Make bobbin lace with us ...

... and carry on the traditions of times past or bring the craft right up to date!

Whether you wish to make crisp white bobbin lace edgings or multicoloured modern pieces, you will find everything you need here.

Looking for lace pillows, bobbins and bobbin winders, lace threads, beads, pricking card, pins or patterns?

Need beginner instructions or something more advanced?

Maybe you are interested in the social history of lacemaking?

But whether you are just learning bobbin lace or have been making it for many years you will find everything you need on these pages.(And just in case you don't, just drop us a line, and we will personally do our utmost to source it for you.)

Have fun with bobbin lace

Using colour in your lace can have some surprising results. Just because vintage lace was worked in white or ecru doesn't mean you can't try exciting new colours today.

Or try thinking on a different scale. Use thicker threads and yarns to make large pieces or the finest threads to make items small enough for a doll's house.

You can even make lace without bobbins. Needlelace is based on buttonhole stitch, and creates the fabric, rather than embroidering on top of existing material. The Italians used to call it stitches in the air, which is a wonderfully accurate description.

Lace bobbins

Of course a lace pillow complete with attractive wooden bobbins, spangled with colourful beads added to give them weight is a joy to behold in itself. But don't forget that most lace areas have their own distinctive style of bobbins.

Bruge and Duchess bobbins have bulbous ends which weigh them down and allow the lacemaker to work by rolling them in their hands. Bobbins for Honiton lace are slender with pointed ends which help to make sewings easier.

In fact collecting bobbins could become a hobby of its own!

Lace Books

Where once we kept our patterns and techniques secret in each village, we now swap ideas world wide! Our large range of books help you to do this with lace techniques from all around the world.

Torchon Lace - from small edgings, motifs and bookmarks through mats to table cloths, scarves and wall hangings
Bedfordshire Lace - these techniques are shared with Maltese and Cluny lace
Point Ground - covers Bucks Point, Tonder, Chantily, Malmesbury, Pay d'Enhault and Bayeux to mention a few!
Braid Laces - from fine Milanese through Idrija to the thicker Russian laces often making pictures
Modern Lace - can take you almost anywhere your mind and fingers like to go!

With such a diverse collection of laces to explore you will never get bored!

Mounting your lace

Of course once you have made your lace you will want to display it to its best advantage. We have a range of items to help you do just that!

So go ahead and enjoy your visit, and don't forget to bookmark the site so you can come back and see us again.

Download a copy of our catalogue below.

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