Off Topic: Does anyone else here do Bobbin Lace? I have been learning for 3 and a half years. My first class Friday for 2011. Class is in a shop where the teacher teaches other crafts as well.

il est vrai que la dentelle aux fuseaux est très long à apprendre,mais tellement passionnant.IL y a tellement de sorte de dentelle:dentelle du Puy, dentelle Cluny,dentelle de Brugges, Bucks,Honnington, Tonder dentelle de venise etc,et cc'est à l'infini et on apprend toujours quelque chose. je suis devenu dentellière aux fuseaux et je suis toujours en train d'apprendre ,mais toujours aussi heureuse quand je fais de la dentelle

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by mi30kaja 10 Feb 2011

Thank you agnes92. I do not speak French but put your comment through Babblefish to lean what you had said. Bobbin Lace is beautiful lace. I am doing a rose ground piece at the moment. Lyn

I do, or should I say did. I have not done any during the last couple years. Keeps the fingers nimble! I am digitising some of my old patterns, and noticed I had some UFO's I really have to finish.
I like tatting as well, it's less versatile but can so easily be taken with you, just one or two shuttles and a ball of yarn, compare that with lace making!

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by mi30kaja 10 Feb 2011

You are correct but I am hopeless at Tatting. Don't have problems with most craft, only tatting. Lyn

by bevintex 10 Feb 2011

Try needle tatting, much easier. With a shuttle i get everything wrapped around my fingers and don't know what goes where. But i can needle tat!
bev

Is Bobbin Lace the same as Tatting? If it is then it's a very delicate form of lace making. I have watched women at our local Craft Show Tatting and am in awe of their expertise with all those shuttles going back and forth. Love Chris

P.S. It looks very complicated to me.

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by mi30kaja 10 Feb 2011

No it is not like tatting. Tatting is done with a shuttle. Bobbin lace is done with bobbins mostly wooden though you can get bone plastic bobbins as well and pins. It is slow but if you can count to four you should be able to do it. I am hopeless at tatting I was sure I would be able to tat as my late Mother was good at it but like dancing I have two left feet/hands

Hi, I learnt bobbin lace at night school years ago, then went on to some other craft and picked it up again to make miniature lace for dolls houses. That's when you need a magnifying glass! Jan

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by mi30kaja 10 Feb 2011

The Lady who teaches where I go is English born and has been doing lace about 43 years. Love to see some of youw work in the Projects. Cheers, Lyn

by spendlove 10 Feb 2011

I've used bobbin lace bookmarks as doll's house table runners.

I went to classes many years ago and di quite a bit. I haven't done any recently though. So many crafts so little time!

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by mi30kaja 10 Feb 2011

Especially when you have a Computer and find this wonderful site.

by agnes92 10 Feb 2011

la dentelle est valorisante et créatrice, l'ordinateur est un bon outil, cela n'a rien à voir.

I am spangling bobbens, first step to learning. G

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by mi30kaja 10 Feb 2011

When I first started I put beautiful beads on all of my bobbins but after a time took them all of as I found them to be a bother.