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A bobbin is a spindle or cylinder, with or without flanges, on which wire, yarn, thread or film is wound.
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LaceFairy's Lacemaking Central
Part museum, part master's degree, this site holds more than 1000 pages of lacemaking information. Site includes information on lacemaking and lacemakers, identification and preservation, collecting and collections. Instructions, patterns, postcards and graphics, historical photos and galleries can be found here.
http://lace.lacefairy.com/
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.
http://www.claeysantique.com/
Lacemaking
Thirty eight sites are linked to this web ring.
http://lacemakers.lacefairy.com/
Ieperse Huiskant
A lace nativity scene (#7) and Snow White (#10) are among the works created by this busy Belgian Lace Group.
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Exhibit/4173/
Lacemakers of Calais
Homepage of this historic Australian Society of Lacemakers.
http://www.angelfire.com/al/aslc/
Reclaiming Your Heritage, Lace and Linens
Elizabeth Kurella identifies, repairs and appraises fine laces.
http://www.elizabethkurella.com
Jana Onuskova
Bobbin Lace Artist shares nine of her original modern works.
http://art.box.sk/jo/
Radyr Lace Group
Welsh bobbin lacers meet in Cardiff. They share patterns and gallery at this site.
http://home.clara.net/robin.williams/radyr-lace/lacehome.htm
Brigette's Bobbin Lace
From Italy, Günter, Brigitte, Sven and Lukas share their lace gallery. Brigette Romer has created butterflies and a set of musicians in lace.
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Metro/1886/
International Forum of Lace
Results of the 2003 Conference in Rimini, Italy are located here. Site includes plans to further study the technical, artistic and historic aspects of lace in 2005 .
http://www.italiainvita.it
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.
http://www.cyberlink.co.uk/pblc
Lace Magazine
Contains a short introduction to princess, bobbin and needle laces.
http://www.lacemagazine.com
Kenmare Lace
Illustrated site contains history of this Irish lace. Photos included two full length lace dresses.
http://www.kenmare.com/history/lace.html
Idrija Lace
Three pictures of lace, one of tools, and a link to an article in Lace magazine.
http://www.muzej-idrija-cerkno.si/lace.html
German Bobbin Lace Association
Founded in 1983, this group has 3800 members. It promotes lacemaking thru congresses, competitions, classes and exhibits.
http://home.t-online.de/home/deutscherkloeppelverband/gb_.htm
Liberty Lacers
A gallery of challenges is presented by Philadelphia lacemakers.
http://www.cezwright.com/liblace/index.htm
Irish Carrickmacross Lace -
This Arduin Lace Collection was handmade by Mary O'Neill in Ireland.
http://www.irishcarrickmacrosslace.com
Tussah
Photos, and descriptions, of bobbin lace pieces made by Lara's mom.
http://www.tussah.com/lace/
Carolina's Lace Site
Carolina presents her original milanese works, patterns and a history of lace in Catalunya.
http://www.geocities.com/carolgallego/
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.
http://www.blen.net/m_c.htm
BJ's Laces
BJ describes different forms of handmade laces, including bobbin, tattting, needle and chemical.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/9801/lace.html
Howfen
Glenys Pople has written a clear and well illustrated definition of bobbin lace.
http://www.howfen.demon.co.uk/
Dora the Knotter
Dora's sense of humor shows in her Margareten-Spitze laces.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dora.northern/index.htm
Rosemary Richards-Steck
Rosemary's hobby is making bobbin lace by the pond.
http://www.geocities.com/vinasage/Lace.html
Christine England
Chrisine has posted photos of her honiton projects.
http://members.tripod.com/~lacemaker/index.htm
Traditional and Modern Bobbin Lacing
Click the buttons labelled 'moderne' to view 14 years of the work of Lace Artist, Beate Agten.
http://www.agten-beate.de/
Frauke Lorenz
The modern works of this lace artist are displayed here.
http://www.uni-potsdam.de/u/physik/mitarbeiter/lorenz/frauke2.htm
Eitel's Bobbin Lace
Eitel shares 3 examples of lace projects.
http://www.customcpu.com/ait/edunaway/
Gon Homburg
Based in Amsterdam, this certified teacher/bobbin lacer shares her lace heritage with students.
http://home.wxs.nl/~hombu012/index.html
Falkink
A lacemaker has evaluated design software and created a table stand for a vertical cookie pillow.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/lace/index.html
Knotwork
Frances defines knotwork and offers assorted bobbins.
http://www.lacebobbins.com/
"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.
http://freespace.virgin.net/deborah.robinson/index.htm
Lacemaking
Italian site describes works in buckspoint, torchon and milanese, and holds a gallery of over forty photos.
http://www.lacemaking.it/
Kloeppeln
Hiltraut tells why she loves bobbin lacemaking and shares fifteen photos of her work.
http://www.afn.org/~afn12470/indexBobbinLace.html
The Lace Museum from Castilla y Leon (Spain)
This site contains photos of bobbin displays, and 16th - 20th century laces.
http://www.terra.es/personal2/puricoll
Kate's Lace
Kate posts photos of her bobbinlaces: bonnet, booties, collars, doilies and tablecoths.
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/3970/index.htm
Bobbinlace Chat Group
A group of over 300 bobbin lacers chat about projects, supplies and patterns.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bobbinlace
Allhallows Museum
Based in Honiton, Devon UK, the museum features the laces famous to this region.
http://www.cyberlink.co.uk/allhallows/honiton/index.html
Dalla Lidia Merletti d'Arte
This museum and shop in Venice shares a series of photos that chronical a piece of needlelace from design to finished masterpiece.
http://www.buranolace.it
Beautiful and Practical Netting
Rita creates doilies and edgings, sharing patterns and 'how to' information.
http://www.knotsindeed.freeservers.com/
Lego Bobbin Winder
Kieth Enevoldsen shows how to make a bobbin winder from legos.
http://www.geocities.com/atatter.geo/kieth_enevoldsen.html
Ville de Retournac
The Lace Manufactures Museum records France's lacemaking history.
http://www.ville-retournac.fr/
Annelies de Kort
An amazing bobbin lace cake buffet and miniature lace shop shown here.
http://home.planet.nl/~kort0112/index-engels.htm
Hungarian Kalocsa Lace II ICC
The Embroiderers Guild of America offers a correspondence course in advanced Kalosca Lace.
http://egausa.org/ICC/icchungkal.htm
Sheelin Antique Irish Lace Museum
Museum shares several photos of lace dating from 1850 to 1900.
http://freespace.virgin.net/malcolm.cathcart/irish-lace/index.htm
Design for Communicating
17th-century Portuguese needlelace border illustrates the biblical story of Judith.
http://www.si.edu/ndm/dfl/comm/lace.htm
Fine Filaments
A Basic Guide To Lacis written by Tomi McNaughton.
http://www.hollinet.com/~cyndik/Filaments/Index.htm
Lacemaking in the 17th century.
Sheila Sharpe demonstrates lacemaking in period costume.
http://www.portsdown.demon.co.uk/lace.htm
Marie-Jo Quinault
New filet lace is created from 16th century patterns.
http://hometown.aol.com/filetlace/myhomepage/index.html
La Dentelles
Rosanna has compiled articles, photos, reports and diagrams of lacemaking in France, including an unusual collection of lacemakers in miniature.
http://www.dentellieres.com/lace.htm
The Tangled Web of Lara the Lacemaker
Lara offers history and how-to's for period costumes plus patterns.
http://home.aol.com/lclacemker/frameset1.html
Lacemaker's Cottage
Scroll to the bottom of the page to find lace histories from 1500-1900, plus a gallery of laceworks.
http://people.delphiforums.com/standart/
Penny's Page
An Australian lacer, Penny shares a dozen photos of her bobbin laces.
http://www.webone.com.au/~january/lacemaking.htm
Lace Book List
Arlene has compiled a booklist, in 30 categories, for lace enthusiasts.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/1404/books.txt
Emily Clare, lacemaker
Photo and historical background of victorian era lacemaker.
http://clutch.open.ac.uk/schools/willen99/w_employment/Clares/lace.html
Miniature Bobbin Lace
Jan, from Crete, creates miniature lace and lacemaking supplies - including a complete lace shop.
http://www.homestead.com/janincrete/Lacemaking.html
Iva Proskova
A unique lace ruff, and a pillow on stand, plus tips on cleaning nonwashable lace.
http://www.palickovani.cz/en/pal/kr.htm#tech
Knypplad Spets , the Crowning Touch
Rita Leydon writes an essay on bobbin lacemaking in Sweden.
http://www.ritaleydon.com/Zwriting/1996/lace.html
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.
http://www.angelfire.com/sc3/goldenbobbins/
The Lace Museum
The site of this California museum shows current displays, workshops and classes. Also calendar of events, newsletter and patterns.
http://www.thelacemuseum.org
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.
http://www.angelfire.com/home/avital/m-lace.html
Lorelei Halley
Lorelei documents methods of identification and describes bobbin lace in the 17th through the current century.
http://www.loreleihalley.com/bobbinlace.htm
Needlelace Club
This news group provides a forum to discuss needlelace techniques.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/needlelace
Introduction to Bobbin Lace
There are sixteen online pages in this comprehensive beginning lesson taught by Jennifer McNitt.
http://www.havenonline.com/bobbinlace/default.asp
Jo Edkins' Lace School
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.
http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/lace/index.htm
Cross-Twist (Kreuzen-Drehen )
Click a photo, then follow the arrows to explore the works of Lace-Artist Eva Baumgartner.
http://www.kreuzen-drehen.at
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.
http://www.fadenzeit.de/
Silver Pin Studio
Lace Artist: Lenka Suchanek uses wire as a medium to create bobbin lace jewelry and sculptures. She also shares photos of her studio in British Columbia, Canada.
http://www.silverpinstudio.com/?d=1
Czech bobbin lacemaker
Site shows a variety of Honiton pieces and discusses Slovak, Milanese and Point Ground.
http://mujweb.cz/www/zemanova
Saraphi Handmade Silk Lace
Janya Sugunnasil, in Thailand, designs and teaches bobbin laces.
http://www.saraphilace.com
Antique Handmade Lace
A variety of antique laces from Marla Mallett's collection are displayed here.
http://www.marlamallett.com/l-other.htm
Batten Lace
These simplified instructions for making battenburg lace include photos.
http://www.e-honcho.jorne.ed.jp/en/baten/
Janine's Lace
With 3 bobbin lace edgings and 6 small circulars, this is a nice little gallery.
http://website.lineone.net/~janinegates/Lace.htm
Jean's Lace Definitions
Jean Bullock illustrates and defines 6 types of handmade lace.
http://home.austarnet.com.au/jeaden/lace.html
Knitted Heirloom Lace
Author Gloria Penning shares 18 knitted lace works, plus information about her books.
http://www.knitlacepatterns.com/
Looking for the Big End
Jean Goldberg translates humor into art through needlelace. This extraordinary gallery contains 20 masterpieces in lace depicting life in the twenty first century.
http://users.bigpond.com/jeangoldberg/lookingf.htm
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.
http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/index.htm
Lynda Libby's Lace
Lynda shares pictures of her bobbin laces, grouped by type.
http://home.pacifier.com/~dllibby/lynda.htm
Needlelace
A nice introduction to the various forms of needlelaces, this site also illustrates the stitches.
http://www.geocities.com/monstonitrus/a_and_s/needlelace/needlelace.html
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.
http://www.lacemakers-circle.org.uk/
Ruthan Designs Torchon Lace
Doylies, mats, butterflies and a doll dress have all been made by this creative lacemaker.
http://ruthan.co.uk/
Leisa's Lace Gallery
Leisa ReFalo shares six galleries of handmade laces, plus stumpwork and jewelry.
http://www.refalo.com/bobbinlace/index.html
Catalina Lace
A gallery of Romanian Point Laces show the skills of this family of lacemakers. All of the thirty pieces were made by either Catalina, her sister or grandmother.
http://www.catalinalace.com
Alamo Bobbin Lacers
An IOLI charter group, meets in San Antonio, Texas. Includes photos of annual demonstrations at the Folklife Festival.
http://home.earthlink.net/~mayflowerlace/abl.html
Slovakian Bobbin Lace
Scroll down and click 'patterns' to find Jana's drawings. Click 'photographs' for a gallery of contempory and traditional pieces.
http://www.ds.psg.sk/prezenta/frajkor/
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.
http://www.irishlace.org
Lace Exhibitions
This comprehensive well maintained list, sorted by country, lists lace events all over the world.
http://digilander.libero.it/gloriavalli/index2.htm
Gloria Valli
Gloria's laceworks include multiple contest entries. She specializes in modern lace jewelry.
http://digilander.libero.it/gloriavalli/ehome.htm
Lace Design
Three lace artists encourage bobbin, and needle, lacemakers to give designing a try by offering case studies, tutorials, patterns and galleries.
http://www.lace.nildram.co.uk/
Noelene Lafferty
Settled in The Round House in Cooma, Australia, Noelene (Tatter's Poet Laureate) shares her new lace creations.
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/
Rustyx Lace
This lacemaker combines different lace forms. Bobbin lace, needle lace and tatting, can all be found in one piece.
http://www.geocities.com/justme42uk/
Brenda's Lace
Sharing the site with sister Terry, Brenda shows how to make paper bobbins, and shares a Beds-Maltese pattern.
http://users.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/index.html
CD 2000 GALLERY
This unusual collection of over 400 laces was exhibited in England and the USA.
http://freespace.virgin.net/deborah.robinson/cd2000.htm
Bobbinburg
Directory of links for personal pages, shops, and chat.
http://www.tat-man.net/bobbinburg.html
The Costumer's Manifesto
Dr. Maginnis documents laces used on apparel from the 16th -19th century.
http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/16THLACE.HTM
Bobbin Lacers in CZ
Jaroslava Jedlinska and Dana Mihulkova, both from Czechoslovakia, share examples of their bobbin laces.
http://www.lace.cz
Digital Archive of Documents
Professor Griswold has been collecting documents regarding textile arts such as lacemaking, and placing them in this online archival library.
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/
Doina and Tiana
Two friends give classes and provide kits for Romanian Point Lace. Gallery included.
http://members.tripod.com/victorianart/
La Encajera - The Lacemaker
Home page of the Spanish lace magazine. Patterns, competitions and calendar, plus 'Letter to the Reader' from previous issues.
http://www.realce.es/la_encajera/encaing.htm
Dreams of Lace
Christiane Eichler's site includes a comprehensive pattern surfer,a German & English lace dictionary, a gallery and tips.
http://www.tatting.de/dol/
T'N'LACE
A gallery of lace from 1991 to present contains over two dozen works.
http://lorien.emufarm.org/~tpd/
Canadian Lacemaker Gazette
This lace magazine is printed in French and English.
http://www.lacegazette.com/
Celtic Dream Weaver
Sherry, a tatter and bobbin lacer, designs unique pieces. She also decorates bobbins using paints and decoupage.
http://celticdreamweaver.com/
Lace Centre
Lacemakers demonstrate craft at Jerusalem Church.
http://www.virtualbruges.com/museums/mus010.html
Alissa's Lace
Alissa shares her work in buck's point, flemish, honiton and torchon.
http://www.jti.net/alissa/index.htm
Isis Lacemakers
Homepage of lacemakers in Oxford UK includes calendar of events.
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/aer/isis/
Lefkara Lace
The history and patterns of lace on Cyprus can be found here, plus a photo index of local lacemakers.
http://www.cyculture.net/lefkara/index.html
Alencon Lace
Site describes history of, and techniques used to make, alencon lace.
http://www.ville-alencon.fr/dentelle/anglais/Sommaireanglais.htm
Lacemaking in Bedfordshire
Shares the history and current activities of the Aragon Lacemakers.
http://www.bedford.gov.uk/bedford/tic/lacemaking%20in%20beds%20index.htm
Embroidery and Lace
Bjarne Drew shares photos of the costumes he's created and his lace projects.
http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/embroideryandlace.htm
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.
http://www.lokk.nl/
Cipka Lace
Professor Janez Bogataj shares an essay on this Slovenian lace.
http://www.snpj.com/cipka.htm
Lacemaking in Czek
Site contains animated video of bobbin pairs in action.
http://www.palickovani.cz/en/default.htm
Branscombe Parish
This article describes the lace industry and school in this English village.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/1491/lace.html
Mary Margaret Nousek
Mary offers a small gallery that includes profiles of a man and a woman done in needle lace.
http://www.astro.psu.edu/users/nousek/mary.html
Camarinnas
This town in Galicia holds an annual "Display of Bobbin Lace" and related events.
http://www.iaga.com/camarinnas/welcome.html
Brazilian Laces
This site contains photos of laces made in Brazil.
http://www.maria-brazil.org/laces.htm
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