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 →

Title: Malmesbury Lace.

Author: Blanchard, Joan.

Language: English

126 pages, hardcover, 1990.

Out-of-print but available second-hand.

ISBN 0-7134-6615-4.

An instructional book with 30 patterns, graded from simple insertion braids to traditional point ground laces (edgings and insertions), culminating in 7 Continue reading →

Title: Downton Lace: A History of lace making in Salisbury and the surrounding area.

Authors: Susan Hartley and Pompi Parry.

Language: English

19 pages, softcover, 1991. Published by Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum

Out-of-print but available second-hand.

ISBN 0 Continue reading →

Title: An Introduction to Downton Lace: twenty Downton lace patterns. Selected and described by Janet Stukins.
Author: Stukins, Janet.

Language: English.

Self-published, 1991. Softcover, 32 pages, illustrated.

ISBN 0-9517335-0-8.

An instructional booklet with 20 patterns, based on designs held by Continue reading →