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This website is for those who love to make lace, who want to learn lace making, or who love to collect lace. Special emphasis goes to bobbin lace, my specialty, but also to needle lace, pulled thread work and Hardanger embroidery. You will find descriptions of the working methods of many forms of hand made lace, and lessons for bobbinlace, pulled thread embroidery (also called drawn fabric embroidery) and Hardanger embroidery. I have included information on books for needlelace, as well as links to a few tutorials. There are many photos of antique lace, and of laces made by living lace makers, or designed by living lace designers. For those interested in lace identification, my aim is to increase your understanding of the structure of the various laces, and thereby increase your enjoyment of the objects you love. This is a new and updated version of my old website loreleihalley.com.
Nearly all the photos on this website have been taken by me using an optical camera, more recent ones with a digital camera. Many close-ups of small pieces were scanned in. Some, about 5%, are digital files passed to me over the internet by the photographer, and used with their permission. None are from books. The range of photos reflects the contents of personal lace collections of people I know personally. Only a very few had laces in their collections which were really old -- prior to 1800. I encountered some of the oldest laces seen here very early in my attempts at photography, before I had macro capabilities. So I don't have close-ups of the oldest pieces, much to my sorrow.
All the images immediately visible on these pages are thumbnails: small reduced versions to make loading faster. To see the whole image in all its glory, click wherever you see a hand. But many of the pages have large numbers of thumbnails and are slow to load, even so. Please be patient. Also you may want to see a much enlarged version of some images (the detail is really there). You can achieve this easily in Internet Explorer by looking for the PAGE button on the Explorer bar (right side just above the image). Click on PAGE, then on ZOOM and view the files at 200%. You can then see each thread (in many, but not all, photos).
Bobbin lace c. 1710. 
Bobbinlace: learn bobbinlace. Czech bobbin lace - 19th c.
Bobbin Lace: With the history pages, please be patient. Some have a lot of photos and even thumbnails need time to load.
Bobbin lace identification (the first 3 pages):
Bobbin Lace Introduction: content of these various bobbin lace pages,
Two Structural Classes: Straight lace (continuous lace) and Part lace (sectional lace, also called free lace or freeform lace). Also structural distinctions between regional/period styles of bobbin lace.
Bobbin lace history: Historical Overview: Brief description of stylistic trends across centuries
Antique bobbin laces:
1559 to 1700 The early phase, very few pieces survive outside museums
Pottenkant and Milanese or Flemish tape lace, spans period c. 1650-c. 1850
18th - late 18th (c. 1700 - c. 1790 up to Napoleonic)
Napoleonic - late 18th to early 19th century c. 1790 - c. 1820
19th - 1820s through late 19th Straight Bar Grounded Laces
19th - 1820s through late 19th Straight Mesh Grounded Laces
19th - 1820s through late 19th Part/Sectional Laces
Vintage bobbin laces:
Revival era part laces: late 19th - early 20th century
Revival era straight laces: late 19th - early 20th century
Modern bobbin laces:
New revival: 1970s - present: lace by living lace makers and living designers
Learning Bobbin Lace: advice on how to set about learning, good books to help you learn bobbin lace, links to online lessons, photos of the typical learning laces for each form, advice on equipment. If you are thinking of taking a workshop, look at the learning laces, so you will know what to expect.
Make a Pillow: Instructions for making a pillow out of wood and wool: a cookie pillow and a roller pillow.
My Bobbin Lace: These are laces I have made from my own designs.
Harz: a free pattern donated by Ilske Thomsen of Hamburg, and posted with her permission
Waterlily: free pattern donated by Ilske Thomsen of Hamburg, and posted with her permission.
My Books & Patterns, bobbin lace patterns & books currently for sale. I will add Hardanger, pulled thread and needlelace.
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Needlelace. Modern needle lace made and designed by Irma Ostermann
Needle lace: Point de Gaze needlelace from the last half of the 19th century.
Needle lace
How to:
Needle Lace Introduction: How it is made, general working methods. Also called punto in aria
Learning Needlelace: Samplers and learning pieces, books, lessons on line, other online resources to help you learn needle lace
Needle Lace Stitches: Stitch diagrams, specific stitches used in certain historic styles of needlelace.
Free Needle Lace Patterns: some sampler patterns for you to try out several stitches.
Photos of antique and modern pieces:
Needlelace Gallery: Antique pieces: geometric, curvilinear flat, curvilinear raised
Stitches of Point de Gaze What stitches were used and how they were used in typical motifs of that style
Needlelace by Living Lacemakers: Needlelace made and designed by living lacemakers
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Teneriffe, also called Sol Lace, Nanduti
Filet Lacis, also called filet lace, lacis
Filet Lacis and Teneriffe (Sol lace) Laces made on a handmade scaffolding of threads. Filet lace (also called filet lacis, guipure d'art, lacis) is made on a square mesh knotted net. It can be made in the round, but this is rare. Tenerife (Sol Lace, Nanduti) is made on a framework laid down like the spokes of a wheel. Individual motifs are mostly round, but can be square or hexagonal. Some Paraguayan (Nanduti) work has highly inventive shapes: crescents, stars, triangles.
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Embroidered laces on woven fabric
Pulled thread work, pulled thread embroidery, drawn fabric
embroidery. pt39b m/b LH d/b LH
Pulled Thread Work:
How to do pulled thread embroidery, for those who want to learn pulled thread embroidery:
Pulled thread embroidery General description and introduction to working methods, general advice for getting started, overall strategy; online resources. Called Ajour Arbeit or Perser Ajour Arbeit in German.
Pulled Thread Tutorial Free lesson online and detailed instructions and diagrams for a sampler. Stitch diagrams for pulled thread and outline stitches, and edge finishing stitches. The yellow sampler. Some pulled thread stitches.
Pulled Thread Tutorial 2 free patterns and free lessons and instructions for bookmarks and small mats.
White Sampler photos of the stitches on my 110 pulled thread stitch sampler
Photos of finished work:
Pulled Thread Gallery Photos of finished work by me and others, possible ways to plan a design for this kind of embroidery
My Books & Patterns: includes pulled thread embroidery patterns, for sale.
Hardanger embroidery. H102 m/b LH d/b LH
Hardanger embroidery
How to make Hardanger embroidery:
Hardanger Embroidery -- General description of typical elements, introduction to working methods and designs, general advice for getting started, online resources.
Hardanger Tutorial -- free patterns and instructions for beginners, tips for working, basting lines, fillings
Photos of finished work:
Hardanger Gallery -- Photos of Hardanger embroidery, links to other photos
My Hardanger -- Pieces designed and made by me, some adaptations of designs by others.
My Hardanger Small Mats and Bookmarks -- my designs (pieces I worked while learning the technique)
My Books & Patterns: -- includes Hardanger patterns for sale.
Drawn Thread Work (including reticello, also called reticella) photos of antique and modern work
Cutwork: irregular or curvilinear holes are cut into fabric, stabilized and decorated.
Embroidered Laces on Hexagonal Net: needle run and tambour (chain stitch)
Mixed laces: Battenberg lace (machine made tapes and needlelace stitches)
Single thread techniques
Tatting, Knitted Lace, and Irish Crochet Lace
© Lorelei Halley 2009
I am offering a great deal of information free to all the world, but I expect my copyright to be respected. None of my photographs, diagrams or text may be used for any commercial purpose whatsoever, unless I give permission in writing. None of my photographs, diagrams or text may be copied electronically or posted on the web unless I give permission in writing. Personal private use is permitted.
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