Bobbin Lace Classes
Posted in Crafts on 08/28/2011 07:21 pm by admin
Nancy Today: Bobbin Lace
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I Can’t Believe I’m Crocheting Cables, Bobbles & Lace (Leisure Arts #4317) $11.45 Take your crochet skills up a notch as you learn 9 versatile pattern stitches that will bring pizzazz to your afghans, fashions, and other projects. Melissa Leapman takes you step-by-step through each pattern stitch. Up-close, in motion demonstrations, use auto-pause to set your own pace for finishing each step. Learning with this DVD is like having an expert at your side. Learn 9 beyond-the-basic… |
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Lessons in Bobbin Lacemaking (Dover Knitting, Crochet, Tatting, Lace) $10.76 Superb guide by accomplished lacemaker enables even beginners to create beautiful lace according to age-old technique. History of bobbin lace, materials and supplies, techniques for simple braid, edgings, fans and spiders, rose ground, turning a corner, laces with gimp, laces made on a flat pillow. Projects graded, simple to advanced. 249 illustrations…. |
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The Torchon Lace Workbook: A concise lacemaking course–the basic skills fully explained, with prickings and diagrams for 27 finished lace products. (Color Craft Workbooks) $18.95 Of the various bobbin lace types, “torchon” lace is probably the best for a beginner to tackle. Based on a combination of attractive motifs with a geometrical ground, it uses a simple range of stitches to produce relatively speedy and gratifying results. Exercises cover:-the half stitch-the whole stitch-diamonds-spiders-rosegrounds-Scandinavian holes-gimps-tallies-leaves-plaits and picotsThe book … |