The best starch is from Moravia in Germany – it’s permanent, they call it Superstarch.  I use it a lot.  You can apply it while your piece is still pinned to the pillow, but I prefer to re-pin Continue reading →

Multiple pair crossing, as demonstrated by Jenny Rees. It sounds confusing, but if you follow it step by step, it works!!!

Sort all your bobbins into sets of 2.  (e.g. 16 bobbins equal 8 sets of 2:  Continue reading →

Having completed Karen Blum’s famous oval Torchon mat (must be the most beautiful oval edging ever), I was faced with mounting it on fabric.  This is how I went about it:

1.   Trace the shape from the footside of Continue reading →

When you make a sewing to the right, you lose a twist.
From the diagram below:  there are two twists in the pair to be connected.
Joining to the right:  you pick up and pull through Continue reading →

Here’s how I finish a bookmark which finishes in a cloth stitch trail to a point:

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Here’s an illustration of why you need an extra twist in the bobbins when passing the gimp:

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2 mm graph paper, used straight, can be used for Torchon patterns (suitable for mats, table linen etc) using threads such as Brok 36/2, DMC Broder Machine 30, Egyptian cotton 36/2,  Madeira Tanne 30, Mettler Stickgarn 30/2, Presencia Finca Continue reading →

Aponce is a French word, meaning to join by overlapping.    It appears in the book “Cluny de Briode” but does not appear in any dictionary of lace making terms, or any French dictionary for that matter.     Continue reading →

Dentelle de Normandie / Normandy Lace by Florence Quinette.
Page 57, the bookmark “Vice Versa” has quite a number of dots missing in the ground.

The Technique of Bobbin Lace by Pamela Nottingham, early version prior to 1995.
Page 42, Continue reading →

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