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1.   New Books!
2.   Bobbin Lace Manuals and Skills
3.   Torchon Lace and 's Gravenmoer
4.   Bedfordshire, Cluny, Schneeberger, Guipure
5.   Bucks Point, Downton, Tönder, Bayeux, Beveran, Chantilly
6.   Flanders, Point de Paris, Valenciennes, Mechlin, Binche
7.   Springett
8.   Free Laces-Honiton, Withof, Bloemwork, Duchesse, Rosaline
9.   Milanese, Cantu, Hinojosa and Tape Based Lace
10. Russian Lace and Idrija
11. Annick Staes
12. Mixed Technique Pattern Books
13. Needlelace, Tatting, Filet and Tatting
14. Identification, History and Fashion
15. Vera Cockuyt
16. Free Hand Lace
17. Eeva-Liisa Kortelahti
18. Martine Bruggeman
19. Christine Mirecki
20. Thread Reference Books and Charts

   1. New Books

Rund ums Wasser
All About Water

Elfi Krüger
My Favorites II
Mika Toyoda
Take a Box of  Baubles
Rosemary Green
Torchon Purse
Susanne Thompson
Coming Soon!
Kumiko Nakasaki

$44.50 $59.50 $19.95 $9.95 TBA
This book contains 22 patterns all with a water based them, made in Honiton, Duchess and Rosaline. Every pattern includes a working diagram, instructions and a clear  photo of the finished piece. on’t miss Mika's latest pattern book 28 of her favorite Binche patterns plus 2 Torchon patterns.

18 patterns in Torchon, Beds, Bucks and Honiton made to decorate your holiday ornaments.  These patterns can also be used for edgings, wedding garters and more.  Lots of fun.

Originally printed in 1998 this books has 11 Torchon patterns that can be folded into a purse pendant. Easy to read instructions and diagrams with additional instructions on Brabant Ground, edge stitch, four pin blocks, half stitch trails, rose ground, spiders, tallies, torchon ground triangular ground, and vertical bars. Three all new pattern books.  Coming in April.






Legacy Vol. 3
Kumiko Nakasaki
Legacy Vol. 4
Kumiko Nakasaki
Thread and Pricking
A Partnership
Martina Wolther-Kampmann
Lace Threads in dD
Martina Wolther-Kampmann
Die Spitzen Der Wiener Werkstatte - Dagobert Peche
Harrtmut Lang
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Three all new Binche edgings pattern from Kumiko.  Each pattern has thread recommendations and are diagrammed in color. Three more all new Binche edgings pattern from Kumiko.  Each pattern has thread recommendations and are diagrammed in color.

Back in stock!  Don’t miss out on this opportunity to get one of the last copies of Martina’s guide to thread selection using the Dd method of measuring.This book includes a conversion chart that measures distance between pin holes mm over 11 pins.  It also has an informative section in front that includes copious information on thread fibers, the twist, cultivation, properties, measuring system and much more.   While supplies lasts!

This compilation of thread thicknesses is easy to use More then 800 threads are measured in dD.  This is a wonderful reference for anyone trying to understand thread comparisons between brands and fibers.

This starts with the history, designs and marketing of the Wiener Werkstätte which was an association of  draftsman and designers founded in 1903.  Many of the designs were bobbin lace and part 2 contains 16 patterns designed by Dagobert Peche.  There are illustrations of the original lace and reconstruction, accompanied by colored diagrams and prickings.






Bobbin Lace Patterns - My Favorites
Mika Toyoda
London
An Impression in Flanders Lace
Anne-Marie Verbeke-Billiet
Verfrissende Elegantie
Fan in Torchon
Annie Vancraeynest
Idrija Lace
The Idrija Lace School
Pizzo di Cantů 5
Bonaglia Emanuele
All new from Mika Toyoda this folio contains patterns in Binche, Flanders, Torchon and Duchesse Laces that are Mika's favorites.  Due soon.  In Stock!
Designed by Annie-Marie Verbeke-Billiet, this Flanders pattern uses London as its theme.  Complete with a technical drawing with details small and large including a photo of the finished work.
A Torchon fan pattern.
This books is all about spiders and how to make them in Idrija lace through corners and transitions.  Complete with pictures of the finished lace technical drawings. Bonaglia Emanuele's fifth book on Cantů Lace covers, how to use the gimp, different methods to make holes, how to make shaped leaves, and "Open Derna Stiitch".
out of print/stock
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Blütengrüße
Ulrike Voelcker
Old and New
Ulrike Voelcker
Blüten - Mix
Maria Kilian
Bobbin Lace Patterns - Hearts
Mika Toyoda
Light as a Feather
Elfi Krüger
Ulrike Voelcker's newest publication contains 62 whimsical floral patterns only requiring 2 pairs!  Complete with prickings, photographs, a nd thread diagrams.  Inn English, German, Dutch, French and Spanish. This fold-up pattern book contains 2 prickings.  One pattern is reconstructed from an old pattern, and the other is a new design.  Both patterns come with a beginning and end piece and colored diagrams.  In English and German. Four floral patterns reconstructed patterns from the St Gallen Textile Museum in Switzerland made in Flanders and Paris lace.
A pattern folio featuring heart patterns made in Torchon, Brugge Flower, Flanders, Binche, Bucks Point, Duchesse, Rosaline, Chrysanthemum lace.  Pre-orders welcome.
Feathers and birds in Rosaline, Honiton and Duchesse lace.  In German and English.
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Toermalijn
Flanders Lace with a Nod
to the Future
Kantcentrum
Cantů 4
Emanuele Bonaglia
Lace Identification
Gilian Dye and Jean Leader
Nina an Co
10 Designs in Chantilly Lace
Lieve Pollet
Sternenzauber 2
Magic Stars 2
Christine Merecki
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Toermalijn is a wonderful new folio of 8 modern patterns in Flanders lace.
This is Emanuele Bonaglia's 4th book on Cantů technique.  The book features how to make the little Cantů flowers and leaves in a small doily.  Skills include understanding the working order, the flower, magic thread technique, making leaves without many knots, net and Cantů spiders and patterns.
By popular request we are now stocking this lavishly illustrated guide to lace identification featuring the type, history and construction of hand-made and machine laces of the 19th and 20th centuries.

This books contains 10 Chantilly patterns of bookmarks, medallions and decorative pieces.  Each pattern has working diagrams in colour with additional technical drawings and explanations for specific techniques.  Fil au Chinois 140/2 in black is now available for this book.
In English, German and French this 64 page book has 48 new bobbin lace patterns for Christmas stars, plus 1 star shaped small tablecloth, 1 table runner.






Heritage Lace Designs   
Louise West
Bits of Lace 4
Idrija Lace School
Legacy Vol. 1
Kumiko Nakasaki
Legacy Vol. 2
Kumiko Nakasaki
Little Lacemakers
Kumiko Nakasaki
Patsy Anderson
$48.00
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Inspired by the Erewash Museum Archives, Louise designs bobbin lace patterns from Nottingham machine lace designs.  Inspirational! All new Idrija pattern book.  Pair this title with our new line of Idrija Thread in sizes 30 and 40 in white ecru and colors, plus metallics!
Three all stunning new Binche edgings pattern from Kumiko.  Each pattern has thread recommendations and are diagrammed in color
Four all new beautiful Binche handkerchief patterns from Kumiko.  Each pattern has thread recommendations and are diagrammed in color.
Two new patterns of little lacemakers designed by Patsy Anderson.  Use Egyptian Cotton 80/2g
Summer 2022




Crossings
Ulrike Voelcker

$36.50

IN STOCK this all new book of "Crossings" includes 196 crossings and eight patterns.  Each pattern is illustrated with photographs of the finished lace and clear diagrams of the technique.  This is a must have book in a lacemaker's library not only for the pretty patterns but as a technical reference to be used with other lace techniques.













Bobbin Lace Patterns - Flowers II
Mika Toyoda
Pizzo di Cantů
Mimosa Stitch, Issue  N° 3
Bonaglia Emanuel
Dreiecktuch Layla
Christine Mirecki
Steernenzauber 1
Christine Mirecki

Hut Sabrina
Christine Mirecki

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17 all new patterns from Mika Toyoda that include 6 Binche, 4 Flanders, 2 Torchon, 1 Brugge Flower Lace, 2 Bucks Point and 2 Duchesse Laces.  Designs include Clematis, Rose, Hydrangea, Snowdrops, Cameria 1, 2 and 3, Flower basket, Flora, Pansy, Little Flower, Wild Rose, Heart and Flower, Cherry Blossom Bouquet, Medallion and Flower Basket.
Issue 3 covers the Mimosa Stitch which is fundamental to Cantů lace.
A pretty triangular shawl.
In English, German and French a delightful all new pattern book featuring 38 star patterns employing very creative uses of colored thread.  Lot of fun. An all new hat pattern in Christine Merecki's "Sabina" series.  To work in color use Lizbeth  80 Cordonnet or Londonerry 80/3.  Fun and easy to do.





Barjac Ombrée II
A Floral Torchon Lace
Ulrike Voelcker

Bedfordshire Lace
Jean Leader
Klöppelzeichnungen verstehen
Understand Lace Drawing
Barbara Corbet
Variations
Kumiko Nakasaki
$48.50

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Ulrike Voelcker's 2nd book on Barjac Ombrée is in English and German.  Patterns include technical illustrations and coloured diagrams.
Using a series of twenty-six traditional and newly designed patterns Jean takes the students from the basics of traditional Bedfordshire through to some of the fundamental elements of florals.  Well organized and illustrated the patterns includes small motifs, edgings, handkerchiefs, butterflies and collars. Fabulous 168 page hardback.  A copious examination of how to draw and make bobbin lace techniques on grids including multiple variations on the footside, sewings, joins and crossings plus leaves and tallies, cluny bars, multiple variations on Torchon grounds and rosegrounds, Flanders grounds, snowball grounds and modern grounds.  Lastly there are grids for drawing. This 48 page paperback has patterns that include variations on little birds, rabbits, running horses, antique style flower medaillons, paradise of mouse edging and handkerchief and additional patterns in Rosaline Perlee that include 3 collars, chokers necklace, and handkerchief.  Really, really, nice!  Get your signed copy today.





Dancing Couple
Anne-Marie Verbeke Billiet
Tiere in Tüll
Ulrike Voelcker
Geklöppelte Klöppel
Bobbin Lace
Barbara Corbet
Brugge
Kumiko Nakazaki
Gartenträume
Garden Dreams
Elfi Krüger
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this old pattern.  It includes a working diagram and pricking and large photo of the lace. 
In  Stock! Following in the tradition of Chantilly using Ombrée work, this 96 page book has 16 patterns for animals.  The animals include a squirrel, cat sitting at a window, hoopoe, kingfisher, dragonfly I, cat facing dog, cat with a ball of wool, crane, frog, hummingbird, singing bird, dragonfly II, grasshopper, little egret, butterfly and harvest mouse.  The are technical diagrams. 34 patterns patterns, each depicting regional techniques from 15 countries, with the traditonal bobbin used to make that lace incorporated into the pattern.   Each pattern includes a description of the lace and bobbins, a pricking and colored diagrams.  This beautiful produced 163 page hardback is a treasure trove of techniques and styles.
17 all new patterns from Kumiko features themes from the beautiful city of Brugge.  Patterns feature Binche and free lace techniques. 25 all new bobbin lace patterns in Duchesse, Bruges Flower Lace, Rosaline, Honiton,, Rococo and Florence.





Twilling
Ulrike Voelcker
Schneestern
Ulrike Voelcker
Mailänder Spitze
(Milanese Lace)
Barbara Corbet
Special Estonia 2020-2021
Bucks Point Lace Workbook
Louise West
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Explore the technique of "twilling" using the weavers and the passives as a way of creating and emphasizing design.  Lots of fun and easy to do.
Work the snow star pattern featuring 24 triangles with 48 different Binche snow grounds.
This book is a must for any student of Milanese lace.  240 pages packed with technique and patterns.  Each tape has a technical diagram of the straight tape, a 90 degree turn and a curve.  There are too many tapes to count and some wonderful patterns in white and color.  Really nice.

This book  contains 15 new lace patterns in mixed laces.  They include patterns in Binche, Lille, Beveren, Paris, Valenciennes, Rosaline, Mechlin, Chantilly, Torchon, Contemporary and more!

This book is an organized syllabus covering the basic techniques of Bucks Point.  The patterns are arranged so that when worked progressively the lessons carry you through  Bucks Point fundamentals to the basics of florals.  Each pattern has a place to mount the finished lace with room for note taking. 





Pizzzo di Cantů Issue nş1
Bonaglia Emanuele
Pizzo di Cantů, Issue n°2, The Curves
Bonaglia Emanuel
The Beauty of the Orient
Painted in Thread
A Lace Journey
Yvonne Scheele-Kerkhof
Using Modern Grounds
Michčle Kelly
Creating a Sampler of Christmas Ornaments
Elizabeth Peterson
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In English this book teaches the lacemaker how to make a Cantu Rose.  Chapters cover, how to start, where to start, working internal leaves, building the structure of the rose, how to work external leaves, how to make the separation between leaves, how to close the rose, making the net and suggestions on how to take out pins.
In English this book teaches the lacemaker how to make  3 fundamental curves in Cantu lace.  Chapters cover, where to start, soft curve, elbow curve, tight curve, how to finish.
SALE:  One of the most beautiful books we have ever seen about lace, this 144 page book in full color is about Asian motifs executed in Wiithof and some Floral Beds techniques by Yvone Scheele-Kerkhof.  Beautiful photographs show the meaning and symbolism of the motifs.  This book is a feast for the eyes for all devotees of fine textiles and those who love beautiful things.

Listen to Yvonne lecture on the 
"Beauty of the Orient"at the 2021 IOLI UnCon.

By using various combinations of whole stitch, linen stitch and half stitch you learn how to make 6 assorted grounds which are then applied to 9 patterns.  Lot of fun!

A 4 hour and 13 minute DVD lace instructional program.  In this video there are 6 ornament patterns including a Russian Tape Lace Christmas tree, a Brugge flower, a Tape Lace star, a Torchon circle, a Celtic knot, and a Bedfordshire circle. Also included are working instructions, diagrams, and a pricking for each pattern.  There are also 6 rings, 3 each of gold and silver and 2 medallions center pieces which you can use for making most of the pieces.






A Practical Guide to Needle Lace
Jacqueline Peter
Pochettes en Cluny Polychrome de Brioude
Odette Arpin
Halfstitch in Idrija Narrow Tape Lace
The Idrija Lace School

More  Color in Bedfordshire Lace
Jean Leader

Having More Fun with 's Gravenmoer
Susan Wenzel
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In English, this 128 page book with 150 color photos and diagrams has step by step instructions for core needlelace techniques with 40 different patterns. Absolutely wonderful to the lacemaker who wants to learn needlelace.
This book is inspired by the laces designed in the 19th and 20th centuries.  In French it includes 10 patterns using the techniques of Cluny Polychrome de Brioude.
From the Idrija Lace School this books teaches how to work patterns using  a combination of half-stitch and narrow tape lace.  Includes over 40 patterns in many different combinations.
The follow-up DVD to Jean Leader's Color in Bedfordshire Lace.  Run time 2 hours 55 minutes and includes 2 DVD discs and 4 pattern sheets.
Finally a book on the technique of  's Gravenmoer Lace in English.   Techniques covered include Diagonal Half Stitch,  block in cloth stitch plus variations, half stitch trails, gimp rules, ground stitch, honeycomb and much, much more.  There are 8 patterns with diagrams.





Waltz
Outka, Kurono, Nishizawa, Hirata, Miwa, Morita
Florale Herzen
Elfi Krüger
Tallies and Pin Chains
Donnelly, Giusiana, Carnegie
Needlelace
Basic Technical Instruction
The Lace Guild
Needlelace
Intermediate Technical Instruction
The Lace Guild
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A compilation of Binche lace patterns designed and made by Kumiko Nakazaki's students.  Each pattern is 1/3 of a circle all having plant themes; platanus, plum camellia, magnolia, fuchsia, hydrangea, kerria, loguat, melastoma, pomegranate, tobira and poinsettia.

In color this 64 page book has 24 heart patterns made in Florence Bloomwork, Bloomwork, Rosaline, Honiton, Rococo and Duchesse.  Nice!
Featuring Třnder patterns from the collection of the Museum of Sřnderjylland Kulturhistorie, this 95 page hardback starts with a long awaited section illustrating the technique of Třnder followed by 34 reconstructed patterns, with colored diagrams and picture of the finished lace.

If you are new to needlelace start here.  This 45 page book guides you through all the fundamentals of needlelace starting with a simple leaf, followed by the veined leaf, shell, flower, bird, scalloped shell, and circles.

This 48 page book picks up where "basic" leaves off.  Patterns include Leaves, Pram, Sail Boat, Motif, 3d Flower, Spirograph Dodle, Flower and Fish.  Techniques and fillings include, twisted cordonnette, half couronnes, ardenza bar, buttonhole loop, trefoil loop, tufted cordonnette, point d'espagne, spider wheel, pea stitch variation point de greque, williamson, inverted pyramid, corded single brussels with a vein and more.





Valennciennes-Spitzen
Claudia Shuster
La dentelle de Craponne
Odette Arpin
DVD/Color in Bedfordshire
Jean Leader
Pre-pricked Bedfordshire Patterns by Louise West
DVD/Honiton Prickings from the Shirley Burness-Smith Collection
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This books includes 15 Valenciennes pieces from the collection of Suerondt-Ludwig- Museum, Aachen.  Each piece has been reconstructed and arranged in order of difficulty.  Each piece has a working diagram, pricking and a large clear picture of the original piece and reconstructed piece.  Text in German and English
In the early 19th century, lace designer Theodore Falcon, built a factory in the region of Craponne-sur-Arzon and a new lace is born characterized by floral patterns decorated with a gimp.  This books tells the history of Craponne lace, followed by 12 patterns, with detailed explanations ranging from simple to complex.
Jean Leader's DVD has 6 patterns showing how to use color in Bedfordshire Lace.  Running time 2 hours and 55 minutes.  Also look at her DVD, More Color in Bedfordshire Lace.

Louise's prickings uses digital technology and laser cutting precision to produce accurate patterns.  Each pattern includes a high quality picture of the finished lace. 
Scans of 117 prickings of Honiton motifs from the Shirley Burness-Smith Collection.  These prickings can be used to make the pattern or combined to make a larger pattern.  There are no pictures of the finished lace but not hard to interpret. 





El Encaje de Cándida
The Lace in Seville in the first half of the 20th Century
Marińa Regueira González-Barros
La Guipure du Puy
Bases et Perfectionnement
Nathalie Hubert
Mick Fouriscot
Small Motifs in Idrija Technique
Riet Delescen
Fiandra a tre paia
Diana Dussi
Variations in Torchon
Linda Valbjřorn Olsen
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This beautiful book explores the lace of lace Spanish designer Cándida Garcia Irajudo who in the first half of the 20th Century invented a unique lace that was given the name Cándida's Lace.

In English and Spanish this 200 page hardback volume examines the history, the lacemakers, the materials, pillows, bobbins, designs and patterns of this traditional Spanish lace.

Copiously illustrated with colored photographs and illustrations.
A beautiful new pattern book on the guipure lace from du Puy en  Velay.   All in color this 144 page book is filled with patterns, techniques and diagrams.  The text is in French but easy to understand diagrams and Google translate make this title very attractive.
This book includes an introduction to Idrija Lace in English, German and Dutch. The 28 motifs include hearts, stars, butterflies, bells, a bird, a shell, a fish  and lots more.  Techniques covered include corners, curves, sewings and decorative fillings.  Nice!
This fascinating and delicate tape lace features curves, crossings, picots and sewings.  It is made with only 3 pairs and derives from the Italian province Friuli Venezie Giulia.  Included are 12 patterns inspired by nature.  FINCA 40 or 50 is the main thread, embellished with any 40 metallic for a splash of color.  If you don't like to wind bobbins then this is the lace for you!  Text in English, Italian and German.
The 10 different patterns in this book offer Torchon patterns embellished with a bold gimp.  In English, German and Danish.  This is a great book for the intermediate Torchon student looking for patterns that include a handkerchief edge, table runner, rectangular and hexagonal insertions, endings for found and oval mats, a square mat and hearts with handles!





Schneeflöckchen Weißröckchen
Little Snowflakes with the White Skirt

Ulrike Voelcker

The Return of the Spiders
The Lace Guild
Mechlin
Alexandra Stillwell
Lace in Flanders
History and Contemporary Art
Martine Bruggemann
Christian Traugott Grimm
Klöppelcurriculum 1823
Marla Kilian
Claudia Schuster
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The book has 72 pages, 14 projects with coloured diagrams.
English and German.
18 all new patterns featuring spiders.......and not just bookmarks!
This 80 page instruction manual starts with a brief history, followed by patterns, working techniques and theory.
The official catalog of the World Lace Congress in Bruges this 320 page book is organized in 4 chapters and covers Bruges and the World Lace Congress, an examination of bobbin, needle and mixed laces, lace in history and lace today.  In English this stunning publication shows the lace enthusiast the evolution of lace from its inception through to today.  Copiously illustrated with colored plates and rich text.
Christian Traugott Grimm was a designer in the 19th century who wrote a book about point ground lace.  The manuscript was lost until recently and is now published.  It has 48 pages with the original images and patterns.





Idrija Lace 
Narrow Cloth Stitch
The Idrija Lace School
Emile Kruger
Ulrike Voelcker
Flandrische Spitze
Flanders Lace
Barbara Corbet
Skyline  van Brugge
in Flanders
Anne-Marie Verbeke-Billiet
Brugs Begijnhof
(Brugge Nunnery)
in Flanders
Anne-Marie Verbeke-Billiet

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This Idrija pattern book is intelligently set up to act as an instructional manual for beginners as well as a pattern book for the continuing Idrija student.  The first part of the book includes exercises that teach the fundamentals of narrow cloth stitch with an accompanying pattern the student can make to apply these techniques.  The second part includes intermediate to advance patterns combining all skills. This pattern book has 23 prickings using various techniques (3 Chantilly, 3 Blonde, 3 Polychrome Blondes, 1 free lace, 2 Guipure, 2 Valenciennes, 2 Rob and Roll, 2 Mechlin, 2 Flanders and 3 Barjac Ombrée.  All are fully pictured and diagram.
If you want to learn Flanders then this is the book for you. This hardback book has 119 with an excellent section on technique that covers Flanders Ground, Edges, Close Work, Fillings, and Beginning and Ending the Lace.  The technique section is follow by 12 patterns fully diagrammed in color.
This pattern features the Brugge Skyline made in Flanders lace.  The fold-out format allows for a pricking, a large picture of the finished lace and a very large working diagram.  There are also several old pictures of the city of Brugge.
A fold-out Flanders pattern of the Brugs Nunnery.  The fold-out format allows for a pricking, a large picture of the finished lace and a very large working diagram.  There are also old pictures of the Nunnery.





Geklöppelter Schmuck aus Metallfäden
Bobbin-Made Jewellery
Martina Wolter-Kampmann
Bobijntje! 7
Fumie Kanai
Von Herzen
"From My Heart"
Ulrike Voelcker
Sidmouth's Lace
Carol MacFazde
Bolero and Jacke Alexa
Christine Mirecki
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More then 20 patterns for bobbin lace jewellery made of wire.  Patterns include bracelets, necklaces, brooches, pendants and earrings.  All in color on very high quality paper this book is in English and German.  The diagrams are superb and the ideas original.  Really nice!  Featuring Binche pattens including; Forest, Rose Garden, Fern, Karakusa, Karra-Bana, Nandina, Wisteria Flowers, Tulip, Rabbit 1, Rabbit 2, Peafowls, Sparrow 1, Sparrow 2, Butterfly, and Crane. A workbook of advanced techniques in point ground laces. With text in German and English this 96 page book has 18 prickings which all have a heart shaped motif. This wonderful book describes lacemaking in Sidmouth, Devon and the broader Devon lacemaking industry.  Chapters include the history of Devon Lace, the seven Devon laces, lacemaking in Sidmouth, the lace dealers and manufacturers, lace made for Royalty and much more.  We love this book! This Bolero is both comtemporary and flattering.





My Friends
Kumiko Nakazaki
Spitzen und Einsätze
Bridgett Bellon
Binche Lace
Annick Staes
Cluny 3
Annick Staes
Florale Sterne
Elfi Krüger
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A folio of 8 patterns.  The six Binche patterns are, Watership Down, Cat Lovers, Medaillons, Cat Fantasy, Bear, Medaillon in color, plus one Flemisch lace called Dogs, and one Duchesse pattern called Doggy's.
Twenty-five different edgings both traditional and modern of various widths.  Each pattern comes with a straight edge pricking and a corner pricking. An intermediate level Binchee pattern folio with 5 patterns and complete with diagrams.  Patterns include, James, Antoine, Spike, Nell and Noor.  Click here to see other patterns by Annick Staes. Five new patterns including Camellia, Centuries, Clematis, Chrysant, Cyclaam, Cassia.  Each pattern has a working diagram in color and thread suggestions. 
Seventeen all new bobbin lace star patterns in 5 different techniques including Florence, Rosaline Perlée, Bruges Bloomwork, Honiton, Rococo and Duchesse.





12 Hearts in Danish Torchon
Kirsten Skov
Arcs and Corners
Oblúky a rohy v liptovskej
cipke
Maria Cobrdová and Marta Hauserová
Lace Secrets
Tajomstvá liptovskej cipky
Liptovskej 
Povabica Turca Association
Geklöppelte Schmetterlinge
Brigitte Bellon
Rosalibre
Cathleen Belleville
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In English, French and German this clever book includes patterns for 12 hearts in Danish Torchon. This book represents 20 years of meticulous analysis of the technique of Litovskej Lace.  As a result this unique lace has been rediscovered and documented for the first time.  Although this 119 page hardback is not in English the beautiful pictures, illustrations and diagrams make it easy to follow. Click on the title to see pages inside the book for a closer look. The follow-up to "Secrets" that examines arcs and corners and how they go together to form shapes and forms.  Click on the titles to see pages inside these books for a closer look. Call today for your copy of this collection of 30 tape based butterfly patterns. Designed in Milanese with some in Schneeberger, and one in Russian tape lace, patterns are smaller and larger, easier and harder, in white and color. In German and English with lots of diagrams and prose instruction there is something for everyone in this exciting new title Cathy Belleville's second book, Rosalibre, a 3-D lace she invented that is both showy and easy to make.  Top notch instructions and diagrams round out this publication.
Introducing Bone Lace
Gilian Dye
Gold and Silver Edgings
Gilian Dye
Insertions and Borders
Gilian Dye
The Isham Samples and Other Linen Edgings
Gilian Dye
Surface Decoration in Silk
and Metallic Thread
Gilian Dye





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This book, a mix of history and practical instruction, assumes no previous knowledge of bobbin lace, so is suitable for complete beginners. It would also be of interest to textile researchers and those involved  in re-enactment or costumed interpretation.
 
44 pages, 79 images including samples, patterns and diagrams.
Gold and Silver Edgings is the first of series of books to come on the earliest 16th and 17th laces. This 60 page book has 13 patterns for traditional gold and silver edgings including illustrations of the original lace, worked samples, patterns and diagrams and a bit of history.
The 4th book in Gil Dye's series on Early Lace.  Excellent. This is the second book in a 3 part series on sixteenth and seventeenth century lace.  This 60 page book includes samples and working diagrams for a variety of early linen bobbin laces, plus photographs of the original lace.  Background information on these laces puts them into a historical context. Gilian Dyr'd third book in her series on early lace feature suface decoration in silk and metallic thread.

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2. Beginner's Books, Bobbin Lace Manuals and Skills
Torchon Lacemaking,
A Manual of Techniques
Elizabeth Wade
Lace for Children of All Ages
Christine Springett
Beginner's Guide to Bobbin Lace
Gillan Dye and Adrienne Thunder
The Torchon Lace Book
Christine Springett
An Introduction To Torchon
Alison Tolson
$43.95
$26.95
$19.95
$22.50
$19.95
An excellent book for beginners to bobbin lacemaking.   A complete manual outling the materials and technique of beginning bobbin lace and Torchon lace.
Back in print, this popular beginners book features the famous Springett Snake along with numerous other patterns this teach the beginning lacemaker the fundmentals.

Pair this book with the VHS Video, Successful Bobbin Lacemaking for all Occasions, Christine Springett.  This 120 minute video is like having a teacher by your side while you learn bobbin lace for the first time.
By working a series of bookmarks lacemakers learn the fundamentals of bobbin lacemaking that include twist, cross, cloth stitch, half stitch, torchon grounds, spiders and trails. Additional patterns include Torchon edgings for scarves, bags, cushions and more that are worked in color and various fibers.
A terrific beginner's book that stands alone, but accompanies the DVD's Torchon 1 and Torchon 2
This dandy little book covers beginning bobbin lace, Torchon Lace and drafting Torchon Lace! Patterns include 2 bookmarks, 1 mat, 2 edging and a beginners tape. Good value!





Klöppel-Kurs
Ulrike Löhr
Torchon Lacemaking
Step by Step
Jan  Tregido
The Beginning of the End
Ulrike Löhr
The Grammar of Point Ground
Ulrike Voelcker
Let's Begin Making Bobbin Lace
A Teacher's Companion
The Lace Museum
$29.95
$43.95
$64.95
$59.95
$29.95
This a great beginners book covering the fundamentals of bobbin lacemaking with colored diagrams and photos.

English Translation
$12.95

Delight in this copious analysis on how to start and end bobbin lace patterns many times invisibly! This title is a "must" in every lacemakers library!
This 192 page book is a standard on point ground lace and an absolute must for any lacemaker using point ground techniques.  Techniques illustrated in this book can be applied to all your point ground laces
This user friendly spiral bound book is the perfect companion to both the teacher of bobbin lace and the student new to bobbin lace.





Spinnen, Spinnen, Spinnen
Hildegard Glös
Magic Threads
Christine Springett
Klöppeln-Handbuch mit 400 Tricks und Kniffen
Ulrike Löhr
Gründe mit System
Uta Ulrich
Die Kunst Des Häkelns
The Art of Sewings
Ulrike Voelcker
$38.00
$14.95
$69.95
$58.00
$16.95
This designers delight includes a pattern, directions and colored diagrams on how to make 83 different spiders using 4 to 20 pairs. This booklet explains everything you ever wanted to know about how to start and end a pattern using magic threads. Don't leave home for a workshop without this book!
400 practical skills illustrated and diagrammed. A must have!
An all new contemporary look at grounds. Uta Ulrich takes her inspiration from tradition and creates a wonderful new reference of 448 grounds including 132 variations on rose grounds! Useful to new and experienced lacemakers each ground is pictured and includes a working diagram and brief instructions. At the end of the book the more common names of the grounds are listed in English, French, Swedish, Danish, Dutch and Italian.
Van Sciver Bobbin Lace is pleased to announce this worldwide exclusive. A guide to easy and perfect sewings. Finally a booklet to explain and illustrate the art of sewings in bobbin lace. A must in every lacemakers library. Text in English and German.







DISCOVER, Explore, Master, Torchon
Ulrike Voelcker
Discover, EXPLORE, Master, Torchon
Ulrike Voelcker
Discover, Explore, MASTER
Torchon
Ulrike Voelcker




$44.95
$44.95
$44.95


Written for lacemakers with basic bobbin lace knowledge this expanding book will be delivered in 3 parts.  Part I will have 126 pages with 75 prickings and full color diagrams with text in German and English.
Volume II, "Explore" is now available
Volume III, "Master" is now available!






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3. Torchon Lace and 's Gravenmoer
Torchon Lacemaking
Step by Step
Jan Tregido
Torchonfacher
Ulrike Voelcker
Beginner's Guide to Bobbin Lace
Gillan Due and
Adrienne Thunders

Verfrissende Elegantie
Fan in Torchon
Annie Vancraeynest
Torchon Lacemaking
Elizabeth Wade
$43.95
$18.95
$19.95
$32.00
$43.95
Well organized book on all the fundamentals of bobbin lacemaking focusing on Torchon lace.  The author uses colored threads so the student can easily track the path of each pair. A very good place to start if you are just beginning.
All new from Ulrike Voelcker this Torchon fan pattern is presented in multiple variations with instructions for making it in 1 color, or  5 different variations using multiple colors for the base thread and gimp.
By working a series of bookmarks lacemakers learn the fundamentals of bobbin lacemaking that include twist, cross, cloth stitch, half stitch, torchon grounds, spiders and trails. Additional patterns include Torchon edgings for scarves, bags, cushions and more that are worked in color and various fibers. A Torchon fan pattern. A comprehensive manual for the complete beginner to bobbin lacemaking.  Early chapters cover lacemaking equipment, threads and preparation, before moving on to a carefully description of how to make the lace.  Full of wonderful patterns and extra tips on mounting lace, pattern adaptation and design.





DISCOVER, Explore, Master, Torchon
Ulrike Voelcker
Discover, EXPLORE, Master, Torchon
Ulrike Voelcker
Discover, Explore, MASTER
Torchon
Ulrike Voelcker
Small Friendly Spider Book
Lace Guild
An Introduction To Torchon
Alison Tolson
$44.95
$44.95
$44.95
$19.95
$19.95
Written for lacemakers with basic bobbin lace knowledge this expanding book will be delivered in 3 parts.  Part I will have 126 pages with 75 prickings and full color diagrams with text in German and English.
Volume II, "Explore" is now available
Volume III, "Master" is now available!
7 Bookmarks with spiders!
This dandy little book covers beginning bobbin lace, Torchon Lace and drafting Torchon Lace! Patterns include 2 bookmarks, 1 mat, 2 edging and a beginners tape. Good value!





The Torchon Lace Book
Christine Springett
Torchon 1 - DVD
Christine Springett
Torchon 2 - DVD
Christine Springett

Treize a La Douzaine

Logarithmic Lace
Deborah Robinson

$22.50 $55.00
$52.00
$21.95
$29.95
A terrific beginner's book that stands alone, but accompanies the DVD's Torchon 1 and Torchon 2.

This program is intended to give a new lacemaker an enjoyable introduction to Torchon lace. It shows how to prepare a pricking and how to wind bobbins. A series of carefully designed patterns introduce the basic skills of cloth stitch, half stitch, Torchon ground, fans, Rose ground, honeycomb and spiders both large and small. The techniques are used in a variety of projects which are included in The Torchon Lace Book which is an essential companion to this program.
Learn how to use a gimp, work footside edges, start and finish an edging including tips on trouble shooting and magic threads. You must have Christine's book, The Torchon Lace Book to use these videos.
13 traditional Torchon patterns.
By using logarithmic grids see how Torchon patterns "stretch" out of shape into something similar but interesting.  Throw in a little color and Torchon becomes magic.





Barjac Ombrée II
Ulrike Voelcker
Wedding Lace Portfolio
Louise Colgan
Barjac Ombrée
Ulrike Voelcker
101 Torchon Patterns
Robin Lewis
24 Hearts in Bobbin Lace
Lene Bjřrn
$48.50
$20.00
$59.95 $26.95
$29.95
Ulrike's 2nd book on Barjac Ombrée is in English and German.  With the patterns pictured above including technical illustrations and coloured diagrams and a large folded with diagrams that would have been to large too fit in the book.
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4 beautifully designed patterns including wedding garter, edging, hanky & fan with instructions and diagrams.
Ulrike discovered this continuous lace in France.  It combines elements of Chantilly, Milanese, Torchon and Chrysanthemum lace and is characterized by a unique ground. If you are looking for lots and lots of Torchon patterns then this is the book for you. Each pattern in diagrammed in color.
24 hearts patterns in Torchon that when finished fold to form a pocket. Clever, easy and fun to make!





Klöppelmuster für Schals und Tischläufer
Brigitte  Bellow
Handkerchief Bonnet No 1 with Torchon Edging
Alexandra Stillwell
Spinnen, Spinnen, Spinnen
Hildegard Glös
 Color in Torchon - DVD
Jean Leader
Torchonmuster Bunt Gemischt
Brigitte Bellon
$36.50
$8.50
$38.00
$58.00
$39.95
Lots of patterns for bobbin lace shaws.
This booklet includes a very delicateTorchon pattern intended to be mounted to a wedding handkerchief to be used later as a baby's bonnet.  Complete with pattern, diagram, with mounting and folding instructions. This designers delight includes a pattern, directions and colored diagrams on how to make 83 different spiders using 4 to 20 pairs. Jean Leader shows you how to add color to your Torchon patterns with ease.
A popular title with a variety of Torchon patterns that are easy to make but a little out of the ordinary.  Fun!





's Gravenmoer Bobbin Lace
Brigitta Gornik
's Gravenmoer Bobbin
Lace 2
Brigitta Gornik
's Gravenmoer Bobbin
Lace 3
Brigitta Gornik
's Gravenmoer Bobbin
Lace Boutique
Brigitta Gornik
Logarithmic 's Gravenmoer Bobbin Lace
Brigitta Gornik
$59.95
$59.95
$69.95
$79.95
$69.95
This pattern book features 12 bookmarks made in one color or multiple colors.
Fifteen patterns in one color or multiple colors with complete technical instructions featuring
squares, rectangles, mats, edgings, insertions and collars.
ifteen patterns with complete technical instructions featuring squares, rectangles, mats, edgings, insertions, stars. and bookmarks and in one or more colors. A treasure trove of 10 patterns with technical instructions including Handkerchief 1, Handkerchief 2, Square Doily 1, Square Doily 2, Collar 1, Collar 2, Fan 1, Fan 2, Shawl 1 and Shawl 2 made in one or more colors.
Interpreting 's Gravenmoer on logarithmic grids this book has 6 Booksmarks, 3 Small Rectangular Mats, 3 Square Mats and 3 Large Rec-tangular Mats.  Really nice.






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4. Bedfordshire, Cluny, Schneeberger, Guipure

Bedfordshire Lace 
Jean Leader

Heritage Lace Designs
Louise West
An Introduction To Bedfordshire Lace
Jean Leader
Bedfordshire Lace Designs
Louise West
Thistles, Roses and Daffodils
Jean Leader
$29.95
$48.00
$22.95
$48.00
$19.95
Using a series of twenty-six traditional and newly designed patterns Jean takes the students from the basics of traditional Bedfordshire through to some of the fundamental elements of florals.  Well organized and illustrated the patterns includes small motifs, edgings, handkerchiefs, butterflies and collars.

Inspired by the Erewash Museum Archives, Louise designs bobbin lace patterns from Nottingham machine lace designs.  Inspirational!

All the fundamentals in a nutshell! Some pretty patterns too!

Be inspired by this lovely pattern book featuring 25 all new patterns in the floral Bedfordshire tradition.  Patterns start easy with working instructions and increase in degree of difficulty. .

A charming pattern book of 4 bookmarks using floral Bedfordshire designs and techniques.  Complete with instructions and technical tips.





Floral Bedfordshire
Yvonne Scheele-Kerkhof
Wiener Spitzen
Hartmut Lang
Handkerchief Bonnot
No. 3 with
Bedfordshire Edging
Alex Stillwell
Prickings from the AV Clark Collection-CD
The Lace Guild
Rose Family Sample Book DVD
The Lace Guild
$39.95
$59.95
8.50
$16.95
$32.00
This book begins with a section on techniques followed by 40 all new patterns designed and made in the Lester tradition. Because of the interdisciplinary nature of Lester lace this book will not only be of interest to students of Bedfordshire, but those lacemakers who like to make Honiton, Duchesse and Bucks as well!
A group of Viennese lacemakers led by Hartmut Lang have reconstructed patterns from a bobbin lacemaking course taught at the beginning of the 20th century. The book includes 52 guipure and Cluny laces, plus some Torchon and Tape lace, complete with spectacular colored diagrams and pictures of the original and reconstructed laces. This book is beautifully produced and is in English. Very, very nice.
A third booklet with the same theme, but with a Bedfordshire edging.  Use this pattern for yardage or anything requiring a corner. Photographs of 275 prickings of single heads of Bedfordshire and Maltese edgings and insertions.  These can be used to make the lace or to inspire your own designs.
Photographs of 860 photos of single heads of Bedfordshire and Maltese edgings and insertions.  These can be used to make the lace or to inspire your own designs.





Pochettes en Cluny Polychrome de Brioude
Odette Arpin
More  Color in Bedfordshire Lace
Jean Leader
La Guipure du Puy
Nathalie Hubert
Mick Fouriscot
Truing up an Antique Bedfordshire Lace Pricking and
Designing a Corner
Alexandra Stillwell
Polychrome Dentelles
Odette Arpin
TBA
$58.00
$46.95
$8.50
$49.95
Due in March this book is is inspried by the laces designed in the 19th and 20th centuries.  In French it includes 10 patterns using the techniques of Cluny Polychrome de Brioude.
The follow-up DVD to Jean Leader's Color in Bedfordshire Lace.  Run time 2 hours 55 minutes and includes 2 DVD discs and 4 pattern sheets.
A beautiful new pattern book on the guipure lace from du Puy en  Velay.   All in color this 144 page book is filled with patterns, technique and diagrams.  Text in French but easy to understand diagrams and google translate make this title very attractive.
A dandy little booklet that instructs on how to true up an old pricking using tracing paper and pencil, and how to design a corner for the same pricking.
This beautiful pattern book by Odette Arpin has 100 pages with patterns for Cluny Polychrome.






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5. Bucks Point, Downton, Tönder, Bayeux, Beveran, Chantilly
Emilie Kruger
Ulrike Voelcker
Floral Bucks Point
Alex Stillwell
Bucks Point Lace Workbook
Louise West
Nina an Co 
10 Designs in Chantilly Lace
Lieve Pollet
Introducing Bucks Point
Jean Leader

$54.95
$64.95
$48.50
$38.95 $22.95
This pattern book has 23 prickings using various techniques (3 Chantilly, 3 Blonde, 3 Polychrome Blondes, 1 free lace, 2 Guipure, 2 Valenciennes, 2 Rob and Roll, 2 Mechlin, 2 Flanders and 3 Barjac Ombrée.  All are fully pictured and diagram.  


This book is an organized syllabus covering the basic techniques of Bucks Point.  The patterns are arranged so that when worked progressively the lessons carry you through  Bucks Point fundamentals to the basics of florals.  Each pattern has a place to mount the finished lace with room for note taking.   This books contains 10 Chantilly patterns of bookmarks, medallions and decorative pieces.  Each pattern has working diagrams in colour with additional technical drawings and explanations for specific techniques.  Fil au Chinois 140/2 in black is now available for this book. All the basics in a nutshell.





Blonde
Ulrike Voelcker
Small Bucks Point Prickings from the
A. V. Clark Collection
Large Bucks Point Prickings from the
A.V. Clark Collection
6 Sterne (Stars)
Ulrike Voelcker
Buckinghamshire Point Lace - DVD
$18.95
$14.95
$14.95
15.95
$89.95
Fold-out pamplet with 7 all new Blonde patterns complete with full working diagrams.  Fans of point ground laces will love this booklet
This DVD has 799 small Bucks Point pricking from the A. V. Clark Collection.  This is a must have for the student of Bucks Point.
This DVD collection has over 440 traditional Bucks Point prickings from the 19th century.  A must have for the student of Bucks Point.  Combine these small and large pricking collections with the Lace Dealers pattern book to make, analyze and design from traditiona examples.
This fold-out booklet provides the patterns and diagrams for 6 stars made from our new Brildor metallic thread.  At the 2014 IOLI Convention 240 of these stars all made in variation was on display and it was spectacular!
Using 5 carefully designed and graded patterns this program is a comprehensive introduction to Bucks Point lace. The techniques covered in this two and a half hour program include a thorough introduction to making Point Ground net, the headside and picots, the footside edge with catch pins, honeycomb rings and different ways of working corners. The use of a gimp thread in a variety of situations is clearly explained and pin-by-pin instructions are given for starting and finishing each piece.





The Grammar of Point Ground
Ulrike Voelcker
The Lace Samples from Ipswich
Karen Thompson
Luton Lace Treasury I, II, III and IV
Sally Barry
Bucks Point Prickings
Kate Riley
Butterfly and Moth
Ulrike Löhr/Voelcker

$59.95
$24.00
$36.00 each
$18.95
$44.95
This192 page book is a standard on point ground lace and an absolute must for any lacemaker using point ground techniques.  Techniques illustrated in this book can be applied to all your point ground laces.
This important new book has 22 black silk bobbin lace sample make by the lacemakers of Ipswich, MA between 1789 and 1790.  The book starts with a short introductory history.  The patterns include a picture of the historic sample, the finished reconstructed piece, a pricking and working diagram.
Four separate books each with 50 selected geometric Bucks Point patterns from the Lace Dealers Pattern Book. Each pattern comes with a pricking, a clear finished picture of the lace and a working diagram.   
Featuring Třnder patterns from the collection of the Museum of Sřnderjylland Kulturhistorie.  This 95 page hardback starts with a long awaited section illustrating the technique of Třnder followed by 34 reconstructed patterns, with colored diagrams and picture of the finished lace.
his outstanding title from Ulrike Löhr includes 15 new butterfly and moth patterns made in point ground using colored silk floss. These true to life designs are exceptional in design, technique and interpretation. In German and English each design is fully diagrammed with instructions.





Floral Bucks Point Patterns
Joyce Symes
Bucks Point Rose Insertion
Alex Stillwell
JAGD nach Strich und Faden
Ulrike Löhr
Fine Old Buckinghamshire Lace Patterns
Christine Springett
 Handkerchief Bonnet No. 2
with Bucks Point Edging
Alexandra Stillwell
$24.95
$8.50
$59.95
$26.95
$8.50
A 28 page pattern book of floral Bucks Point patterns that include edgings, circular mats, handkerchief borders and motifs.  Proceeds to benefit cancer research.
One of Alex Stillwell's handy booklets.  This booklet features a pretty Bucks Point Insertion floral pattern with a 2" width. Instructions include some tips on florals.
Exceptional mixed pattern book including traditional Mechlin, Chantilly, Point de Paris & more!
uper compilation of old Bucks Point lace patterns from the collection of Pope & Sivewright.
This booklet includes a very delicate Bucks Point pattern intended to be mounted to a wedding handkerchief to be used later as a baby's bonnet.  Complete with pattern, diagram, with mounting and folding instructions.





Stil Blütin
Ulrike Voelcker
Tier in Tüll
Ulrike Voelcker
Von Herzen
"From My Heart"
Ulrike Voelcker
4 x Rond-Beveren
Anny Noben-Slegers
Dentelles Du Pays-D'enhaut
Ruth Doepfner- Wettstein
$59.95
$45.95
$36.95
$34.00
$44.95
Ulrike (Löhr) Voelcker's exciting book features stylized flowers worked with colored silk threads in the point ground tradition of blonde polychrome of Normandy.
In  Stock! Following in the tradition of Chantilly using Ombrée work, this 96 page book has 16 patterns for animals.  The animals include a squirrel, cat sitting at a window, hoopoe, kingfisher, dragonfly I, cat facing dog, cat witha ball of wool, crane, frog, hummingbird, singing bird, dragonfly II, grasshopper, little egret, butterfly and harvest mouse.  The are technical diagrams.
A workbook of advanced techniques in point ground laces. With text in German and English this 96 page book has 18 prickings which all have a heart shaped motif.
A pattern folder that contains the prickings and diagrams in black and white. The folder comes with a CD ROM that contains complete colored diagrams that can be printed out by home computer or in a copy shop to the preferred size. Meticulously diagrammed point ground patterns made in Switzerland for the traditional bonnets of the Pays d'Enhaut.   Although these point ground patterns were originally worked in black the pattern in the book are worked in white for the easy of seeing the detail.





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6. Flanders, Point de Paris, Valenciennes, Mechlin, Binche





Flandrische Spitze
Barbara Corbet
Legacy 1
Kumiko Nakazaki
Legacy 2
Kumiko Nakazaki
Legacy Vol. 3
Kumiko Nakasaki
Legacy Vol. 4
Kumiko Nakasaki
$59.95
$32.00
$32.00
$29.50
$29.50
If you want to learn Flanders then this is the book for you. This hardback book has 119 with an excellent section on technique that covers Flanders Ground, Edges, Close Work, Fillings, and Beginning and Ending the Lace.  The technique section is follow by 12 patterns fully diagrammed in color. Two new Binche edging patterns from Kumiko.  Each pattern has thread recommendations and are diagrammed in color.
Four all new beautiful Binche handkerchief patterns from Kumiko.  Each pattern has thread recommendations and are diagrammedin color.
Three all new Binche edgings pattern from Kumiko.  Each pattern has thread recommendations and are diagrammed in color. Three more all new Binche edgings pattern from Kumiko.  Each pattern has thread recommendations and are diagrammed in color.





Little Snowflaskes with the White Skirt
Schneeflöckchen WeiBröckchen
Ulrike Voelcker
Barjac Ombrée
Ulrike Voelcker
Bobijntje! 2
Fumie Kanai
Little Lacemakers
Kumiko Nakasaki
Patsy Anderson
Bobijntje! 7
Fumie Kanai
$38.50
$59.95
$49.95
$28.00
$49.95

72 pages, 14 projects with colored diagrams in English and German.
Ulrike discovered this continuous lace in France.  It combines elements of Chantilly, Milanese, Torchon and Chrysanthemum lace and is characterized by a unique ground.
8 patterns plus variations compiled in folio format with prickings, colored diagrams and a finished picture of the lace
Two new patterns of little lacemakers designed by Patsy Anderson.  Use Egyptian Cotton 80/2. More great patterns that include gambilling horses, carp-dragon Metamorphosis, Japanese Bush Warbler on Ume Tree, Dancing Monkeys, Bunny, Ducky, Doggy and Flower Graden.





Special Kant Ljubljana 
 Basic
various
DVD-Flanders Lace
Sally Schoenberg
Eisblumen
Ulrike Voelcker
Skyline  van Brugge
in Flanders

Anne-Marie Verbeke-Billiet
Brugs Begijnhof
(Brugge Nunnery)
in Flanders
Anne-Marie Verbeke-Billiet
$39.95
$54.00
$49.95
$24.95
$24.00
Geared towards the intermediate lacemaker, patterns include Torchon, Point Ground, Needlelace, Cluny, Russian, Brugs Bloemwerk and Contempoary laces. This huge 3 disk DVD offers the latest instruction on Flanders Lace. By working three edging patterns Sally Schoenberg teaches the essentials of Flanders Lace including the 5-hole ground, half of a ground stitch, joining in two times, inputs, outputs, snowflakes and the overlapping finish.
Ulrike has done it again! This spectacular new book, rich in material and design, is in English and German and includes 10 new beautiful, fully diagrammed, patterns for ice flowers set into Mechlin ground. Additionally there are 11 redrafted traditional Mechlin edgings and 2 modern designs. Fabulous!
This pattern features the Brugge Skyline made in Flanders lace.  The fold-out format allows for a pricking, a large picture of the finished lace and a very large working diagram.  There are also several old pictures of the city of Brugge. A fold-out Flanders pattern of the Brugs Nunnery.  The fold-out format allows for a pricking, a large picture of the finished lace and a very large working diagram.  There are also old pictures of the Nunnery.





Valenciennes
Ulrike Voelcker
 Viele Gute Gründe I
 Viele Gute Gründe II
 Viele Gute Gründe III
Viele Gute Gründe IV
Ulrike Voelcker
Vivaldi
Binche Masterclass
Kantcentrum
Kobe Kant Special
various
Binche Lace
Annick Staes
$36.95
$34.95 each
$49.95
$49.95
$22.00
An introduction to Valenciennes technique that has 20 prickings including 10 reconstructions of 18th and 19th century laces as well as 10 new designs.
Even more spectacular then the previous three, A Lot of Good Grounds IV is the final chapter in this magnificent series on grounds.
This is the latest product of the Kantcentrum Masterclass.  The Quattro Stagi-Stagioni, the four seasons, are found in this folio.  Produced on very high quality paper the patterns are offered in two sizes and are fully diagrammed.
This folio has 19 original patterns in many styles of bobbin lace that include Lille, Binche, Fine Bloomwork, Torchon, Mechlin, Rococo, Rosaline, Duchesse, Withof Duchesse and modern designs in different shapes and sizes.
An intermediate level Binche patten folio that with 5 patterns and complete with diagrams.  Patterns include, James, Antoine, Spike, Nell, Noor. 







Flanders Binche Lace
Annick Staes

Binche Course
Annick Staes
Valenciennes Technique
Annick Staes
Valenciennes Patterns
Annick Staes
Flanders Lace
Annick Staes
$24.00
$22.00
$39.95
$29.95
$22.00
All new pattern folio of Flanders and Binche designs.  Annick will be teaching, Traditional Binche Lace for all Levels, at this years 2011 Ithaca Lace Day.  In English, Dutch, French and German.
A visual introduction course to beginning Binche, including the various grounds and fillings.
A very good how to book on Valenciennes in English,  Dutch, French and German.  Supported by prose instruction describing the illustrations this is the place to start for beginning Valenciennes.
A super Valenciennes pattern book that includes Page Butterfly, Iris, Barbara, Lotus, and Opuntia.

An intermediate level Flanders pattern book with technical diagrams that includes Poppy, Fern, Aphelandra, Punica and Monstera.






 Title
Author
Price
Comments
The Technique of Flanders Vera
Cockuyt
$39.95 A complete manual of Flanders.
Flanders Lace, 31 Prickings and Graphs $39.95 Pattern supplement for the Tech. of Flanders with diagrams.
The Technique and Design of Flanders Lace $29.95 A manual of Flanders Lace available in English.
The Technique of Paris Lace $39.95 A technical manual on Paris including prose explanations.
Technique of Valenciennes $39.95 A comprehensive manual of Valenciennes in English.
Technique of Valenciennes, Pattern Supplement
$39.95
Pattern workbook for the Technique of Valenciennes.
Variations on Plaited Grounds $39.95 Instruction manual on plaited grounds on Flemish straight laces.
Variations on Plaited Grounds (Workbook) $39.95 Plaited ground patterns.
Variations on Snow Ground $39.95 Focused study on snow grounds.
Variations on Snow Ground (Workbook) $39.95 Patterns with snow grounds.
Binche: An Introduction $39.95 Complete technical manual in English.
Suggestions: How To Improve Binche $34.95 A handy supplement to any technical how-to book on Binche.

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7. Springett
Springett Videos
Lace for Special Occasions
Christine Springett
Christmas Collection
ChristineSpringett
Success To The Lace Pillow
Christine and David Springett
Designing and Mounting
Lace Fans
ChristineSpringett
assorted
$34.95
$16.95
$29.95
14.95
Go to Videos and DVD's to see prices and descriptions of all 18 Springett videos and those of others.
A new pattern and instruction book from Christine Springett with 100 pages of wedding & anniversary projects featuring Bedfordshire and Torchon patterns.
Make the perfect gift for friends and family with Christine's new collection of pretty Christmas ornaments.
All about the antique East Midland bobbins. This 48 page A5 booklet with 4 color pages, plenty of diagrams and b&w photographs, gives you all the information you need to create a lace fan. It contains step by step instructions on how to mount a lace leaf onto a set of fan sticks, how to calculate the size of a leaf needed to fit a particular set of sticks and covers all the important design considerations when creating your own original pattern. A truly comprehensive guide to successfully making a lace fan.





Magic Threads
Christine Springett
The Christmas Lace Book
Christine Springett
Turning Lace Bobbins
David Springett
Torchon Lace Book
Christine Springett
Variations on an Edging
Christine Springett
$14.95
$26.95
$34.95
$22.50
$12.95
This booklet explains everything you ever wanted to know about how to start and end a pattern using magic threads. Don't leave home for a workshop without this book!
Delightful pattern book with copious descriptions.
A comprehensive how-to book on turning bobbins! Great A good beginners book for Torchon with easy & fun patterns.
Enjoy this booklet from Christine Springett that includes 38 prickings and 2 colored pages showing finished projects using differently shaped edgings. Learn a radical new method of joining the lace together which is virtually invisible.





Spangles & Superstitions
Christine Springett
Snakes Galore
Christine Springett
Bangle Bonanza
Christine Springett

Fine Old Bucks Point Lace Patterns
Christine Springett
Lace For Children of All Ages
$12.95
$12.95
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All about the spangles on East Midland bobbins. Numerous variations on the Springett's popular snake pattern.
Assorted patterns designed for ring insertions.
A collection of redrawn Bucks Point floral patterns from the Pope and Seiverwright collection.
Back in print, this popular beginners book features the famous Springett Snake along with numerous other patterns this teach the beginning lacemaker the fundmentals.

Pair this book with the VHS Video, Successful Bobbin Lacemaking for all Occasions, Christine Springett.  This 120 minute video is like having a teacher by your side while you learn bobbin lace for the first time.






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8. Traditional Free Laces -- Honiton, Withof Duchesse, Bloemwork, Duchesse, Rosaline
Honiton Lace Fillings
Devon Lace Teachers
Withof -- before and after
Yvonne Scheele-Kerkhof
121 Honiton Fillings
revisited
The Devon Lace Teachers
Introduction To Bruges Lace
Jean Hardy
The Technique of Honiton
Elsie Luxton
$44.95
$59.95
$54.95
$22.95
$29.95
Hot off the presses this all new 127 page book is the very best we have seen on Honiton Fillings.  Based on the work of Christine Hawken there of 66 fillings complete with pricking, diagram, directions and a clear photo of the finished filling.  An added bonus is a section that includes 32 Honiton patterns and grids for filling design.  This book is useful to the student of fine free laces and contemporary design interpretation!
A complete and thorough manual on the technique of Withof lace.
Based on the original w ork and book by Christine Hawken this 159 page book outlines the names and techniques for 121 Honiton fillings.  You can use this book for traditional Honiton patterns or for comtemporary laces requiring interesting fillings.
In a nutshell everything you need to know to get started on Bruges Flower Lace. Excellent and affordable!
This book takes the lacemaker from beginning Honiton through raised & rolled work. A bargain!





Honiton Lace
Joyce Dorsett
DVD/Honiton Prickings from the Shirley Burness-Smith Collection Honiton Stars
Alexandra Stillwell
A Honiton Flower
Alexandra Stillwell
Fuchia in Honiton Relief
Alexandra Stillwell
$22.95
$12.95
$8.50
$8.50
$8.50
All the basics in a nutshell.
Scans of 117 prickings of Honiton motifs from the Shirley Burness-Smith Collection.  These prickings can be used to make the pattern or combined to make a larger pattern.  There are no pictures of the finished lace but not hard to interpret.  Instructions on how to make Honiton Stars on stems, complete with pricking diagram and instructions.
Instructions on how to make a Honiton Flower which includes Diamond Filling, complete with pricking, diagram and instructions.
Learn how to make a 3-dimensional Honiton Fuchia with a 3 point leaf using raised and rolled work.





Kleine Schmuckstücke in
Chrysanthe-Technik
Hildegard Glös
Schmetterlinge, Flieg (Butterflies)
Ulrike Löhr
Chrysanthemum Lace
Cathleen Belleville
A Flower in Raised Honiton
Alexandra Stillwell
Neue Entwürfe in Chrysanthe-Technik
Martina Wolter-Kampmann
$20.95
$18.95
$46.95
$8.50
$34.95
A manual of bloemwork technique.  As pictured on the cover these patterns and pretty to look at and easy to do.
Using techniques borrowed from the free laces of Duchesse, Withof & Honiton, Ulrike Löhr has designed two exceptional books depicting butterflies and bugs. Extraordinarily realistic designs and superb execution. This book is the best available on tape laces.  Beautifully diagrammed and fully of fundamental tape bases skills as a bonus! Learn how to make raised and rolled work in Honiton by working this flower.  The booklet includes the pricking and complete instruction and diagrams. This beautiful new pattern book on Chrysanthemum Lace has 56 pages and 1 pattern fold-out sheet.  The patterns include butterflies, hearts, droplets, numbers and a 26 cm mat.  There are also 2 3-dimensional patterns.





Floral Sterne
Elfi Krüger
Withof Pattern Book #8
Anneke Reijs
Withof Pattern Book #9
Anneke Reijs
Gartenträume
Garden Dreams
Elfi Krüger


$38.50 each
$49.95
$49.95
$45.95

Seventeen all new bobbin lace star patterns in 5 different techniques including Florence, Rosaline Perlée, Bruges Bloomwork, Honiton, Rococo and Duchesse. Withof pattern book.
Technical explanations in English on this lovely Flemish lace.
25 all new bobbin lace patterns in Duchesse, Bruges Flower Lace, Rosaline, Honiton,, Rococo and Florence.

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Tech. of Chrysanthemum Bloemwork
The Technique of Bloemwork
Vera Cockuyt
Bloemwork Pattern Supplement
Vera Cockuyt
The Technique of Duchesse
Vera Cockuyt

$24.95
$39.95
$34.95
$36.95

A manual of bloemwork technique.
The Technique of Bloemwork
Patterns for the Technique of Bloemwork.
Learn the fundamentals of Duchesse Lace.  






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9. Milanese, Cantu, Hinojosa and Tape Based Lace
Neue Weihnachts-Klöppelmuster
Brigitte Bellon
Heavenly Christmas
Himmlische Weihnachten
Christine Mirecki
Perlencolliers
Ulrike Voelcker
Colliers mit Perlen
Ulrike Voelcker
Mailänder Spitze
(Milanese Lace)
Barbara Corbet

$42.95
$39.95
$15.95
$15.95
$69.95
Written in English, German, French and Italian this is one of Brigitte Bellon's best books yet.  Filled with patterns for Christmas each design is beautifully made and illustrated.  Helpful technical diagrams are provided where needed.  All new from Christine Mirecki this 64 page hardback includes 33 stars , 12 moons, and some interesting 3-dimensional projects  most worked in color.  Text in English, German and French.
Ulrike's first book on necklaces features colored threads and beads and clever techniques that are quick and fun to make.
Even beginners can work these quick and easy to make necklaces that feature colored threads and beads! Special techniques, described in detail, enable the lacemaker to exchange materials and thread colors. Fun to make, each of the 16 patterns invite interpretation and experimentation that result in a wonderful piece of wearable art to fit every outfit.
In stock.  This book is a must for any student of Milanese lace.  240 pages packed with technique and patterns.  Each tape has a technical diagram of the straight tape, a 90 degree turn and a curve.  There are too many tapes to count and some wonderful patterns in white and color.  Really nice!





Knypplade Blommor
(Flowers in Bobbin Lace)
Ulla Fagerlin and Birgitta Hulterström
An Introduction To Milanese
Patricia Read

Lampions und Blüten 
(Lanterns and Flowers)
Rosemary Schmuck
Celtic Letters
Pat Read
24 Hearts in Bobbin Lace
Lene Bjřorn
$32.95
$22.95
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$22.95
$35.95
This  book filled with patterns of flowers made using free and tape based techniques.  Easy to do and fun to look at the patterns include prickings for Cornflower, Heather, Hoary Turnblade, Honeysuckle, Bindweed, March Gentian, Yellow Iris, Tallywort, Fritillary, Lay's Slipper Orchid, Rose, Wild Calla Lily, Picotella, Pasque Flower, Dog Rose, Lollyflower, Marsh Marigold, Hepatica, Red Clover, Tiara Lily, Water-Lily, Lesser Burdock, Tulips and Angelica.
This little publication on Milanese Lace covers all the basics in 5 patterns. Tapes include, Archway, Basket weave, Ovals, Meander-in-braid 2. Terrific! Easy to do and lots of fun to make the patterns in this book are all 3-dimensional laterns and flowers that hang decoratively.  Most patterns use only 9-12 pairs. Lots of bookmarks in assorted laces styles including Torchon, Bucks, Mixed, Tape and more! 24 easy to make bobbin lace hearts made in color.





Fiandra a tre paia
Diana Dussi
Milanese Lace, Original Patterns in Color
Louise Colgan
Austria Lace -- Art Nouveau Bobbin Lace from Vienna
Leopoldine Winkler
Dreidimensionale Klöppelsterne
R Schmuck and A Schröder
Schmuck Mit Perlen
Ulrike Voelcker
$39.95
$26.00
$49.95
$29.95
$15.95
This fascinating and delicate tape lace features curves, crossings, picots and sewings.  It is made with only 3 pairs and derives from the Italian province Friuli Venezie Giulia.  Included are 12 patterns inspired by nature.  FINCA 40 or 50 is the main thread, embellished with any 40 metallic for a splash of color.  If you don't like to wind bobbins then this is the lace for you!  Text in English, Italian and German. Original Milanese lace designs of exceptional quality in color!
In German and English, this large format hardback edition includes 25 patterns with lace prickings and 68 illustrations, including 105 black and white and colored diagrams. This beautiful titles includes a historical section on the lace production in the Austria-Hungarian Empire.
Three dimensional bobbin lace stars. Quick, flamboyant and easy to make have fun with these patterns that include 7 earrings, 3 hair clips and 2 brooches plus variations.





Geklöppelte Ostereier
Annelies Kirst
Kunterbunte Kloppel-Ostereier
Annelies Kirst
Bobbin Lace - To and Fro
Claire Burkhard
Geklöppelter Weihnachtsschmuck
Bridgette Bellon
Swedish Lace Motifs
(Knypplade Bilder)
Hulterstrom
Sold Out
$19.95
$29.95
$36.95
$32.95
A delightful pattern book of 20 Easter Egg patterns all made in color. Easy and fun
The third volume of this popular "egg" series of patterns, this volume offers twenty new colorful "egg" patterns made in assorted bobbin lace techniques. Forty new patterns worked with 18 pairs or less,these easy and quick to make patterns include round and rectangular tablecloths, curtains, a tie, a scarf, colored table runners, stars, altar lace and assorted motifs.
Brigitte Bellon has put together a really nice new book of 36 NEW patterns for Christmas including stars, angels, bells, hearts, candles and more!. Easy to make and clearly diagrammed.
Tape based pattern book on Swedish bobbin lace pictures.






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10. Russian and Idrija Lace

Bits of Lace
Gimanazija Jurija Vege Idrija
Bits of Lace 2
Gimanazija Jurija Vege Idrija
Bits of Lace 3
Gimanazija Jurija Vege Idrija
Bits of Lace 4
Gimanazija Jurija Vege Idrija
An Introduction to Idrija Narrow Tape Techniques
Allie Marguccio
$49.95
$49.95
$49.94
$44.95
$59.95
In English this book includes 15 patterns of Idrija Lace, including by technical drawings in color and photo of the finished lace. Patterns include motifs, borders, ornaments and jewelry. There is something for everyone. This delightful  Idrija Lace pattern book has 15 all new patterns complete with color coded diagrams and instruction in English. This Idrija Lace pattern book has 15 all new patterns complete with color coded diagrams and instruction in English.  A color code legend make the diagrams easy to follow. All new Idrija pattern book.
Pair this title with our new line of Idrija Thread in sizes 30 and 40 in white ecru and colors, plus metallics!
A 4 hour and 20 minute program featuring all the fundamental techniques of Idrija Lace, plus how to work on a bolster pillow.





Idrija Lace
Broad Tape 1
Idrija Lace
Broad Tape 2
Idrija Lace
Narrow Cloth Stitch
The Idrija Lace School
Idrija Narrow Tape Lace and Double Stitch
The Idrija Lace School
Halfstitch in Idrija Narrow Tape Lace
The Idrija Lace School

$44.59
$44.95
$49.50
$49.50
$54.95
Broad Tape Idrija patterns complete with diagrams.  Text in English
Book 2 of traditional Idrija Broad Tape patterns complete with colored diagrams. Text in English This Idrija pattern book is intelligently set up to act as an instructional manual for beginners as well as a pattern book for the continuing Idrija student.  The first part of the book includes exercises that teach the fundamentals of narrow cloth stitch with an accompanying pattern the student can make to apply these techniques.  The second part includes intermediate to advance patterns combining all skills.
In English!  This  new title from the Lace School in Idrija provides a whole new collection of patterns complete is easy to read diagrams and test in English.  This is a great supplement to the library of any student interested in Idrija Lace.
All new from the Idrija Lace School this books teaches how to work patterns using  a combination of half-stitch and narrow tape lace.  Includes over 40 patterns in many different combinations. 





The Technique of Vologda Lace
Vera Cockuyt
Small Motifs in Idrija Technique
Riet Delescen
Angels in Russian Tape Lace
Hanne Sonne
DVD-Russian Lace
Lia Baumeister


$39.95
$39.95 $39.95
$58.00

Manual of techniques for this beautiful Russian Tape Lace known for its ornate fillings. his book includes an introduction to Idrija Lace in English, German and Dutch. The 28 motifs include hearts, stars, butterflies, bells, a bird, a shell, a fish  and lots more.  Techniques covered include corners, curves, sewings and decorative fillings.  Nice! Make the same angel with different Wologda fillings.
Lia shows how to make a Russian Tape Lace butterfly as it is made in Vologda. She gives instructions for the starting of the lace, a stem stitch, a chain stitch, a false plait, turning a corner, a variety of fillings and finishing the lace.





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11. Annick Staes

Flanders Lace
Green Folder
Annick Staes
Flanders Lace
Orange Folder
Annick Staes
Flanders Lace
Yellow Folders
Annick Staes
Binche Lace
Tan Folder
Annick Staes
Flanders Binche Lace
Annick Staes
$22.00
$22.00
$22.00
$22.00
$24.00
A Flanders pattern folio with 6 patterns that include, Klavertje vier, Lotus, Amaryllis, Begonia, Clivia and Girlande.
A Flanders pattern folio with 6 patterns that include, Papillon, Vogeltje, Primula, Fushia and Orchidee.
An intermediate level Flanders pattern book with technical diagrams that includes Poppy, Fern, Aphelandra, Punica and Monstera.
An intermediate level Binche pattern book with technical diagrams that includes James, Antoine, Spike, Nell, Noor,
A Flanders/Binche pattern folio with 5 patterns that include, Laura-Charlotte, Louis, Klimop, Corner, Margaret Rose.  Fully diagrammed with pricking, picture and thread recommendations.





Binche Course
Annick Staes
A Bouquet of Lace 1
A Bouquet of Lace 1
Annick Staes
Flanders Lace Course 2
Annick Staes
Valenciennes Technique
Annick Staes
Valenciennes Patterns
Annick Staes

$22.00
$22.00
$22.00
$24.00
$22.00
A visual introduction course to beginning Binche, including the various grounds and fillings.
.A folio of Torchon, Tape and Cluny, Flanders, complete with colored diagrams.
A follow-up pattern book, with some technical illustrations, to Flanders Lace 1, including The Clog, The Meander, Down-Hill Up-Hill, The Little Snowflake, The Large Snowflake, The Flower Pot, The Cardinals Hat A very good how to book on Valenciennes in English,  Dutch, French and German.  Supported by prose instruction describing the illustrations this is the place to start for beginning Valenciennes
A super Valenciennes pattern book that includes Page Butterfly, Iris, Barbara, Lotus, and Opuntia.





Cluny
Annick Staes
Cluny 1
Annick Staes
Cluny 2
Annick Staes
Cluny 3
Annick Staes
Stropkant (Torchon)
Annick Staes

$12.00
$22.00
$22.00
$22.00
$12.00
The basics of cluny.
Intermediate pattern folio that includes Marie, Florentina, Airelle, Tulipa and Rose-Anne.  Pricking, technical diagrams, finished picture of the laces and thread recommendations.  In English.
An intermediate level Cluny pattern book that includes Jasmijn, Hortensia, Oleander, Hedera and Glabra.  In English with a working diagram.
Five new patterns including Camellia, Centuries, Clematis, Chrysant, Cyclaam, Cassia.  Each pattern has a working diagram in color and thread suggestions.
A visual introduction to bobbin lace, Torchon and Torchon grounds using just diagrams.






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12. Mixed Technique Pattern Books
Lace for Ten Pairs
Claire Burkhard
Fun With Corners
Claire Burkhard
Geklöppelte Frühlingsmotive
Brigitte Bellon

Hausdrachen
(21 Fable and
Mythical Animals )
Ulrike Löhr
Attraktive Spitzendecken
Helene Schneider
Bärbel Schneider
$34.95
$38.95
$36.95
$44.95/out of print/stock
$29.95
A delightful book with 37 different bobbin lace patterns using 10 pairs or less! Patterns includes handkerchief edgings, motifs, decorations, crosses and much more using lots of color. In English, German and French.
This is a follow-up to Lace for Ten Pairs.  Lots of easy to do patterns with corners.
Brigitte Bellon has done it again. This compilation of 38 original patterns features flowers, butterflies, hearts and much more in Russian, Duchesse, Schneeberger, Torchon and Guipure technique. Fun and easy to do.
21 original patterns of mythical creatures and dragons made in mixed bobbins lace techniques. This boxed folio has something for everyone with lots of new tricks superbly diagrammed.
18 bobbin lace mats and doilies, designed during the second half of the 20th century. The patterns are in the style of the Erzgebirge region which mixes Torchon, braid and guipure techniques.





Creative Design in Bobbin Lace
Ann Collier
Bobbin Lace Fans
Louise Colgan
Weddings
The Lace Guild
JAGD nachStrich und Faden
Ulrike Löhr
Copper Wire Lace
Anne Dyer
$21.95
$22.00
$34.95
$59.95
$32.00
Especially for bobbin lace designers this book provides several approaches to creative projects in bobbin lace.  Inspirational!
Bobbin lace fans in Torchon, Beds, Bucks and Russian.
This publication incudes 20 patterns with weddings in mind featuring a beautiful Bucks Point handkerchief pattern and Torchon garter pattern.

Exceptional mixed pattern book including traditional Mechlin, Chantilly, Point de Paris & more!
Explore techniques for making copper wire bobbin lace.  This book is full of hints and tips including bead work.






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13. Needlelace
A Practical Guide to Needle Lace
Jacqueline Peter

I Retini Nel Merletto Veneziano
Ombretta Panese
Marialuisa Severi

Il Merletto Veneziano
Ombretta Panese
Marialuisa Serveri

Libro di Lavorieri
A Passarotti
Punti Base - Garofano
Videomanuali di Aemilia Ars

Bianca Rosa Bellomo
Carla D'Alessandro
LLuisa Monteventi
$24.95
$28.95
$28.95
$29.95
$46.95
In English, this 128 page book with 150 color photos and diagrams has step by step instructions for core needlelace techniques with 40 different patterns. Absolutely wonderful to the lacemaker who wants to learn needlelace.
The second publication is dedicated to the Veneziano Needle Lace and  illustrates the techniques needed to make the fillings that complete the background joins between the decorative elements of this beautiful lace.
his the most complex of the Burano and Venetian needlelaces.  This publication teaches the fundamental techniques of this lace including explanations, drawings and photographs.

All new instruction in
Aemilia Ars Punti Base - Garofononeedlelace complete with sub-titles in English.





Corso Base
(English Version)
Corso Base Due
Centrini E Inserti
(English Version)
Corso Base Tre
Progetti E Tecnica
(English Version)
Frutti Classici
Bianca Rosa Bellomo
Carla D' Alessandro
Luisa Monteventi
Punti Base - Lavette - Rosa
Videomanuali di Aemilia Ars

Bianca Rosa Bellomo
Carla D'Alessandro
Luisa Monteventi
$36.95
$36.95
$36.95
$42.00
$46.95
Learn the fundamentals of Aemilia ars Needlelace
Continuing techniques in Aemilia Ars needlelace.
Continuing techniques in Aemilia Ars needlelace.
Using the beautiful techniques of Aemilia Ars needle lace this book features of Pomegrants, grapes and grape vines and wheat ears.
All new instruction in Aemilia Ars Punti Base - Lavette - Rosa needlelace complete with sub-titles in English.





Les "Poincts" ŕ l'aiguille
Odette Arpin
Disgni di Aemilia Ars
Quaderni di Aemilia Ars - Fiori
Bianca Rosa Bellomo
Carla D'Alessandro
Luisa Monteventi


Quaderni di Aemilia Ars
Bordi
Bianca Rosa Bellomo
Carla D'Alessandro
Luisa Monteventi
Needlelace
Basic Technical Instruction
The Lace Guild
$34.95
$42.95
$36.95
$42.95
$22.95

Using the needlelace techniques of Aemilia Ars this pattern book features flowers in its designs.  Although the text is in Italian the diagrams and illustrations show the techniques clearly.
Using the needlelace techniques of Aemilia Ars this pattern book features edgings.  Although the text is in Italian the precise diagrams and illustrations show the techniques clearly.
A simple and easy approach to needlelace.
A great place to start if you are just learning needlelace.

A great place to start if you are just learning needlelace.





Merletti e Ricami Italiani

Point de Gaze
Brussels Needle Lace
Elizabeth M Kurella
Youghal Irish Needle Lace for Connoisseurs and Lacemaker
Elizabeth Kurella
Quattro Bordini
Aemilia Ars

Needlelace
Intermediate Technical Instruction
The Lace Guild

$50.00
$29.95
$29.95
$19.95
$22.95
This high quality catalogue is from the International Lace and Embroidery Forum of 2009.  Using the theme of wedding lace, this photographic collection represents the work of Italian lacemakers using mixed techniques.  The text is in Italian and English.
This 268 page paperback is an copiously illustrated analysis of the great 19th Century Belgian Needlelace Point de Gaze.   Beautifully photographed, illustrated and orginized.
Make Youghal Irish needlelace using unique designs ranging from high art to quirky folk art.
More commonly known as Armenian needlelace, this lovely reprint is a treasure trove of technique and patterns.
This 48 page book picks up where "basic" leaves off.  Patterns include Leaves, Pram, Sail Boat, Motif, 3d Flower, Spirograph Dodle, Flower and Fish.  Techniques and fillings include, twisted cordonnette, half couronnes, ardenza bar, buttonhole loop, trefoil loop, tufted cordonnette, point d'espagne, spider wheel, pea stitch variation point de greque, williamson, inverted pyramid, corded single brussels with a vein and more.






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14. Identification, History and Fashion
The Beauty of the Orient
Painted in Thread
A Lace Journey
Yvonne Scheele-Kerkhof
Antique Lace: Identifying Types and Techniques
Heather Toomer
Lace Identification
Gilian Dye and Jean Leader
Needle Lace in Photographs
Cynthia Voysey
Bobbin Lace in Photographs
Cynthia Voysey
$39.95
$49.95
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$26.00
One of the most beautiful books we have ever seen about lace, this 144 page book in full color is about Asian motifs executed in lace by Yvone Scheele-Kerkhof.  Through beautiful photographs she shows the meaning and symbolism of the motifs.  This book is a feast for the eyes for all devotees of fine textiles and those who love beautiful things.
Our best book on lace identification by one of the best! Copiously illustrated with colored photographs along with text descriptions.

By popular request we are now stocking this lavishly illustrated guide to lace identification featuring the type, history and construction of hand-made and machine laces of the 19th and 20th centuries. Lots of beautiful pictures on needlelace
Large black and white photographs of bobbin lace. There are some excellent pictures of Honiton lace.





A Guide To Lace and Linens
Elizabeth Kurella
Mrs. Treadwin Victorian Lacemaker, Designer and Historian
Carol McFadzean
An Illustrated Dictionary of Lacemaking
Alex Stillwell
Anybody Can Mend Lace and Linens
Elizabeth Kurella
Elza De Kreijger
Sister Judith
A Life in and With Withof
Anneke Reijs
$30.00
$54.95
$46.95
$24.95
$49.95
If you are just starting to learn lace identification this is a good place to start.  A broad variety of hand and machine-made bobbin and needlelaces are illustrated with clear pictures and to the point descriptions.
This book tells the tale of Mrs. Treadwin, who is arguably the most important person in 19th century lacemaking in Devon, England.  It includes 8 Honiton pattern drafts.  Very nice.
If you are looking for the meaning of "twippering" then this is the book for you.  Hundreds of lace words and phrases are explained with technical diagrams making this book a great reference and technical guide.
A practical guide to mending lace and linens.
In stock, Anneke Reijs has done a superb job documenting the fascinating life of Sister Judith.  It paints a unique portrait of a prime mover in the world of lace through the 20th and into the 21st century.






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15. Cockuyt
The Technique of Cantu Lace  Vera Cockuyt $44.95 Learn how to make this popular Italian bobbin lace from start to finish.
The Technique Of Vologda Lace $44.95 In English this book describes the techniques of this Russian tapes lace know for it's intricate fillings made with two pairs.
The Technique of Cluny and Maltese $44.95 Learn how to make these guipure laces including joins, crossings, Cluny bars, the Maltese cross and much more.
The Technique of Mimosa Lace $44.95 New! Learn the technique of this traditional and distinctive Italian bobbin lace characterized by narrow tapes the are used but as a filling and to build up the lace. These are also used as a ground in Cantů, Rosaline and Fine Bloemwork.
Colouring Diagrams $34.95 A handy book on how to color code diagrams in the Flemish way.
The Technique of Flanders $44.95 A how-to manual of Flanders Lace. This book does not include patterns so must be purchased along with Flanders Lace: 31 Prickings and Graphs.
Flanders Lace: 31 Prickings and Graphs $34.95 31 patterns to be worked in progressive order.
The Technique and Design of Flanders Lace $34.95 A stand alone book on designing Flanders Lace.
The Technique of Paris Lace $44.95 A how-to manual of Paris Lace
The Technique of Valenciennes $44.95 A how-to manual of Valenciennes Lace. This book does not include patterns so must be purchased along with the Valenciennes Pattern Supplement.
The Technique of Valenciennes,
Pattern Supplement
$34.95 The pattern supplement for The Technique of Valenciennes
The Technique of Mentebolle Lace $44.95 A type of Binche lace with a snowball ground and paisley design.
Variations on Plaited Grounds $44.95 Grounds for guipure laces
Variations on Plaited Grounds -- The Workbook $19.95 The workbook
Variations on Snow Grounds $44.95 Grounds for Binche Lace
Variations on Snow Grounds -- The Workbook $32.95 The workbook
Binche: An Introduction $44.95 A how-to manual of Binche Lace
Suggestions on How To Improve Binche $34.95 More on Binche
The Technique of Bloemwork $44.95 A how-to manual of this showy Bruges Flower Lace.
Bloemwork Pattern Supplement $34.95 A set of 10 patterns progressing in degree of difficulty
The Technique of Chrysanthemum Bloemwork $44.95 Learn to work a Chrysanthemum Bloomwork pattern with cloth and half-stitch flowers.
The Technique of Florence Bloemwork $44.95 A how-to manual of Florence Bloomwork
The Technique of Duchesse $44.95 A how-to manual of Duchesse
The Technique of Rosaline $44.95 Learn this lovely lace characterized by small roses and curling braids.
The Technique of Rosaline/Patterns $44.95 Lots of Rosaline patterns to accompany her book.
The Technique of Rococo $44.95 A how-to manual of Rococo
Square Grounds of Cantu $44.95 More on plaited ground peculiar to Cantu.

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16. Free Hand Lace
NYYTINKI
    Inga Pentikaäinen/Irma Leimulahti
Skansk Knyppling
Ann Wivi-Ann Nordstrom
$39.95
$39.95
A collection of 102 freehand lace patterns with working diagrams and colored illustrations. Worked without lace prickings these Finnish lace patterns are worked in one or several colors with 10 to 30 pairs. In English and very nice.
Learn the history and technique of Skansk Lace a beautiful pinless or "free hand" lace from Sweden.  Includes dozens of patterns and variations. 
English Translation $14.95



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17. Kortelahti

Nyplättyä Pitsiä
Bobbin Lace
Eeva-Liisa Kortelahti
Ruusuja Nylaäten
Roses in Bobbin Lace
Eeva-Liisa Kortelahti
Nyplätkäämme
Let's Make Bobbin Lace
Eeva-Liisa Kortelahti
Patterns
Eeva-Liisa Kortelahti
$59.95
$59.95
Out of print/stock
$18.00
This is the Kortelahti title that includes 6 popular Alter lace edgings.  There are 58 lace-designs and prickings.  Fully diagrammed and in English.
This book contains 51 different patterns with prickings for several purposes:  oval mats and oval lace edgings, collars necklaces birds and angels in bobbin lace.  Fully diagrammed and in English.
This book contains 64 patterns including laces for tables, dresses, blouses and motifs that can be set into frames, and pendants.  Fully diagrammed and in English.
To view all of Kortelahti's
patterns go to "Patterns."





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18. Martine Bruggeman

   Click on this link to view Martine Bruggeman pattern books

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19. Christine Mirecki
Blumen für Fenster und Tisch
Christine Mirecki
Maďlander Spitze
(Milanese Lace)
Christine Mirecki
Spitze In Farbe
(Lace in Color)
Christine Mirecki
Spitze Von Einstin
Klöppelbriefen Von Heute
Christine Mirecki
Hüte in Spitze
Christine Mirecki
$45.95
$45.95
$39.95
$54.95

All combinations of curtain patterns in white or color.
Christine uses Milanese techniques in modern applications for the patterns in this book. Especially nice are the diagrammed Milanese tapes in the beginning of the book.
A delightful book containing 12 silk scarf patterns that are colorful and contemporary.  Torchon is the primary technique used but you would hardly recognize the imaginative applications of this technique!  Each pattern is diagrammed with instructions.  Lot and lots of fun.
Translated Modern Lace Patterns for today from the Günther Catalogue 1909, this book is in English, German and French.  In hardback this 112 page book contains more then 80 patterns inspired by 30 samples from the Günther catalogue.  The patterns are mixed Torchon and Cluny techniques made in colored cotton, linen or silk thread.  Very nice with good technical diagrams.
Christine's latest on hats!





Variationen in Blüte
Variations in Blossoms
Christine Mirecki
Zwei Gardinen
Two Curtains
Christine Mirecki
Patterns
Christine Mirecki
$39.95
$31.95
$27.95
Flat and 3-D Flowers
Delightful curtain patterns and fun to do!
Four new beautiful and whimsical shawl patterns.
Click Here for all of Christine Mirecki's individual patterns that include shaws, scarves, hats, vests and much more.





Heavenly Christmas
Dreiecktuch Layla
Christine Mirecki
Spitze Kleidet 1
Milanese Lace
Christine Mirecki
Spitze Kleidet 2
Milanese Lace


$39.95
$27.95
$38.95
$38.95

Delight patterns of Christmas stars.

A pretty triangular shawl pattern.

Lots of patterns and variations applied to clothing that use Milanese tapes.  At the beginning of the book 38 different tapes are pictured and diagrammed.
Lots of patterns and variations applied to clothing that use Milanese tapes.  At the beginning of the book 38 different tapes are pictured and diagrammed for easy reference.







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20. Thread Reference

Lace Threads in dD
Martina Wolter-Kampmann
Thread and Pricking:
A Partnership
Martina Wolter-Kampmann
Thread Selection Chart
Holly Van Sciver


$29.95
$29.95
$4.50
Now in hardback.  This compilation of thread thicknesses is easy to use More then 800 threads are measured in dD.  This is a wonderful reference for anyone trying to understand thread comparisons between brands and fibers. 
Don’t miss out on this opportunity to get one of the last copies of Martina’s guide to thread selection using the Dd method of measuring.This book includes a conversion chart that measures distance between pin holes mm over 11 pins.  It also has an informative section in front that includes copious information on thread fibers, the twist, cultivation, properties, measuring system and much more.

Use this book to select the thread most suitable for a particular pricking.

While supplies lasts!
Holly's thread selection chart compares the threads available in this catalogue to each other on a grid chart. The chart provides 3 extraordinarily easy ways for the novice or expert lacemaker to select threads for any pattern. Also included is a Gimp Chart aiding the lacemaker in selecting the correct gimp thread. Comes in a protective transparent cover designed for insertion in 3-ring binders. Invaluable!