Lace Not Lace: Contemporary Fiber Art from Lacemaking Techniques. Eds Elena Kanagy-Loux, , Amy Mills, Nancy Neff. Soft cover, 76 pp. ISBN: 978-1-7326224-0-1, 2018, Devon Thein, Hunterdon Art Museum, Openwork Imprint. Purchased from Booktopia, $69.

This book is an Continue reading →

Ebb ‘n’ Flow: Lace, Place, and Climate. Jane Atkinson, 2018. Soft cover, 64 pp. ISBN 978-0-9551512-2-4. Webfoot Books, Christchurch, Dorset. From the author, £17.

This is the book of the exhibition of the same name and features the wonderful “brackish” Continue reading →

Exploring Inlay Gimp Variations.
by Kay Asahi.
This is a small, spiral bound, book of 62 pages, with 11 ways of inlaying a gimp within a braid .

The book starts with different ways of ending off braids – as Continue reading →

12 Hearts in Danish Torchon by Kirsten Skov
Published 2015, ISBN 978-87-995602-1-9
Soft cover, 57 pages, unusual size 30cm x 30cm.

Contains full size prickings (26cm x 26cm) for 12 hearts in Torchon, some with gimps.
Each pattern is given Continue reading →

Received a late birthday/Christmas present, “Mailander Spitze” by Barbara Corbet published by Barbara Fay Verlag only this year.  The instructions are comprehensive and the patterns delightful. 

“Different techniques are used to work the scroll in different types of Continue reading →

Kleine Kostbarkeiten (“Small precious items”)

This is a folder of patterns of rather abstract pieces of bobbin lace, ranging in size from scarves through pictures to jewellery. It’s published by Verlag für die Frau, ISBN is 3-89798-144-0 and there are Continue reading →

Ruimtelijke Kantlos-Ontwerpen (“Spatial Lace Design”?)

Marthe Bruggeman, 1987, La Riviere & Voorhoeve, Kampen. ISBN90 6084 890 x

This book has a page of introduction in Dutch, and the rest consists of pricking diagrams (I think) for making formal 3-D pieces Continue reading →

Dentelle aux fuseaux perlee, Magaliu Demelle Deboudard, with directions by Mick Fouriscot (in French of course, no English).
Hard cover, colour, A4, 96 pages.  ISBN 978-2-35032-269-8
Patterns for pendants, necklaces, bracelets and earrings.  Purses, small fans, and other Continue reading →

Gozo Lace – An Introduction to Lace Making in the Maltese Islands, by Consiglia Azzopardi.
A4, soft cover, 132 pages, black and white. First published 1991, second edition 1992.
Printed in Malta.  No ISBN number.

Chapters are on Continue reading →

Introducing Bone Lace,

by Gil Dye.

This is the 5^th book in the series, but is actually a Prequel to the others.

After the introduction, there are photos and diagrams of the equipment needed to make bobbin lace, and Continue reading →