Schneestern

Schneestern, by Ulrike Voelcker.
(Schneestern = Snow Star)

This is a 12 page leaflet (including the cover) of a pattern for a hexagon made up of multiple triangles of Binche snowflakes, separated by a cloth stitch band.  Instructions are Continue reading

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New Tatting

New Tatting by Tomoka Morimoto

Published 2012

ISBN-13: 978-159668-745-5

The author was taught tatting by her mother at an early age and returned to tatting as an adult. She is an instructor at the Kasumigaoka Lace School in Tokyo.

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Rips/Twilling

Rips/Twilling, by Ulrike Voelcker
A5, 46 pages, full colour, soft card cover.

Twilling is a method of twisting your workers, or using gimps in pairs and twisting them, in order to create strong effects with colour.

Ulrike says she first Continue reading

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Peter’s Torchon Lace

Peter’s Torchon Lace, by Peter Sorensen
Published in Denmark, 2005. ISBN: 87-7847-087-0
Soft cover, quarto, full colour, 80 pages.  In English.
Prickings and working diagrams for 17 table runners, with several tricks for finishing off.  The first part Continue reading

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Kobe Kant Special

Kobe Kant Special.

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

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

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