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The Lace Museum - http://www.thelacemuseum.org/
The site of this California museum shows current displays, workshops and classes. Also calendar of events, newsletter and patterns. |
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LaceFairy's Lacemaking Central - http://lace.lacefairy.com/
Part museum, part master's degree, Lori's site holds more than 1000 pages of lacemaking information. Information on lacemaking and lacemakers, identification and preservation, collecting and collections. Instructions, patterns, postcards and graphics, historical photos and galleries can be found here. |
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Bobbin Lace European Network - http://www.blen.net/m_c.htm
This database has entries in the following categories: laces, census and biographies of lacemakers, designers, bibliographies, glossaries, historical documents, museums, news and online training. |
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Digital Archive of Documents - http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/
Professor Griswold has been collecting documents regarding textile arts such as lacemaking, and placing them in this online archival library. |
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Cowper & Newton Museum: Lace making home page - http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/cnm/lace/index.html
Discussing the history of bucks, beds and northant bobbin laces, this site also covers equipment and local laces today. |
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The Structures of Antique Lace - http://www.marlamallett.com/lace.htm
Marla Mallett shares bobbin lace, needlepoint lace, and other handmade laces from her personal collection. |
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Csetneki Hungarian Lace - http://www.csetnekicsipke.hu/
One hundred years of Hungarian lace. Includes history, lacemaking method, and image gallery with close up details. |
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Ville de Retournac - http://www.ville-retournac.fr/
The Lace Manufactures Museum records France's lacemaking history. |
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Lefkara Lace - http://www.cyculture.net/lefkara/index.html
The history and patterns of lace on Cyprus can be found here, plus a photo index of local lacemakers. |
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Guild of Irish Lace Makers - http://www.irishlace.org/
Irish Laces are this group's specialty. Carrickmacross, Irish crochet, and Limerick laces can all be found in their gallery. |
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Bobbin Lacers in CZ - http://www.lace.cz/
Jaroslava Jedlinska and Dana Mihulkova, both from Czechoslovakia, share examples of their bobbin laces. |
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International Forum of Lace - http://www.italiainvita.it/
Results of the 2003 Conference in Rimini, Italy. Plans to further study the technical, artistic and historic aspects of lace in 2005. |
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Landelijke Organisatie Kant Kunst - http://www.lokk.nl/
The official site of LOKK, the Dutch Lace Organization, contains photos of modern and classical laces created by its members. Click kantbrief to reach the gallery. |
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Sheelin Irish Lace Museum - http://www.irishlacemuseum.com/
Museum shares several photos of lace dating from 1850 to 1900. |
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Steph's String Related Stuff - http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/index.htm
Stephanie Peter's provides free bobbin lace software, stitching charts and tatting patterns, including complete illustrated instructions for cluny leaves. |
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La Dentelles - http://www.dentellieres.com/lace.htm
Rosanna has compiled articles, photos, reports and diagrams of lacemaking in France, including an unusual collection of lacemakers in miniature. |
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Poole Bobbin Lace Circle - http://www.cyberlink.co.uk/pblc/
Lacemakers share a pattern page, photos of their exhibits, Miss Channer's mat, plus information about their 4 year lace course. |
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Dora the Knotter - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dora.northern/index.htm
Dora's sense of humor shows in her Margareten-Spitze laces. |
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Needlelace - http://www.geocities.com/monstonitrus/a_and_s/needlelace/needlelace.html
A nice introduction to the various forms of needlelaces, this site also illustrates the stitches. |
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Avital's Fibers - http://www.angelfire.com/home/avital/m-lace.html
Avital designed a printable pricking for a bobbin lace tablecloth and a Star of David tatting pattern. Her gallery contains examples of 3 different lace forms. |
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"Mrs Dot" - http://freespace.virgin.net/deborah.robinson/index.htm
Freelance editor for Lace (the Lace Guild magazine), Deb's site contains knitted, bobbin and needle laces, plus plotted grids for designing your own lace patterns. |
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La Encajera - The Lacemaker - http://www.realce.es/la_encajera/encaing.htm
Home page of the Spanish lace magazine. Patterns, competitions and calendar, plus 'Letter to the Reader' from previous issues. |
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Isis Lacemakers - http://www.isis-lacemakers.org/
Homepage of lacemakers in Oxford UK includes calendar of events. |
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Kate's Lace - http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/3970/index.htm
Kate posts photos of her bobbinlaces: bonnet, booties, collars, doilies and tablecoths. |
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Dreams of Lace - http://www.tatting.de/dol/
Christiane Eichler's site includes a pattern surfer, a German and English lace dictionary, a gallery and tips. |
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Reclaiming Your Heritage, Lace and Linens - http://www.elizabethkurella.com/
Elizabeth Kurella identifies, repairs and appraises fine laces. |
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Irish Carrickmacross Lace - - http://www.irishcarrickmacrosslace.com/
This Arduin Lace Collection was handmade by Mary O'Neill in Ireland. |
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Lace Design - http://www.lace.nildram.co.uk/
Three lace artists encourage bobbin, and needle, lacemakers to give designing a try by offering case studies, tutorials, patterns and galleries. |
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Brenda's Lace - http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/
Brenda and Terry Paternoster offer information about lacemaking, lace threads and a free bobbin lace pattern. |
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BJ's Laces - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/9801/lace.html
BJ describes different forms of handmade laces, including bobbin, tattting, needle and chemical. |
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Ruthan Designs Torchon Lace - http://ruthan.co.uk/
Doylies, mats, butterflies and a doll dress have all been made by this creative lacemaker. |
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Lacemaking - http://www.lacemaking.it/
Italian site describes works in buckspoint, torchon and milanese, and holds a gallery of over forty photos. |
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Margit's Romanian Point Lace - http://pointlace.planet.ro
Ms.Margit, of Transylvania, shares her handmade pieces of romanian point lace. |
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Sieglindes Twinetime - http://www.fadenzeit.de/
Lace Artist Sieglinde Grigat's 'Occhi' gallery holds over 40 pieces of tatted artworks. Most pieces employ advanced techniques. She also works in bobbin lace, crochet and hairpin laces, knotted and knitted laces. |
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Canadian Lacemaker Gazette - http://www.lacegazette.com/
This lace magazine is printed in French and English. |
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Frauke Lorenz - http://www.uni-potsdam.de/u/physik/mitarbeiter/lorenz/frauke2.htm
The modern works of this lace artist are displayed here. |
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Manie Kriel from Heidelberg, Gauteng, South Africa - http://www.geocities.com/malelacer/
Mr. Kriel describes himself as a passionate lacemaker. Although he's only been making lace since 1996, he's already completed projects in Torchon, Bedfordshire, Brugges, Duchesse and Russian tape lace. |
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Celtic Dream Weaver - http://celticdreamweaver.com/
Sherry, a tatter and bobbin lacer, designs unique pieces. She also decorates bobbins using paints and decoupage. |
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Alamo Bobbin Lacers - http://home.earthlink.net/~alamobobbinlacers/
An IOLI charter group, meets in San Antonio, Texas. Includes photos of annual demonstrations at the Folklife Festival. |
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Dentelle style battenburg - http://www.geocities.com/dentellequebec/
A gallery of home accessories in battenburg lace is found here. |
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Emily Clare, lacemaker - http://clutch.open.ac.uk/schools/willen99/w_employment/Clares/lace.html
Photo and historical background of victorian era lacemaker. |
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Miniature Bobbin Lace - http://www.homestead.com/janincrete/Lacemaking.html
Jan, from Crete, creates miniature lace and lacemaking supplies - including a complete lace shop. |
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Golden Bobbin Lacers - http://www.angelfire.com/sc3/goldenbobbins/
One of the groups that make up the North Carolina Regional Lacers, the site contains their newsletter and information about lace deomonstrations and other activities. |
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Needlelace Club - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/needlelace/
This news group provides a forum to discuss needlelace techniques. |
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Looking for the Big End - http://users.bigpond.com/jeangoldberg/lookingf.htm
Jean Goldberg translates humor into art through needlelace. The gallery includes 20 masterpieces in lace depicting life in the twenty first century. |
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Light house Lacers - http://my.name-services.com/43808/page99.htm
Based in Racine, Wisconsin, this group meets bi-monthly at a local library, and holds an annual workshop. |
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The Lacemakers Circle - http://www.oz-arnold.net/lmc/
The Circle, formed in 1988, publishes a quarterly magazine, promotes classes, demonstrations and lace days, and maintains a library. They match lacemakers with mentoring peers, and provide a help line. |
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Howfen - http://www.howfen.demon.co.uk/
Glenys Pople has written a clear and well illustrated definition of bobbin lace. |
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Rustyx Lace - http://www.geocities.com/justme42uk/
This lacemaker combines different lace forms. Bobbin lace, needle lace and tatting, can all be found in one piece. |
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Gloria Valli - http://digilander.libero.it/gloriavalli/ehome.htm
Gloria's laceworks include multiple contest entries. She specializes in modern lace jewelry. |