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The Lace Museum - http://www.thelacemuseum.org/
The site of this California museum shows current displays, workshops and classes. Also calendar of events, newsletter and patterns. |
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The Structures of Antique Lace - http://www.marlamallett.com/lace.htm
Marla Mallett shares bobbin lace, needlepoint lace, and other handmade laces from her personal collection. |
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LaceFairy's Lacemaking Central - http://lace.lacefairy.com/
Part museum, part master's degree, Lori's site holds more than 1000 pages of lacemaking information. Information on lacemaking and lacemakers, identification and preservation, collecting and collections. Instructions, patterns, postcards and graphics, historical photos and galleries can be found here. |
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Bobbin Lacers in CZ - http://www.lace.cz/
Jaroslava Jedlinska and Dana Mihulkova, both from Czech Republic, share examples of their bobbin laces. |
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Claeys Antique - http://www.claeysantique.com/
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. |
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Ville de Retournac - http://www.ville-retournac.fr/
The Lace Manufactures Museum records France's lacemaking history. |
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Landelijke Organisatie Kant Kunst - http://www.lokk.nl/
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. |
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Sheelin Irish Lace Museum - http://www.irishlacemuseum.com/
Museum shares several photos of lace dating from 1850 to 1900. |
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Bobbin Lace European Network - http://www.blen.net/m_c.htm
This database has entries in the following categories: laces, census and biographies of lacemakers, designers, bibliographies, glossaries, historical documents, museums, news and online training. |
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Lace Magazine - http://www.lacemagazine.com/
Includes a short introduction to princess, bobbin and needle laces. |
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La Dentelles - http://www.dentellieres.com/lace.htm
Rosanna has compiled articles, photos, reports and diagrams of lacemaking in France, including an unusual collection of lacemakers in miniature. |
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Lefkara Lace - http://www.cyculture.net/lefkara/index.html
The history and patterns of lace on Cyprus can be found here, plus a photo index of local lacemakers. |
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Guild of Irish Lace Makers - http://www.irishlace.org/
Irish Laces are this group's specialty. Carrickmacross, Irish crochet, and Limerick laces can all be found in their gallery. |
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Digital Archive of Documents - http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/
Professor Griswold has been collecting documents regarding textile arts such as lacemaking, and placing them in this online archival library. |
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Needlelace - http://www.geocities.com/monstonitrus/a_and_s/needlelace/needlelace.html
A nice introduction to the various forms of needlelaces, this site also illustrates the stitches. |
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International Forum of Lace - http://www.italiainvita.it/
Results of the 2003 Conference in Rimini, Italy. Plans to further study the technical, artistic and historic aspects of lace in 2005. |
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http://www.tussah.com/lace/ - http://www.tussah.com/lace/
Photos, and descriptions, of bobbin lace pieces made by Lara's mom. |
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Lacemaking - http://lacemakers.lacefairy.com/
Thirty eight sites are linked to this web ring. |
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Csetneki Hungarian Lace - http://www.csetnekicsipke.hu/
One hundred years of Hungarian lace. Includes history, lacemaking method, and image gallery with close up details. |
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Carolina's Lace Site - http://www.geocities.com/carolgallego/
Carolina presents her original milanese works, patterns and a history of lace in Catalunya. |
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Reclaiming Your Heritage, Lace and Linens - http://www.elizabethkurella.com/
Elizabeth Kurella identifies, repairs and appraises fine laces. |
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Avital's Fibers - http://www.angelfire.com/home/avital/m-lace.html
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. |
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Steph's String Related Stuff - http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/index.htm
Stephanie Peter's provides free bobbin lace software, stitching charts and tatting patterns, including complete illustrated instructions for cluny leaves. |
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Sieglindes Twinetime - http://www.fadenzeit.de/
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. |
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La Encajera - The Lacemaker - http://www.realce.es/la_encajera/encaing.htm
Home page of the Spanish lace magazine. Patterns, competitions and calendar, plus 'Letter to the Reader' from previous issues. |
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Manie Kriel from Heidelberg, Gauteng, South Africa - http://www.geocities.com/malelacer/
Mr. Kriel describes himself as a passionate lacemaker. Although he's only been making lace since 1996, he's already completed projects in Torchon, Bedfordshire, Brugges, Duchesse and Russian tape lace. |
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The Costumer's Manifesto - http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/16THLACE.HTM
Dr. Maginnis documents laces used on apparel from the 16th -19th century. |
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Lace Exhibitions - http://digilander.libero.it/gloriavalli/index2.htm
This comprehensive well maintained list, sorted by country, lists lace events all over the world. |
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Kate's Lace - http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/3970/index.htm
Kate posts photos of her bobbinlaces: bonnet, booties, collars, doilies and tablecoths. |
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Lace Book List - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/1404/books.txt
Arlene has compiled a booklist, in 30 categories, for lace enthusiasts. |
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Lace Express - http://www.laceexpress.de/
An international, periodical magazine for lace makers. Also offers books and patterns. Online subscription and orders. |
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BJ's Laces - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/9801/lace.html
BJ describes different forms of handmade laces, including bobbin, tattting, needle and chemical. |
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"Mrs Dot" - http://freespace.virgin.net/deborah.robinson/index.htm
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. |
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Canadian Lacemaker Gazette - http://www.lacegazette.com/
This lace magazine is printed in French and English. |
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Knitted Heirloom Lace - http://www.knitlacepatterns.com/
Author Gloria Penning shares 18 knitted lace works, plus information about her books. |
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Irish Carrickmacross Lace - - http://www.irishcarrickmacrosslace.com/
This Arduin Lace Collection was handmade by Mary O'Neill in Ireland. |
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Slovakian Bobbin Lace - http://www.ds.psg.sk/prezenta/frajkor/
Scroll down and click 'patterns' to find Jana's drawings. Click 'photographs' for a gallery of contemporary and traditional pieces. |
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Bobbinlace Chat Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bobbinlace/
A group of over 300 bobbin lacers chat about projects, supplies and patterns. |
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Lacemaking - http://www.lacemaking.it/
Italian site describes works in buckspoint, torchon and milanese, and holds a gallery of over forty photos. |
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Celtic Dream Weaver - http://celticdreamweaver.com/
Sherry, a tatter and bobbin lacer, designs unique pieces. She also decorates bobbins using paints and decoupage. |
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Rosemary Richards-Steck - http://www.geocities.com/vinasage/Lace.html
Rosemary's hobby is making bobbin lace by the pond. |
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Lego Bobbin Winder - http://www.geocities.com/atatter.geo/kieth_enevoldsen.html
Kieth Enevoldsen shows how to make a bobbin winder from legos. |
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Dreams of Lace - http://www.tatting.de/dol/
Christiane Eichler's site includes a pattern surfer, a German and English lace dictionary, a gallery and tips. |
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Lace Design - http://www.lace.nildram.co.uk/
Three lace artists encourage bobbin, and needle, lacemakers to give designing a try by offering case studies, tutorials, patterns and galleries. |
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Alamo Bobbin Lacers - http://home.earthlink.net/~alamobobbinlacers/
An IOLI charter group, meets in San Antonio, Texas. Includes photos of annual demonstrations at the Folklife Festival. |
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Christine England - http://members.tripod.com/~lacemaker/index.htm
Chrisine has posted photos of her honiton projects. |
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Lacemaker's Cottage - http://people.delphiforums.com/standart/
Scroll to the bottom of the page to find lace histories from 1500-1900, plus a gallery of laceworks. |
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The Lacemakers Circle - http://www.oz-arnold.net/lmc/
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. |
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Rustyx Lace - http://www.geocities.com/justme42uk/
This lacemaker combines different lace forms. Bobbin lace, needle lace and tatting, can all be found in one piece. |
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http://www.howfen.demon.co.uk/ - http://www.howfen.demon.co.uk/
Glenys Pople has written a clear and well illustrated definition of bobbin lace. |