The Women United Through Handcrafted Lace and Embroidery (WUTHLE) helps Ilongga ex-Hansenites (people cured from leprosy) and their families learn the craft of lacemaking, which serves a dual purpose: ...

The main categories of handmade lace are needle lace, bobbin lace and decorated nets. Needle lace is created by making looped or knotted variations on the buttonhole stitch with a threaded needle on ...

and bobbin lace. That is like not knowing the difference between running, swimming, and cycling." Another reviewer notes of a second phony tome: "I don't think this book is completed for a ...

Lepoglava bobbin lace is made by braiding thread wound on spindles, or bobbins, it is often used to make lace ribbons for folk costumes or is sold at village fairs. An International Lace Festival in ...

The traditional lace can only be made with Honiton lace bobbins which have a pointed end. These bobbins are likely to have been made in Devon around 1980. Doreen had them painted in the ...

John Heathcoat patented a 'bobbin-net' lace machine in 1809. These were installed in his mill in Loughborough, Leicestershire. Heathcoat moved his family and operation to Tiverton after his mill ...

On a Friday night, members of the Brooklyn Lace Guild gather at the Old Stone House in Park Slope, rhythmically knocking together 3D-printed and traditional wooden bobbins. The crafters’ hands move ...

The algorithmic pattern-making provides a symmetric look regardless of volume differentials, resulting in a contemporary use for the endangered craft of bobbin lace while contributing to economic ...