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Books > Health, Home & Family > Handicrafts > Needlework & fabric crafts > Lace & lacemaking
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 to make, more. Projects graded, simple to advanced. 249 illustrations. Bibliography.
In her latest book, Donatella Ciotti teaches the reader how to make
tatted lace, also known as "frivolite" - a durable yet delicate
form of lace constructed using a series of knots and loops.
Although it has been a traditional craft for centuries, Donatella's
step-by-step instructions focus on more modern needle techniques,
making the craft accessible to a contemporary audience. In recent
years, tatted lace has come back into fashion and is now popular in
high fashion design. The craft is relatively simple and easy to
master following a few simple instructions. Different materials can
be used, from very fine thread to cord, along with beads of
different types and sizes. This book includes 22 gorgeous designs
to make including bracelets, earrings, necklaces and brooches,
illustrated and explained with diagrams and step-by-step
photography to help you make the items exactly as shown, or use
them as inspiration for your own designs. There are ideas for
special occasions, such as weddings or christenings as well as
table decorations, purses, mobile phone holders and much more.
Lace was a passion of Leopold Ikle (1838-1922), scion of a Hamburg
textile dynasty who successfully produced machine-made embroidery
over the course of the industrial boom in St. Gallen around 1900.
He exported to England, France and the United States, among other
places, at a time when St. Gallen was the market leader in the lace
industry. Ikle's collection of handmade European bobbin lace and
needlepoint from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century originally
served as inspiration for his firm's textile designers. Through his
passion for collecting, however, it quickly surpassed the practical
demands of a simple pattern collection, and in 1904 he donated it
to the Textile Museum St. Gallen. Historische Spitzen provides a
comprehensive review as well as highlights of the lace samples in
this unique collection. Text in German.
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