Bobbin Lace

Bobbin lace is made by weaving threads wound on bobbins. There are many excellent web sites which explain more about the history and technique of making bobbin lace, so I won't go into that here. The picture above is a Torchon lace bookmark, worked from a pattern found in The Bobbin Lace Manual, by Geraldine Stott.

The lacemaker uses a pricking as a pattern. This is a card pinned to a lacemaking pillow which shows where pins should be placed to hold the threads as the lace is woven. This is the pricking for the above bookmark.

Torchon Lace Sample
Torchon Lace Mat
Plaited Lace Sample

To learn more about bobbin lace, see these links:

Lace Magazine Home Page (Supplies available)
Arachne's Web Server (Includes a list of suppliers)
Introduction to Bobbin Lace

For bobbin lace supplies, see also these links:

Snowgoose
Lacis
Van Scriver Bobbin Lace