Author: Kemp, Bertha

Title: Downton Lace.

Language: English

64 pages, hardcover, 1988.

Out-of-print but available second-hand.

ISBN 0-85219-745-4.

An instructional book with 25 patterns in point ground based on the archive of lace patterns (200 are point ground, the rest Continue reading →

Contemporary Lace for You by Jane Atkinson.
Hard cover, full colour.  Out of print, but still available, I think, from the author.

ISBN978-0-9551512-1-7.140 pages,soft cover ,27cmWx 24cmH Webfoot books in Association with inTAtex
A very well written and interesting Continue reading →

Bobbin Lace Flowers, by Doris Olsen.
Soft card cover, full colour, 79 pages.
A collection of 18 flowers, all worked in threads of about 28wpc in size, with outlines supported by coloured beading wire.  Clear working diagrams and full Continue reading →

A Simply Sparkle Wedding : Wedding Collections in Torchon & Bucks Point Bobbin Lace

by Jane Lewis & Sally Smiddy

This gorgeous self-published book is a great addition for lovers of pretty and fine Torchon/Bucks lace. Although the title indicates Continue reading →

Introduction to Russian Braid Lace by Heather Billington.
Self published.    Please contact Heather direct to find out more.

The information is clearly set out as usual with Heather’s books, suggested threads for each pattern and alternatives if you Continue reading →

Discover: Delapre Abbey in Lace

A4, soft cover, spiral bound.  Full colour on glossy paper. 38 pages.
ISBN 978-1-9161367-0-0

The result of a UK Lace Guild Triennial Lace Competition and exhibition in Northampton’s Delapre Abbey.  Several lacemakers met Continue reading →

Creative Lace Patterns by Valerie Paton
Published by Dryad, 1987.  Hard cover, b&w print, 127 pages.

WARNING – THERE ARE NO PATTERNS WITHIN THIS BOOK FOR THE PICTURES ON THE COVER.
Although there are a lot of other very Continue reading →

Schneeverweht und Durchgedreht by Ulrike Lohr, self published in 1998.  Out of print, and totally unavailable!  I picked up my copy, with great difficulty, from a second hand bookshop in Japan.
Hard cover, black and white with coloured Continue reading →

Barjac Ombree by Urike Voelcker, self published, I purchased my copy from Barbara Fay for 40 Euro.
Hard cover, full colour, 130 pages fooscap, in German and English.
The name Barjac Ombree comes from the fact that Ulrike purchased 3 Continue reading →

Pizzo di Cantù Decalcabile 7

See also review of Pizzo di Cantù Decalcabile/i 1-5, Casa Editrice Mani di Fata

I bought #7 from Barbara Fay for 22 euros to go with a couple of needlelace purchases. Like its predecessors, it Continue reading →