Modern, step-by-step approach shows how to create every variety of bobbin lace, from the simplest stitches to the most challenging patterns. Suitable for needleworkers at all levels. 279 illustrations.

As a sequel to her Technique of Bobbin Lace, Pamela Nottingham has compiled a work on the technique of making and designing Torchon lace. This simple geometric lace was introduced into England in the second half of the 19th century and its popularity among lacemakers has continued to this day.

Some of us take pride and pleasure in our needlework skills, while others of us have been drawn to sewing crafts but haven't been confident enough to try them. Happily, this book is a gold mine of instruction and inspiration for everyone, whatever your level of skill.

How to make Bobbin Lace is a guide to equipment, stitches and techniques of bobbin lace, for the complete beginner. It contains step by step explanations, diagrams of the various stitches and patterns to work, starting at a very simple level.

More and more lacemakers throughout the world have learned a wide range of techniques and stitches and the purpose of this book is to offer them new ideas for bobbin lace pieces using a range of techniques, materials and design approaches, with an emphasis on the modern and original.