Noelene – Page 4 – Lace Gumnuts

Marbling wooden bobbins

Marbling plain bobbins with nail polish

Marbling is fun. I buy the little rectangular plastic boxes from Woolies, the throw-away ones about 10cm x 5 cm. Half fill with water, and drop 2 or Continue reading →

Kobe Kant Special

Kobe Kant Special.

Folder of 16 patterns, all on individual sheets, published by Kantcentrum, Bruges, for the 2010 OIDFA 14^th World Lace Congress in Kobe, Japan.

An absolute bounty of beautiful patterns – 3 Torchon, including a circular mat Continue reading →

Syllabus Binche

Syllabus Binche I, II and III.

Three folders of Binche instructions and patterns, by Anne-Marie Verbeke-Billiet, and published by Kancentrum Bruges. In three languages – German, French and English.

It states in the introduction that this publication is neither Continue reading →

Beginning Binche

Beginning Binche

I needed a new lace project
To challenge my poor brain
And forget about the worries
This crazy world has found again.

Some very clever ladies
Had designed some festive cheer
In the form of tiny motifs Continue reading →

Binche Notes from Lieve

Lieve in Bruges has very kindly given permission for me to share this PDF document of some of her basic instructions for Binche lace with the Gumnuts.

Lieve’s Binche Notes – view

Link to PDF file – LieveBincheNotes

Binche Tips

Binche Tips – (not in any particular order) Please note I am only a beginner, these are just points I’ve discovered in my first few weeks of trying this type of lace. ….. Noelene, 6 Jan 2021.

You need Continue reading →

Passionfruit Flummery

Passionfruit Flummery.

1 pkt lemon jelly
1 cup hot water
1 egg
1 cup milk
1/4 cup sugar
2 or 3 passionfruit.

Dissolve jelly in the hot water.
Mix together egg, milk and sugar.
Add jelly and beat together.
Add Continue reading →

Old Time Tools and Toys of Needlework by Gertrude Whiting.
DOVER publication
ISBN0-486-22517-8
First printed in 1928, my copy reprint 1971
357 pages. Over 200 illustrations
16.5cmsx23cms.
No idea of price nothing on it.
It also has a very extensive Continue reading →

Lacemaking in Ripon

Author: Edmondson, Avril and Mary Moseley.

Title: Lacemaking in Ripon: a history.

Language: English

21x29cms, 91 pages, softcover, 2010.

Out-of-print and difficult to source.

ISBN 978-0-9547077-2-9.

A comprehensive history of lacemaking as a cottage industry in the town of Ripon, Continue reading →

Malmesbury Lace

Title: Malmesbury Lace.

Author: Blanchard, Joan.

Language: English

126 pages, hardcover, 1990.

Out-of-print but available second-hand.

ISBN 0-7134-6615-4.

An instructional book with 30 patterns, graded from simple insertion braids to traditional point ground laces (edgings and insertions), culminating in 7 Continue reading →