Poole Bobbin Lace Circle
Lacemakers share a pattern page, photos of their exhibits, Miss Channer's mat, plus information about their 4 year lace course. |
Lace Centre
Lacemakers demonstrate craft at Jerusalem Church. |
Alissa's Lace
Alissa shares her work in Buck's Point, Flemish, Honiton and Torchon. |
Lefkara Lace
The history and patterns of lace on Cyprus can be found here, plus a photo index of local lacemakers. |
Landelijke 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. |
Branscombe Parish
This article describes the lace industry and school in this English village. |
Mary Margaret Nousek
Mary offers a small gallery that includes profiles of a man and a woman done in needle lace. |
LaceFairy's Lacemaking Central
Part museum, part master's degree, Lori's site holds more than 1000 pages of lacemaking information. Information on lacemaking and lacemakers, identification and preservation, collecting and collections. Instructions, patterns, postcards and graphics, historical photos and galleries can be found here. |
Claeys 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
Thirty eight sites are linked to this web ring. |
Ieperse Huiskant
A lace nativity scene (#7) and Snow White (#10) are among the works created by this busy Belgian Lace Group. |
Lacemakers of Calais
Homepage of this historic Australian Society of Lacemakers. |
Reclaiming Your Heritage, Lace and Linens
Elizabeth Kurella identifies, repairs and appraises fine laces. |
Jana Onuskova
Bobbin Lace Artist shares nine of her original modern works. |
International Forum of Lace
Results of the 2003 Conference in Rimini, Italy. Plans to further study the technical, artistic and historic aspects of lace in 2005. |
Liberty Lacers
A gallery of challenges is presented by Philadelphia lacemakers. |
Irish Carrickmacross Lace -
This Arduin Lace Collection was handmade by Mary O'Neill in Ireland. |
Tussah
Photos, and descriptions, of bobbin lace pieces made by Lara's mom. |
Carolina's Lace Site
Carolina presents her original milanese works, patterns and a history of lace in Catalunya. |
Bobbin 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. |
BJ's Laces
BJ describes different forms of handmade laces, including bobbin, tattting, needle and chemical. |
Howfen
Glenys Pople has written a clear and well illustrated definition of bobbin lace. |
Dora the Knotter
Dora's sense of humor shows in her Margareten-Spitze laces. |
Rosemary Richards-Steck
Rosemary's hobby is making bobbin lace by the pond. |
Christine England
Chrisine has posted photos of her honiton projects. |
Traditional and Modern Bobbin Lacing
Click the buttons labelled 'moderne' to view 14 years of the work of Lace Artist, Beate Agten. |
Frauke Lorenz
The modern works of this lace artist are displayed here. |
Eitel's Bobbin Lace
Eitel shares 3 examples of lace projects. |
Falkink
A lacemaker has evaluated design software and created a table stand for a vertical cookie pillow. |
Knotwork
Frances defines knotwork and offers assorted bobbins. |
"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. |
Lacemaking
Italian site describes works in buckspoint, torchon and milanese, and holds a gallery of over forty photos. |
Kate's Lace
Kate posts photos of her bobbinlaces: bonnet, booties, collars, doilies and tablecoths. |
Bobbinlace Chat Group
A group of over 300 bobbin lacers chat about projects, supplies and patterns. |
Allhallows Museum
Based in Honiton, Devon UK, the museum features the laces famous to this region. |
Dalla Lidia Merletti d'Arte
This museum and shop in Venice shares a series of photos that chronicle a piece of needle lace from design to finished masterpiece. |
Lego Bobbin Winder
Kieth Enevoldsen shows how to make a bobbin winder from legos. |
Ville de Retournac
The Lace Manufactures Museum records France's lacemaking history. |
Lacemaking in the 17th century.
Sheila Sharpe demonstrates lacemaking in period costume. |
Marie-Jo Quinault
New filet lace is created from 16th century patterns. |
La Dentelles
Rosanna has compiled articles, photos, reports and diagrams of lacemaking in France, including an unusual collection of lacemakers in miniature. |
Lacemaker's Cottage
Scroll to the bottom of the page to find lace histories from 1500-1900, plus a gallery of laceworks. |
Lace Book List
Arlene has compiled a booklist, in 30 categories, for lace enthusiasts. |
Emily Clare, lacemaker
Photo and historical background of victorian era lacemaker. |
Miniature Bobbin Lace
Jan, from Crete, creates miniature lace and lacemaking supplies - including a complete lace shop. |
Knypplad Spets , the Crowning Touch
Rita Leydon writes an essay on bobbin lacemaking in Sweden. |
Golden 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. |
The Lace Museum
The site of this California museum shows current displays, workshops and classes. Also calendar of events, newsletter and patterns. |
Avital'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. |
Needlelace Club
This news group provides a forum to discuss needlelace techniques. |
Cross-Twist (Kreuzen-Drehen )
Click a photo, then follow the arrows to explore the works of Lace-Artist Eva Baumgartner. |
Sieglindes 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. |
Batten Lace
These simplified instructions for making battenburg lace include photos. |
Knitted Heirloom Lace
Author Gloria Penning shares 18 knitted lace works, plus information about her books. |
Looking for the Big End
Jean Goldberg translates humor into art through needlelace. The gallery includes 20 masterpieces in lace depicting life in the twenty first century. |
Steph's String Related Stuff
Stephanie Peter's provides free bobbin lace software, stitching charts and tatting patterns, including complete illustrated instructions for cluny leaves. |
Needlelace
A nice introduction to the various forms of needlelaces, this site also illustrates the stitches. |
Ruthan Designs Torchon Lace
Doylies, mats, butterflies and a doll dress have all been made by this creative lacemaker. |
Slovakian Bobbin Lace
Scroll down and click 'patterns' to find Jana's drawings. Click 'photographs' for a gallery of contemporary and traditional pieces. |
Guild of Irish Lace Makers
Irish Laces are this group's specialty. Carrickmacross, Irish crochet, and Limerick laces can all be found in their gallery. |
Lace Exhibitions
This comprehensive well maintained list, sorted by country, lists lace events all over the world. |
Gloria Valli
Gloria's laceworks include multiple contest entries. She specializes in modern lace jewelry. |
Lace Design
Three lace artists encourage bobbin, and needle, lacemakers to give designing a try by offering case studies, tutorials, patterns and galleries. |
Noelene Lafferty
Settled in The Round House in Cooma, Australia, Noelene (Tatter's Poet Laureate) shares her new lace creations. |
Rustyx Lace
This lacemaker combines different lace forms. Bobbin lace, needle lace and tatting, can all be found in one piece. |
CD 2000 GALLERY
This unusual collection of over 400 laces was exhibited in England and the USA. |
Bobbinburg
Directory of links for personal pages, shops, and chat. |
The Costumer's Manifesto
Dr. Maginnis documents laces used on apparel from the 16th -19th century. |
Bobbin Lacers in CZ
Jaroslava Jedlinska and Dana Mihulkova, both from Czechoslovakia, share examples of their bobbin laces. |
Digital Archive of Documents
Professor Griswold has been collecting documents regarding textile arts such as lacemaking, and placing them in this online archival library. |
La Encajera - The Lacemaker
Home page of the Spanish lace magazine. Patterns, competitions and calendar, plus 'Letter to the Reader' from previous issues. |
Dreams of Lace
Christiane Eichler's site includes a pattern surfer, a German and English lace dictionary, a gallery and tips. |
Canadian Lacemaker Gazette
This lace magazine is printed in French and English. |
Celtic Dream Weaver
Sherry, a tatter and bobbin lacer, designs unique pieces. She also decorates bobbins using paints and decoupage. |
Dentelle style battenburg
A gallery of home accessories in battenburg lace is found here. |
Cowper & 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. |
Manie 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. |
Beautiful and Practical Netting
Rita creates doilies and edgings, sharing patterns and 'how to' information. |
Sheelin Irish Lace Museum
Museum shares several photos of lace dating from 1850 to 1900. |
Lacemaking in Czek
Animated video of bobbin pairs in action. |
Knipling Lace Festival
Tape Laces are the theme of this Festival in Tonder in 2004. |
Brenda Paternoster
Brenda includes instructions for choosing threads, a free pattern and a gallery. |
Laces from Slovakia.
Dan Derek, in Czechoslovakia, shares a gallery of handmade laces. |
Brenda's Lace
Brenda and Terry Paternoster offer information about lacemaking, lace threads and a free bobbin lace pattern. |
The 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. |
Isis Lacemakers
Homepage of lacemakers in Oxford UK includes calendar of events. |
Louise Moreau
This artist shares her collection of oil paintings celebrating bobbin lace. |
The Structures of Antique Lace
Marla Mallett shares bobbin lace, needlepoint lace, and other handmade laces from her personal collection. |
Margit's Romanian Point Lace
Ms.Margit, of Transylvania, shares her handmade pieces of romanian point lace. |
Alamo Bobbin Lacers
An IOLI charter group, meets in San Antonio, Texas. Includes photos of annual demonstrations at the Folklife Festival. |
Lace Express
An international, periodical magazine for lace makers. Also offers books and patterns. Online subscription and orders. |
Lacemaking Webring
Webrings make it easy to randomly surf thru lacemaking sites. |
Lace Magazine
Includes a short introduction to princess, bobbin and needle laces. |
Light house Lacers
Based in Racine, Wisconsin, this group meets bi-monthly at a local library, and holds an annual workshop. |
Csetneki Hungarian Lace
One hundred years of Hungarian lace. Includes history, lacemaking method, and image gallery with close up details. |
