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(For the stories behind each piece of bobbin lace, click on the
photos)
Bobbin Lace |
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I've wanted to make bobbin lace all my life. I can't remember
exactly when I first saw it, but I think it might have been on the
Captain Kangaroo TV show back in about 1964. Finally, in 1987, I
found a lace class at the Emily Griffith Opportunity School in Denver,
Colorado. I threw myself into lacemaking with a vengeance. |
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Starting with Torchon, a very geometric lace with relatively simple
working rules, I quickly started filling my sample book with short
little pieces of bobbin lace. |
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But I quickly discovered that there are many different styles of
bobbin lace. And one of my very favorites has turned out to be
Bedfordshire. If you have a close look at some of my lace, you
should be able to easily tell the geometric Torchon lace from the
Bedfordshire lace. |
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There are dozens of styles of bobbin lace, each with its own character
and charm. Cluny lace, while sharing many similarities to
Bedfordshire, shows distinct differences, and is ideally suited for
trimming household linens of all sorts. |
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