![]() ![]() These are samples of Bucks Point Lace, Practising different techniques and stitches.īobbin lace making needs the tools, and it is SLOW. Torchon and Bucks Point work on a grid system which seems to be the easiest way to start. There are many styles and techniques that operate in different ways to produce an infinite variety of results. Learning bobbin lace is a deep rabbit hole that can’t be mastered in a couple of weeks or months. ![]() There are lots of good Youtube tutorials and other resources online which go through the basics. Pins are put in at precise points to hold them in place and create the pattern. The bobbins tension the thread, then pairs of pairs cross and twist around each other in sequence to create the stitches. It is more akin to netting and weaving than anything else. ![]() The concept of how bobbin lace making works is hard to get your head around at first. Size 10 is a bit thick but good to start with. Very fine crochet cotton (size 30 and finer). You’ll need a computer/scanner/printer to copy them out to make a pricking to put on your cushion. Once again there are plenty of patterns available for free. Normal dressmaking pins work fine to start with. You’ll need 6 – 10 pairs to get started but will soon need many more. It needed recovering but came with bobbins and an old pricking. They can get pricey but there are instructions out there to make one yourself.įound this on Etsy. For making long edgings you need one with moveable blocks, a bolster or the French sort. Round or cookie pillows are the easiest to get hold of to start with and the cheapest. These come in many shapes, depending on the type of lace being made. Its decline came once lace could be manufactured. Lace was highly costly and a sign of wealth for the fashionable elite from the 17th to the 19th century and employed many women (yes, usually women). It takes many different forms and has a history going back hundreds of years. When you say Lace Making it’s bobbin lace that most people think of. It is also relatively quick compared to other sorts of lace making. And your ongoing project will fit into your pocket. Stick to simple edging patterns to start with.Īll the necessaries will fit into a small tin. Just follow the pattern – of which there are many for free on the internet if you search. Once you get to grips with the technique there’s not much more to it. And the end results can be very useful and pleasing. So you can see why polite Victorian ladies would occupy their hours in the parlour or drawing rooms busy at their tatting. But it is a rhythmical and very satisfying process and the action of manipulating the shuttle and thread can be very elegant. It is limited as to how much variation you can achieve. There was a lot of swearing to start with. It took me a week or two of practise to get to grips with it. ![]() The trickiest part is figuring out how to get the knot around the right thread to slip through, and remembering to relax. This is not a tutorial, there are lots out on the Web. These are decorated with picots and linked together to form the pattern. Size 10 works well to start with.Įssentially tatting is just a series of hitch knots slipped round another part of the thread and pulled up to form a series of loops and chains. A fine crochet hook if your shuttle doesn’t have a pointy end to pull yarn through when joining rings.There are plenty of antique/vintage ones out there too. However, tatting a pretty but robust lace which will hold up to washing. It didn’t have the cache of fine lace and was usually restricted to trimmings for children or homewares. This was very much a domestic/leisure activity to make for the home. It developed out of netting or knotting in the 19th century to use smaller shuttles and finer yarns to make trimmings, collars, doilies and such. Tatting as it exists today is relatively new to the scene. And this post compares the two when it comes to tools required, learning, mastering and the end result. Lately I’ve been poking my toe in the water of tatting and bobbin lace. Then there is tatting, plus fine open worked crochet and knitting which might also be described as lace. In lace making ‘proper’ there is needle lace and bobbin lace. Lace making comes in many forms and has a rich history. ![]()
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