Directory of Lacemaking Resources

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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.

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• Associations
• Supplies
• Tatting

Resources in This Category

• Avital's Fibers

  http://www.angelfire.com/home/avital/m-lace.html
  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.

• Beautiful and Practical Netting

  http://knotsindeed.com/
  Rita creates doilies and edgings, sharing patterns and 'how to' information.

• Bobbin Lace European Network

  http://www.blen.net/m_c.htm
  This database has entries in the following categories: laces, census and biographies of lacemakers, designers, bibliographies, glossaries, historical documents, museums, news and online training.

• Bobbin Lacers in CZ

  http://www.lace.cz/
  Jaroslava Jedlinska and Dana Mihulkova, both from Czech Republic, share examples of their bobbin laces.

• Bobbinlace Chat Group

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bobbinlace/
  A group of over 300 bobbin lacers chat about projects, supplies and patterns.

• Brenda Paternoster

  http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/lace.html
  Brenda includes instructions for choosing threads, a free pattern and a gallery.

• Brenda's Lace

  http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/
  Brenda and Terry Paternoster offer information about lacemaking, lace threads and a free bobbin lace pattern.

• Canadian Lacemaker Gazette

  http://www.lacegazette.com/
  This lace magazine is printed in French and English.

• Carolina's Lace

  http://www.carolgallego.com/
  Carolina presents her original milanese works, patterns and a history of lace in Catalunya

• Christine England

  http://lacemaker.tripod.com/index.htm
  Chrisine has posted photos of her honiton projects.

• Cross-Twist (Kreuzen-Drehen )

  http://www.kreuzen-drehen.at/
  Click a photo, then follow the arrows to explore the works of Lace-Artist Eva Baumgartner.

• Digital Archive of Documents

  http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/
  Professor Griswold has been collecting documents regarding textile arts such as lacemaking, and placing them in this online archival library.

• Dreams of Lace

  http://www.tatting.de/dol/
  Christiane Eichler's site includes a pattern surfer, a German and English lace dictionary, a gallery and tips.

• Emily Clare, lacemaker

  http://clutch.open.ac.uk/schools/willen99/w_employment/Clares/lace.html
  Photo and historical background of victorian era lacemaker.

• Falkink

  http://falkink.home.xs4all.nl/lace/
  A lacemaker has evaluated design software and created a table stand for a vertical cookie pillow.

• Frauke Lorenz

  http://www.uni-potsdam.de/u/physik/mitarbeiter/lorenz/frauke2.htm
  The modern works of this lace artist are displayed here.

• Gloria Valli

  http://digilander.libero.it/gloriavalli/ehome.htm
  Gloria's laceworks include multiple contest entries. She specializes in modern lace jewelry.

• International Forum of Lace

  http://www.italiainvita.it/
  Results of the 2003 Conference in Rimini, Italy. Plans to further study the technical, artistic and historic aspects of lace in 2005.

• Irish Carrickmacross Lace -

  http://www.irishcarrickmacrosslace.com/
  This Arduin Lace Collection was handmade by Mary O'Neill in Ireland.

• Jo Edkins' Lace School

  http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/lace/
  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.

• La Dentelles

  http://www.dentellieres.com/lace.htm
  Rosanna has compiled articles, photos, reports and diagrams of lacemaking in France, including an unusual collection of lacemakers in miniature.

• La Encajera - The Lacemaker

  http://www.realce.es/la_encajera/encaing.htm
  Home page of the Spanish lace magazine. Patterns, competitions and calendar, plus 'Letter to the Reader' from previous issues.

• Lace Exhibitions

  http://digilander.libero.it/gloriavalli/index2.htm
  This comprehensive well maintained list, sorted by country, lists lace events all over the world.

• Lacemaker's Cottage

  http://people.delphiforums.com/standart/
  Scroll to the bottom of the page to find lace histories from 1500-1900, plus a gallery of laceworks.

• Lacemakers of Calais

  http://www.angelfire.com/al/aslc/
  Homepage of this historic Australian Society of Lacemakers.

• Lacemaking in Czek

  http://www.palickovani.cz/en/
  Animated video of bobbin pairs in action.

• Landelijke Organisatie Kant Kunst

  http://www.lokk.nl/
  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.

• Louise Moreau

  http://pages.videotron.ca/louisemo/indexe.html
  This artist shares her collection of oil paintings celebrating bobbin lace.

• Mary Margaret Nousek

  http://www.astro.psu.edu/users/nousek/mary.html
  Mary offers a small gallery that includes profiles of a man and a woman done in needle lace.

• Miniature Bobbin Lace

  http://janincrete.homestead.com/lacemaking.html
  Jan, from Crete, creates miniature lace and lacemaking supplies - including a complete lace shop.

• Needlelace Club

  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/needlelace/
  This news group provides a forum to discuss needlelace techniques.

• Paličkování Company: About Lace

  http://www.palickovani.cz/celek.php?tema=OKrajce&profil=Palickovani&screen_availWidth=1920&screen_availHeight=1160&navigator_is_ie5_5up=false&navigator_is_ie=false&lang=en&email=&sifr_pass=
  Documentation of the traditional lacemaking craft.

• Poole Bobbin Lace Circle

  http://www.cyberlink.co.uk/pblc/
  Lacemakers share a pattern page, photos of their exhibits, Miss Channer's mat, plus information about their 4 year lace course.

• Sheelin Irish Lace Museum

  http://www.irishlacemuseum.com/
  Museum shares several photos of lace dating from 1850 to 1900.

• Sieglindes Twinetime

  http://www.fadenzeit.de/
  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.

• Steph's String Related Stuff

  http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/index.htm
  Stephanie Peter's provides free bobbin lace software, stitching charts and tatting patterns, including complete illustrated instructions for cluny leaves.

• The Lace Museum

  http://www.thelacemuseum.org/
  The site of this California museum shows current displays, workshops and classes. Also calendar of events, newsletter and patterns.

• The Structures of Antique Lace

  http://www.marlamallett.com/lace.htm
  Marla Mallett shares bobbin lace, needlepoint lace, and other handmade laces from her personal collection.

• Tussah

  http://www.tussah.com/lace/
  Photos, and descriptions, of bobbin lace pieces made by Lara's mom.

• Ville de Retournac

  http://www.ville-retournac.fr/
  The Lace Manufactures Museum records France's lacemaking history.

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