Bobin lace

The website of South African visual artist Pierre Fouché featuring extensive documentation of all works, projects & texts.

I tried out bobbin lace for a week, and here’s what happened.

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Jane Garrett, a skilled lacemaker, spinner, weaver, and knitter, made theses bobbin-lace samples, which are still treasured today.

Hi guys, I've had a few people ask to see more of my lace making. I thought I would do a beginner video for you. I've been learning how to make bobbin lace f...

36 Pages. In these days of modernization, making lace by hand has become a dying art. If you have ever held a piece of hand-made lace in your hand, you will know that there is a vast difference between these beautiful hand-formed laced and those that are mass produced - there is no comparison to the real thing! This book contains detailed instruction to make Bobbin Lace, including detailed instructions and diagrams, as well as many pictures of the gorgeous finished laces. PLEASE NOTE - there…

'Merletto a tombolo' Pillow lace or Bobbin Lace, is created using 100% linen thread with 'fuselli' wooden bobbins, woven with pins on intricate designs. Anghiari lace is all woven from 100% linen thread as apposed to cotton thread in most other regions of Italy.

Torchon lace made by Yvette Slabbert. Pattern designed by A Vancraeynest.

Figure 4 : Examples of tesselace patterns from each of the 17 periodic planar symmetry groups - "Aspects of Symmetry in Bobbin Lace"