The Women United Through Handcrafted Lace and Embroidery (WUTHLE) helps Ilongga ex-Hansenites (people cured from leprosy) and their families learn the craft of lacemaking, which serves a dual purpose: ...

The main categories of handmade lace are needle lace, bobbin lace and decorated nets. Needle lace is created by making looped or knotted variations on the buttonhole stitch with a threaded needle on ...

Lepoglava bobbin lace is made by braiding thread wound on spindles, or bobbins, it is often used to make lace ribbons for folk costumes or is sold at village fairs. An International Lace Festival in ...

“They’re not things that as commonplace to search for, like merchants’ records of bobbins.” Grace, who has been making lace for three years, said their interest in the craft began with exploring the ...

“They’re not things that are as commonplace to search for, like merchants’ records of bobbins.” Grace, who has been making lace for three years, said their interest in the craft began with exploring ...

The algorithmic pattern-making provides a symmetric look regardless of volume differentials, resulting in a contemporary use for the endangered craft of bobbin lace while contributing to economic ...

These bobbins are likely to have been made in Devon around 1980. Doreen had them painted in the trqditional way to celebrate Honiton Lace Day. Lace making was a time consuming and laborious way to ...