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| Bobbin Lace has been used for centuries for personal decoration and in the home. Today in the West it is seeing a revival as an art and craft, done by men and women for the sheer pleasure involved in making something beautiful. | |||
| These pages are mainly for people who have never come across bobbin lace before and want to know something about it. | |||
| What is bobbin lace? It is an open fabric created by crossing and twisting threads over each other. The threads are wound on bobbins and are worked on a pillow, a feature that distinguishes it from laces such as tatting, crochet, hairpin and needlelaces which are done with tools and threads held in the hand. | |||
| The variations on the simple cross and twist that have been developed by lacemakers in different regions at different times have produced an immensely rich heritage which we can use as much or as little as we want today for traditional lace or modern interpretations. | |||
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I suggest you look at these pages in the order given in the menu. They will first give you an idea of two styles of lace, Torchon and Bucks Point. There are diagrams of the stitches typical of these types of lace on one of the Torchon and one of the Bucks Point close-up pages. Pins, Prickings and Bobbins are necessary equipment for making Bobbin Lace and again there are close-ups so you can see better what they involve. Finally there is a section on Sources of Inspiration. |
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I hope you will find something of interest here.
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| An important note about copyright: | |||
| The copyright in the designs of the finished pieces shown on these pages belongs to others. There are details against each picture to indicate where the design was taken from and there is further information on the Sources and Links page. | |||
| The text, authoring and graphics on these pages are copyright © Glenys Pople 1999-2003 who also worked the lace. | |||
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Comments on these pages and suggestions for improvement will be welcomed. Please write to:gkp@howfen.demon.co.uk |
