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 →

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 →

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 →

Lace Identification – a Practical Guide.
b Gillian Dye and Jean Leader
A very well written book suitable as a lace guide with very comprehensive chapters.
Very up to date and well set up about lace identification, leaving my other Continue reading →

Collection I by Kumiko Nakazaki.
A cardboard folder, containing 9 sets of sheets of Binche patterns and one Flanders.  Each set contains a photo of the finished article, the pricking (sometimes in 2 or 3 sizes), and a large, Continue reading →

Bedfordshire lace by Jean Leader.
Published by Crowood Press, January 2021.
Hard cover, full colour, 128 pages. Quarto size, 19x25cm.

From basic information on equipment needed for bobbin lacemaking, how to make a pricking, how to wind bobbins, explanation of Continue reading →

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 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 →

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 →