva Proskova
A unique lace ruff, and a pillow on stand, plus tips on cleaning nonwashable lace.
Isis LacemakersIsis Lacemakers
Homepage of lacemakers in Oxford UK includes calendar of events.
Ville de RetournacVille de Retournac
The Lace Manufactures Museum records France's lacemaking history.
Doina and TianaDoina and Tiana
Two friends give classes and provide kits for Romanian Point Lace. Gallery included.
Golden Bobbin LacersGolden Bobbin Lacers
One of the groups that make up the North Carolina Regional Lacers, the site contains their newsletter and information about lace deomonstrations and other activities.
Jean's Lace DefinitionsJean's Lace Definitions
Jean Bullock illustrates and defines 6 types of handmade lace.
Knipling Lace FestivalKnipling Lace Festival
Tape Laces are the theme of this Festival in Tonder in 2004.
Lacemaking in BedfordshireLacemaking in Bedfordshire
Shares the history and current activities of the Aragon Lacemakers.
Lacemaking in CzekLacemaking in Czek
Site contains animated video of bobbin pairs in action.
KloeppelnKloeppeln
Hiltraut tells why she loves bobbin lacemaking and shares fifteen photos of her work.
Christine EnglandChristine England
Chrisine has posted photos of her honiton projects.
Lacemaker's CottageLacemaker's Cottage
Scroll to the bottom of the page to find lace histories from 1500-1900, plus a gallery of laceworks.
Jana OnuskovaJana Onuskova
Bobbin Lace Artist shares nine of her original modern works.
Lace DesignLace Design
Three lace artists encourage bobbin, and needle, lacemakers to give designing a try by offering case studies, tutorials, patterns and galleries.
Looking for the Big EndLooking for the Big End
Jean Goldberg translates humor into art through needlelace. This extraordinary gallery contains 20 masterpieces in lace depicting life in the twenty first century.
Reclaiming Your Heritage, Lace and LinensReclaiming Your Heritage, Lace and Linens
Elizabeth Kurella identifies, repairs and appraises fine laces.
The Costumer's ManifestoThe Costumer's Manifesto
Dr. Maginnis documents laces used on apparel from the 16th -19th century.
Saraphi Handmade Silk LaceSaraphi Handmade Silk Lace
Janya Sugunnasil, in Thailand, designs and teaches bobbin laces.
Dreams of LaceDreams of Lace
Christiane Eichler's site includes a comprehensive pattern surfer,a German & English lace dictionary, a gallery and tips.
Steph's String Related StuffSteph's String Related Stuff
Stephanie Peter's provides free bobbin lace software, stitching charts and tatting patterns, including complete illustrated instructions for cluny leaves.
Cross-Twist (Kreuzen-Drehen )Cross-Twist (Kreuzen-Drehen )
Click a photo, then follow the arrows to explore the works of Lace-Artist Eva Baumgartner.
CD 2000 GALLERYCD 2000 GALLERY
This unusual collection of over 400 laces was exhibited in England and the USA.
Idrija  LaceIdrija Lace
Three pictures of lace, one of tools, and a link to an article in Lace magazine.
CamarinnasCamarinnas
This town in Galicia holds an annual "Display of Bobbin Lace" and related events.
Lorelei HalleyLorelei Halley
Lorelei documents methods of identification and describes bobbin lace in the 17th through the current century.
Lace ExhibitionsLace Exhibitions
This comprehensive well maintained list, sorted by country, lists lace events all over the world.
BobbinburgBobbinburg
Directory of links for personal pages, shops, and chat.
Fine FilamentsFine Filaments
A Basic Guide To Lacis written by Tomi McNaughton.
Dentelle style battenburgDentelle style battenburg
A gallery of home accessories in battenburg lace is found here.
TussahTussah
Photos, and descriptions, of bobbin lace pieces made by Lara's mom.
LacemakingLacemaking
Italian site describes works in buckspoint, torchon and milanese, and holds a gallery of over forty photos.
Mary Margaret NousekMary Margaret Nousek
Mary offers a small gallery that includes profiles of a man and a woman done in needle lace.
La Encajera - The LacemakerLa Encajera - The Lacemaker
Home page of the Spanish lace magazine. Patterns, competitions and calendar, plus 'Letter to the Reader' from previous issues.
Brenda's LaceBrenda's Lace
Sharing the site with sister Terry, Brenda shows how to make paper bobbins, and shares a Beds-Maltese pattern.
Czech bobbin lacemakerCzech bobbin lacemaker
Site shows a variety of Honiton pieces and discusses Slovak, Milanese and Point Ground.
Jo Edkins' Lace SchoolJo Edkins' Lace School
This online bobbin lace school has twelve lessons covering over forty topics. Each topic is well illustrated; some are even animated. The ten beginning patterns are organized into four categories; all are illustrated.
The Tangled Web of Lara the LacemakerThe Tangled Web of Lara the Lacemaker
Lara offers history and how-to's for period costumes plus patterns.
Alamo Bobbin LacersAlamo Bobbin Lacers
An IOLI charter group, meets in San Antonio, Texas. Includes photos of annual demonstrations at the Folklife Festival.
Liberty LacersLiberty Lacers
A gallery of challenges is presented by Philadelphia lacemakers.
Lace CentreLace Centre
Lacemakers demonstrate craft at Jerusalem Church.
Manie Kriel from Heidelberg, Gauteng, South AfricaManie Kriel from Heidelberg, Gauteng, South Africa
Mr. Kriel describes himself as a passionate lacemaker. Although he's only been making lace since 1996, he's already completed projects in torchon, bedfordshire, brugges, duchesse and russian tape lace.
Frauke LorenzFrauke Lorenz
The modern works of this lace artist are displayed here.
Allhallows MuseumAllhallows Museum
Based in Honiton, Devon UK, the museum features the laces famous to this region.
Bobbin Lacers in CZBobbin Lacers in CZ
Jaroslava Jedlinska and Dana Mihulkova, both from Czechoslovakia, share examples of their bobbin laces.
Marie-Jo QuinaultMarie-Jo Quinault
New filet lace is created from 16th century patterns.
Landelijke Organisatie Kant KunstLandelijke Organisatie Kant Kunst
The official site of LOKK, the Dutch Lace Organization, contains photos of modern and classical laces created by its members. Click kantbrief to reach the gallery.
The Lacemakers CircleThe Lacemakers Circle
The Circle, formed in 1988, publishes a quarterly magazine, promotes classes, demonstrations and lace days, and maintains a library. They match lacemakers with mentoring peers, and provide a help line.
Sieglindes TwinetimeSieglindes Twinetime
Lace Artist Sieglinde Grigat's 'Occhi' gallery holds over 40 pieces of tatted artworks. Most pieces employ advanced techniques. She also works in bobbin lace, crochet and hairpin laces, knotted and knitted laces.
ZemanovaZemanova
Samples of Honiton, Slovak, Point Groound and Milanese laces are found in this gallery.
Lace MagazineLace Magazine
Contains a short introduction to princess, bobbin and needle laces.
BJ's LacesBJ's Laces
BJ describes different forms of handmade laces, including bobbin, tattting, needle and chemical.
T'N'LACET'N'LACE
A gallery of lace from 1991 to present contains over two dozen works.
Design for CommunicatingDesign for Communicating
17th-century Portuguese needlelace border illustrates the biblical story of Judith.
Brigette's Bobbin LaceBrigette's Bobbin Lace
From Italy, Günter, Brigitte, Sven and Lukas share their lace gallery. Brigette Romer has created butterflies and a set of musicians in lace.
Avital's FibersAvital's Fibers
Avital designed a printable pricking for a bobbin lace tablecloth and a Star of David tatting pattern. Her gallery contains examples of 3 different lace forms.
FalkinkFalkink
A lacemaker has evaluated design software and created a table stand for a vertical cookie pillow.
Embroidery and LaceEmbroidery and Lace
Bjarne Drew shares photos of the costumes he's created and his lace projects.
Lefkara LaceLefkara Lace
The history and patterns of lace on Cyprus can be found here, plus a photo index of local lacemakers.
HowfenHowfen
Glenys Pople has written a clear and well illustrated definition of bobbin lace.
Hungarian Kalocsa Lace II ICCHungarian Kalocsa Lace II ICC
The Embroiderers Guild of America offers a correspondence course in advanced Kalosca Lace.
Silver Pin StudioSilver Pin Studio
Lace Artist: Lenka Suchanek uses wire as a medium to create bobbin lace jewelry and sculptures. She also shares photos of her studio in British Columbia, Canada.
Allhallows Museum, HonitonAllhallows Museum, Honiton
This museum in Devon, England, is dedicated to local history and Honiton lace.
Branscombe ParishBranscombe Parish
This article describes the lace industry and school in this English village.
KnotworkKnotwork
Frances defines knotwork and offers assorted bobbins.
Claeys AntiqueClaeys Antique
Diane Claeys regularly adds illustrated articles on the history of a lace piece (with over a dozen articles currently on site). Vintage photos and paintings of lacemakers share a gallery with antique lace tools.
Lacemaking in the 17th century.Lacemaking in the 17th century.
Sheila Sharpe demonstrates lacemaking in period costume.
"Mrs Dot""Mrs Dot"
Freelance editor for Lace (the Lace Guild magazine), Deb's site contains knitted, bobbin and needle laces, plus plotted grids for designing your own lace patterns.
Elena's Romanian Point LaceElena's Romanian Point Lace
Elena presents a large gallery of Romanian Point work, including: angels, coasters, doilies, butterflies, seashells, bookmards and florals. She also offers kits and patterns.
Alissa's LaceAlissa's Lace
Alissa shares her work in buck's point, flemish, honiton and torchon.
The Lace MuseumThe Lace Museum
The site of this California museum shows current displays, workshops and classes. Also calendar of events, newsletter and patterns.
Emily Clare, lacemakerEmily Clare, lacemaker
Photo and historical background of victorian era lacemaker.
Knypplad Spets , the Crowning TouchKnypplad Spets , the Crowning Touch
Rita Leydon writes an essay on bobbin lacemaking in Sweden.
Catalina LaceCatalina Lace
A gallery of Romanian Point Laces show the skills of this family of lacemakers. All of the thirty pieces were made by either Catalina, her sister or grandmother.
Brazilian  LacesBrazilian Laces
This site contains photos of laces made in Brazil.
Bobbinlace Chat GroupBobbinlace Chat Group
A group of over 300 bobbin lacers chat about projects, supplies and patterns.
Digital Archive of DocumentsDigital Archive of Documents
Professor Griswold has been collecting documents regarding textile arts such as lacemaking, and placing them in this online archival library.
Lynda Libby's LaceLynda Libby's Lace
Lynda shares pictures of her bobbin laces, grouped by type.
Lace Book ListLace Book List
Arlene has compiled a booklist, in 30 categories, for lace enthusiasts.
Lego Bobbin WinderLego Bobbin Winder
Kieth Enevoldsen shows how to make a bobbin winder from legos.
Annelies de KortAnnelies de Kort
An amazing bobbin lace cake buffet and miniature lace shop shown here.
Knitted Heirloom LaceKnitted Heirloom Lace
Author Gloria Penning shares 18 knitted lace works, plus information about her books.
Rustyx LaceRustyx Lace
This lacemaker combines different lace forms. Bobbin lace, needle lace and tatting, can all be found in one piece.
Sheelin Antique Irish Lace MuseumSheelin Antique Irish Lace Museum
Museum shares several photos of lace dating from 1850 to 1900.
NeedlelaceNeedlelace
A nice introduction to the various forms of needlelaces, this site also illustrates the stitches.
Leisa's Lace GalleryLeisa's Lace Gallery
Leisa ReFalo shares six galleries of handmade laces, plus stumpwork and jewelry.
International Forum of LaceInternational Forum of Lace
Results of the 2003 Conference in Rimini, Italy are located here. Site includes plans to further study the technical, artistic and historic aspects of lace in 2005 .
Rosemary Richards-SteckRosemary Richards-Steck
Rosemary's hobby is making bobbin lace by the pond.
Poole Bobbin Lace CirclePoole Bobbin Lace Circle
Lacemakers share a pattern page, photos of their exhibits, Miss Channer's mat, plus information about their 4 year lace course.
Radyr Lace GroupRadyr Lace Group
Welsh bobbin lacers meet in Cardiff. They share patterns and gallery at this site.
Noelene LaffertyNoelene Lafferty
Settled in The Round House in Cooma, Australia, Noelene (Tatter's Poet Laureate) shares her new lace creations.
Eitel's  Bobbin LaceEitel's Bobbin Lace
Eitel shares 3 examples of lace projects.
Slovakian Bobbin LaceSlovakian Bobbin Lace
Scroll down and click 'patterns' to find Jana's drawings. Click 'photographs' for a gallery of contempory and traditional pieces.
Traditional and Modern Bobbin LacingTraditional and Modern Bobbin Lacing
Click the buttons labelled 'moderne' to view 14 years of the work of Lace Artist, Beate Agten.
Celtic Dream WeaverCeltic Dream Weaver
Sherry, a tatter and bobbin lacer, designs unique pieces. She also decorates bobbins using paints and decoupage.
German Bobbin Lace AssociationGerman Bobbin Lace Association
Founded in 1983, this group has 3800 members. It promotes lacemaking thru congresses, competitions, classes and exhibits.
Miniature Bobbin LaceMiniature Bobbin Lace
Jan, from Crete, creates miniature lace and lacemaking supplies - including a complete lace shop.
Cipka LaceCipka Lace
Professor Janez Bogataj shares an essay on this Slovenian lace.
Janine's LaceJanine's Lace
With 3 bobbin lace edgings and 6 small circulars, this is a nice little gallery.
Alencon LaceAlencon Lace
Site describes history of, and techniques used to make, alencon lace.
Ieperse HuiskantIeperse Huiskant
A lace nativity scene (#7) and Snow White (#10) are among the works created by this busy Belgian Lace Group.
Needlelace ClubNeedlelace Club
This news group provides a forum to discuss needlelace techniques.
Dalla Lidia Merletti d'ArteDalla Lidia Merletti d'Arte
This museum and shop in Venice shares a series of photos that chronical a piece of needlelace from design to finished masterpiece.
The  Lace Museum from Castilla y Leon (Spain)The Lace Museum from Castilla y Leon (Spain)
This site contains photos of bobbin displays, and 16th - 20th century laces.
Dan DerekDan Derek
Dan's lace gallery includes a variety of handmade laces and can be seen by scrolling down the thumbnails at left of page.
Carolina's Lace SiteCarolina's Lace Site
Carolina presents her original milanese works, patterns and a history of lace in Catalunya.
Weronika Patena's BobbinWeronika Patena's Bobbin
Weronika descibes her lace pieces and designs, and keeps a lacemaking journal.
Dora the KnotterDora the Knotter
Dora's sense of humor shows in her Margareten-Spitze laces.
Bobbin Lace European NetworkBobbin Lace European Network
This database has entries in the following categories: laces, census and biographies of lacemakers, designers, bibliographies, glossaries, historical documents, museums, news and online training.
Beautiful and Practical NettingBeautiful and Practical Netting
Rita creates doilies and edgings, sharing patterns and 'how to' information.
Kate's LaceKate's Lace
Kate posts photos of her bobbinlaces: bonnet, booties, collars, doilies and tablecoths.
Gloria ValliGloria Valli
Gloria's laceworks include multiple contest entries. She specializes in modern lace jewelry.
Bartlett Caesar & PartnersBartlett Caesar & Partners
This family based business provides bobbin lace supplies plus lace inspired designs in other genres.
LaceFairy's Lacemaking CentralLaceFairy's Lacemaking Central
Part museum, part master's degree, Lori's site holds more than 1000 pages of lacemaking information. Site includes information on lacemaking and lacemakers, identification and preservation, collecting and collections. Instructions, patterns, postcards an
Guild of Irish Lace MakersGuild of Irish Lace Makers
Irish Laces are this group's specialty. Carrickmacross, Irish crochet, and Limerick laces can all be found in their gallery.
Canadian Lacemaker GazetteCanadian Lacemaker Gazette
This lace magazine is printed in French and English.
Gon HomburgGon Homburg
Based in Amsterdam, this certified teacher/bobbin lacer shares her lace heritage with students.
Ruthan Designs Torchon LaceRuthan Designs Torchon Lace
Doylies, mats, butterflies and a doll dress have all been made by this creative lacemaker.
Irish Carrickmacross Lace -Irish Carrickmacross Lace -
This Arduin Lace Collection was handmade by Mary O'Neill in Ireland.
Cowper & Newton Museum: Lace making home pageCowper & Newton Museum: Lace making home page
Discussing the history of bucks, beds and northant bobbin laces, this site also covers equipment and local laces today.

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