Wirringga, from the Kaurna language, meaning Together, In Common.
Compiled as a fundraiser for the 16th OIDFA World Lace Congress
to be held in Adelaide in July 2014.

A4, soft card cover, 44 pages.  Coloured photos throughout.
A large Continue reading →

Lace – A History by Santina M Levey

Purchased by Marisha via Book Depository – at the time, the last copy they had.
Marisha reports it is a wonderful book with a very good history of laces of all types. Continue reading →

Knitted Lace of Estonia by Nancy Bush
Published in 2008
Nancy Bush visited Estonia and spent some time researching the history of the knitted lace of this country.  With the help of relatives and many friends, she delivered into Continue reading →

Torchon Lacemaking – a step by step guide  by Jan Tregidgo.
Mary-jo purchased her copy through Amazon

This book clearly explains the essential equipment, material and techniques.  It could provide an indispensable guide for a beginner lacemaker.  Continue reading →

Torchon Lacemaking, a Manual of Techniques, by Elizabeth Wade.
Soft cover, 176 pages, black and white with colour cover.
ISBN 1 85223 979 4

Everything a beginner should know about Torchon.  Chapters on Threads, Preparation, Making Lace, Mounting Lace, Continue reading →

The Structure of Threads for Lace by Barbara Ballantyne
Published in Australia by Barbara Ballantine.  ISBN 9780980850703
16 pages, soft card cover in full colour.
Barbara says “This book explains the basic structure of cotton and linen thread ….. Continue reading →

JOURS ANCIENS DE CILAOS – Mick Fouriscot / Suzanne Maillot

Paris (F) 1999, 46 pp., 29×22 cm, hardback. Text: French.

Price: Euro 14,50 from Barbara Fay: follow the thread to fine embroidery, then drawn thread work.

From their catalogue:
“On Continue reading →

Jane Austen’s Sewing Box – Craft projects and stories from Jane Austen’s novels by Jennifer Forest (I’m pretty sure she is Australian). As I received it in Spring, I read it out loud to my mother in the garden two Continue reading →

Romanian Point Lace by Angela Thompson and Kathleen Waller
Hard cover, full colour. 144 pages.  Published by Batsford
Still available from several sources.  My copy cost me $35 a few years ago.

The “must have” book for anyone Continue reading →

Suffolk Lace and the Lacemakers of Eye
by Nicky Howener-Townsend.

For some time Nicky had wondered about Suffolk’s (an English county) past lace history.  A couple of random references had not cast much light on the subject, until by Continue reading →