Pricking mats, contact, gasket paper, coloured cardboard, laminating, coming to the end of a pricking, prepricking and colour coding prickings.

Pricking mats
Q.                Does anyone Continue reading →

Polychrome and characteristics of polychrome des courseulles.

Polychrome des courseulles

The lace of Courseulles

It is polychrome a silk lace, carried out with the spindles. It is a single technique in the world: the lacemaker rolls up on same Continue reading →

Valenciennes, bucks and dutch pinless grounds.

Pinless Ground Lace

I’ve gone back to Freehand Laces as they are so quick after Bucks. I do use the odd support pin and often a pricking, which may be either just two columns Continue reading →

Straw and fibre pillows, styrofoam and ethafoam pillows, other fillings, block pillows, attachments, ratchet pillows, needlelace pillows, le puy pillows, travel pillows, sitting straight, pillows and bobbins, and pillow covers.

Pillows
Straw/Fibre Pillows
A well stuffed straw pillow is truly Continue reading →

Different ways of making picots and which laces traditionally have picots.

Picots

Picots which are like rabbits’ ears.  Not sure whether anyone can explain in writing how I can do better?  I do 4 twists, make a loop Continue reading →

Backings and pads, needlelace pillows, Aemelia ars, needles, Halas and Venetian Gros Point.

Backings and pads

I have never used cardboard as backing for my patterns. More the opposite. I’ve kept them very flexible. Are any of the other needlelacers Continue reading →

Moving up by repinning, large patterns, felting and felt and other types of pads.

Moving up
You need to get all the bobbins wand wrap them in a cloth so there is NO tension on any of the Continue reading →

Linen centres, mounting stitches, lace extensions, adhesive backed velour, irregular shapes, baby’s bonnet wedding handky, double sided tape, ribbon frame, washing and not using velcro dots.

Mounting Lace
Fitting linen into centre of lace

I always mount the lace, and Continue reading →

Milanese lace

Read and Kincaid books
Q.    Has anyone actually tried to work any of the Milanese patterns from the Read and Kincaid books?  My reason for asking is that the pinholes on the prickings seldom Continue reading →

The equipment, plaiting, takadai and finishing off.

Marudai
A marudai is a piece of equipment used for making braid in the Japanese fashion, called Kumihimo.  It looks like a really big french knitter, with the bobbins and threads hanging Continue reading →