I can’t tell if I did this own correctly or not ;-;

I’m very new and still Don’t really understand but I think I am doing well. My “pillow” is just an old ironing board so ignore the stains please

If you were making something like this, how old you join it? If you start in one of the “crooks”, you would have something like 9 threads to sew in one pinhole which can be messy (at least when I do it).

We are told it has something to do with bobbin lace, but not sure how or what it is exactly.

Mine is Pierre Fouché's Lebenslänglichen Explosionsglück from 2020.

It's very recent, as far as history of lace goes, and I've admired many other examples of intricate lacework, or clever ways to depict depth in an image. This was the first piece that really slapped me in the face and said "You can make ANYTHING YOU WANT out of bobbin lace!"

Now I'm curious - what pieces really inspire(d) you?

By bobbins are pens, and my cushion is a makeup case stuffed with socks…I think I should upgrade…

Hi all!

I’m in the UK and very new to lacemaking and was wondering how everyone stores their kit?

Would love some photos/links!

I’m self taught, but my nan is generously giving me some of her old bobbins and whatnot (sadly I started learning recently and she no longer has the hand mobility) and I would like to pre empt the chaos and get some decent storage going.

What’s the best way to store pins - cushion? pot? how about your pillow? What’s the ideal bobbin storage solution? Lace storage??? And all of the other bits and bobs?!

Thanks all :)

Is it possible to make an Ipswich pattern with Flanders ground instead of Paris ground? Or a torchon strip made with point ground as opposed to torchon? I’ve tried neither, but I’m curious to see anyone’s attempts at these types of changes.

Of course, it’s obvious that point ground and torchon ground use differently angled grids, and that you cannot really replace point ground with drochel net, but kat stitch/Paris ground are essentially very similar, and use a similar pricking, so I’m wondering wether it’s possible…

Just getting into bobbin lace making and have been using clothespins as bobbins while I try it out. Was on Joann.com site and found they have Lacis square lace bobbins on sale for $12.59 for a pack of 24. I won’t be using clothespins much longer!

i am having trouble figuring out what to do. do i just twist the bobbin pair thats hanging on pin 5, then twist both pairs from 5 and 10 [ 2 and 4 go over 1 and 3 ], so that would be two steps ?

also yes i am aware doing it on cardboard and not printed out the pricking is probably very bad... i do not have a functioning printer so i just traced it from the book pattern, im not sure what pillow i want to save up for. i am looking forward to getting lace pins and nicer thread once i feel i will not fail.

thank you for any help in advance ^_^

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I’m a total beginner at lacemaking, but I have some experience woodcarving. I have some cow bones that I plan to carve into a bobbin set for myself.

I have a lot more bone than I’ll need for this project.

I wondered if anyone else wanted bone bobbins, and if I could get advice on crafting them - if there’s a certain style or length/dimension preference… or a number of bobbins to make a “set”.

I’ve seen sets of 2, 3, even sets of 32, and bobbins of all sorts of shapes and sizes as I’m learning about this hobby. Some folks use cocktail stirrer sticks and clothespins!

So, my official questions are:

1. what is the standard dimensions of bobbins, do you think? Length and width, so I don’t make weirdly small or unusably fat bobbins or something. Is there a standard at all?

2. are finely decorated ones (painted, carved with reliefs) more desirable to you, or simple ones? (Just the thread indent and topguard, and otherwise a smooth/gently curved handle)

3. are handmade bone bobbins even a thing people want to buy? I know some people are weirded out by real bone anything.

4. are single bobbins ok or do you prefer they come in a Set? If so, how many at a time?

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I got Inspired to craft these because of a Twelfth Night line; “the spinsters and knitters in the sun, and the free maids that weave their thread with bones.”

Any ideas on what I should make next?

I’m practising for a polychrome course I’ll take in a few months. I can’t use glass ball pins when making Chantilly, but these fine pins make my fingers bleed. My skin is very sensitive and dry, I try to keep sit moisturised, but then I cannot touch thread and bobbins. I thought about loosing gloves, but then I will loose my dexterity necessary for knotted picots and inserting the pins with surgical accuracy, since I don’t pre-prick my paper. Advice?