Jo Edkins' Bobbin Lace School
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Jo Edkins' Bobbin Lace School |
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Important! I am starting to rewrite this website. Click here for the new website. This site will be left on the web, but is archived, and will not be updated.
| Glossary | Dutch translation of site by Rene' van Hassel | Books about lace | Links to other sites (including lace groups, suppliers, online information, etc.) | Contact me |
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| Simple patterns for beginners |
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| Zig-zags & diamonds |
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| Hearts |
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| Spiders and roses |
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| Flowers |
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| Bucks Point |
 
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| Braided |
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| Garters |
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| Christmas |
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| Ribbons |
 
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| Letters |
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| Animals |
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| Celtic knots |
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| Greek keys |
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| Ideas from existing lace |
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| Exploring stitches (1) |
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| Exploring stitches (2) |
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| Inspired by old lace |
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| Strange materials |
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| Lace (mundillo) from Panamá |
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| Square Mats |
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| Other Mats |
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| Fan |
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| Triangles for corners |
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| Crosses |
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| Wiggly lace |
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| Mazes |
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| Variable grids |
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Click on the word to go to the part of the website which explains the word.
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Adding bobbins Armour net Armure-Binche Australian whole stitch Barleycorns Beads Bedfordshire spiders Bias ground Binche Armure Bobbins Bobbins (winding) Books about lace Brides Buds Bucks Point Bucks Point fan Bucks Point ground Cathedral spider Chevrons Cinq trous (rose) Cloth stitch Cloth stitch and twist Cloth diamond Cloth fan Cloth footside Cluny edge Contact me Corners Covering a pin Crown headside |
Dense areas Designing lace Diamonds Dot ground Double Torchon ground Double twisted footside Downton Downton whole stitch Fans Finishing lace Finishing mats Five hole Fond a la vierge (rose) Fond de mariage (rose) Footsides French fan Gaps German spiders Gimp Grids for designing lace Grounds (simple) Grounds (other) Guipure |
Half spider Half stitch Half stitch diamond Half stitch fan Half stitch ground Headsides Hearts Honeycomb net Honeycomb stitch Honiton lace Joining diamonds Joining lace Joining threads Kat stitch Knotted picots Lattice ground Lazy join Leaf Legs Linen stitch Links about lace |
Making lace Maltese headside Mats Midland lace Nine pin headside Net Open spiders Orge (spider) Overhand knot Part twisted fan Passives and picots headside Patterns Peas Petal Picots Picots (knotted) Pins Pins (using) Pillow Plait stitch Plaited headside Pricking card Pricking a pattern |
Raised tally Reef knot Removing bobbins Réseau (net) Ribbon in footside Rose ground Scallop headside Scissors Serpent headside Sewn footside Solid areas Spider Spider ground Square knot Star ground Star mesh Starting lace Strips Suppliers |
Taking out bobbins Tally Toilé (dense) Three-way join Thread Torchon Torchon ground Torchon ground (double) Turning stitch Turning stitch and twist Trail headside Triangular ground Triangles Triple cloth footside Twist Twisted fan Twisted footside Virgin ground Wheatears Whole stitch Whole stitch (Downton) Winding bobbins Winkie pin Windmill join Zigzags |
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| How to make Bobbin Lace | Jo Edkins | This teaches you to make lace, assuming you are starting from the very beginning. It describes the equipment you need (and cheap substitutes!), and takes you through a lot of stitches and techniques in 22 easy patterns. Only 12 pairs of bobbins required throughout! Click here for patterns used in How to make Bobbin Lace |
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| How to make Bobbin Lace is also available in printed form - more expensive, I'm afraid, as there are a lot of diagrams, and this cost in print (but not in Kindle) - use same links above | ||||
| Bobbin Lace Stitches and Techniques | Jo Edkins | This is a reference book of the basics. It describes stitches, simple and complex grounds, headsides and footsides, and other mysteries such as picots and tallies. It uses LOTS of diagrams, and step by step instructions. | UK | USA |
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| The Book of Bobbin Lace Stitches | Bridget M. Cook and Geraldine Stott | Photos and diagrams explaining different types of lace stitches | UK | USA |
| Pillow Lace and Bobbins | Jeff Hopewell | A booklet showing antique pillows, bobbins and lace equipment - fascinating! | UK | |
| Identification of Lace | by Pat Earnshaw | Descriptions of all different types of lace (not just bobbin) | UK | USA |
| Logarithmic Lace | compiled by Deborah Robinson | Variable grids - an intriguing idea! | UK | USA |
Or enter 'bobbin lace' or a lace type, such as torchon, into the relevant search box below.
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British lace museums:Bucks County Museum in Aylesbury - Bucks PointCowper and Newton Museum in Olney, Bucks - Bucks Point and Bedford lace Museum of Cambridge - lace pillows and bobbins Norris Museum, St Ives, Cambridgeshire - Bucks Point style lace Salisbury Museum - Downton lace Allhallows Museum in Honiton - Honiton lace Shetland Museum - Shetland lace knitting (not bobbin lace) V&A in London - various lace, not always on display Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge - various lace, not always on display Royal Albert Memorial Museum - I think this has lace Lace Guild Museum - Limited opening Other lace websites:Different types of British lace from the Lace GuildLynxlace - includes lace identification IOLI For those who want to learn how to make, identify, design or collect lace A Lace Lover's Diary including descriptions of different styles of lace Examples of lace with large scale photos The Structures of Antique Lace Kloeppelklub - German forum on lace My own lace collection to help with lace identification, or for ideas of patterns Barmen lace sample book Guilds for bobbin lace and similar crafts:The Lace GuildThe Lace Society OIDFA (International Bobbin and Needle Lace Organisation) Ring of Tatters Guild of Needle Laces Lace Groups:
UK companies making machine lace:Swisstulle makes Bobbinet laceCluny Lace makes Leavers lace Malmic Lave makes Barmen lace |
British lace suppliers of equipment:
Lace Days:List supplied by the Lace GuildList supplied by Jo Firth Diary of Lacemaking and Quilting Events by Makit Events by Mainly Lace LaceNews events Lacemaking classes:Makit lace coursesThe Lace Guild The Lace Society Devon Lace Teachers Knuston Hall residential adult education - does lace courses Lacemaking classes may be run as adult education classes, advertised by your local authority or council. Or try finding a local lace group and ask them if they know of any local lace classes. Lacemaking tutorials or books online:This website!Lacemaking videos on YouTube Online video for beginners about how to make lace from the Lace Guild Introduction to Bobbin Lace taught by: THL Gweniver Kenwyn of Roseveth A first lesson in Bobbin Lace as published in Lace Magazine International 1999 Online training by Bobbin Lace Eurpean Network - click on lesson links near top Glossary by Bobbin Lace Eurpean Network - click on glossary links near top Jenny Brandis craft, including lace Fiches techniques - diagrams with text in French Landelijke Organisatie Kant Kunst - diagrams with Dutch text Digital Archive of Documents Related to Lace - download the books or a sample page Volume 1 and Volume 2 of The American Lacemaker 1904 Catalog of Antique Pattern Library - download pattern books for many crafts The Art of Modern Lacemaking 1891 Chats on Old Lace and Needlework 1908 Le Pompe (mid 16thC lace pattern book) Another edition of Le Pompe (mid 16thC lace pattern book) Resources for renaissance bobbin lace Generator of Flanders meshes The Online Books Page - Lace and lace making |
