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.

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

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