Jo Edkins' Lace School

Lace schools used to teach how to make lace. This is my online lace school! Dutch translation by Rene' van Hassel

How to make lace
Beginners Equipment How to make lace Lace stitches Footsides Headsides Simple Grounds Other Grounds Diamonds and solid areas Spider Corners and mats

Some simple lace designs, with pricking patterns and instructions
Beginner Patterns	These patterns have detailed instructions and do not use many bobbins
Patterns with hearts	Simple Torchon designs using hearts
Wavy patterns	Ideas from a bought piece of lace
Zig-zag patterns	Simple Torchon designs using cloth stitch and half stitch filled-in areas
Flower patterns	Flowers in Torchon and Bucks Point
Diamond mats	Ideas inspired by a Maltese lace mat
Serpent edging	An interesting Bedford lace headside
Celtic knots	Different ways to make Celtic knot designs
Interactive designs	Designed using my interactive lace designer

I recommend these books about lace:

Title	Author	Decription	Buy
The Book of Bobbin Lace Stitches	Bridget M. Cook and Geraldine Stott	An excellent book, with photos and diagrams explaining the different types of lace stitches	UK	USA
Pillow Lace and Bobbins	Jeff Hopewell	A booklet showing antique pillows, bobbins and lace equipment - fascinating!	UK
Identification of Lace	by Pat Earnshaw	Descriptions of all different types of lace (not just bobbin)	UK	USA

Or enter 'bobbin lace' or a lace type, such as torchon, into the relevant search box below.

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Detailed index to Website
Books about lace Links about lace Contact me Lace equipment pillow bobbins pricking card pins thread suppliers Making lace Preparing the pattern Winding bobbins Starting the lace Making the lace Finishing the lace Types of English Lace Torchon Downton Bucks Point Midland Honiton	Lace stitches Cloth stitch Half stitch Twist Cloth stitch and twist Honeycomb stitch Gimp Plait Lazy join Picots Footsides Cloth footside Twisted footside Footside information Headsides Cloth fan headside Part twisted fan headside Twisted fan headside Plaited headside Crown headside Maltese headside	Simple Grounds Torchon ground Torchon ground (double) Bucks Point ground Other Grounds Triangular ground Rose ground Bias ground Honeycomb net Diamonds Working a diamond Cloth stitch diamond Half stitch diamond Spider Picots	Beginners pattern Heart patterns Hearts Pattern Hearts with Triangles Pattern Double Hearts Pattern Wavy patterns Simple pattern Improved pattern Lace with zig-zags Checkerboard pattern Zig-zag pattern Cobweb Diamond mats Mat edge Complete mat Flowers Flower 1 Flower 2 Flower 3

Detailed index to Website

A-Z Index
Bias ground Beginners pattern Bobbins Bobbins (winding) Books about lace Brides Bucks Point Bucks Point ground Checkerboard pattern Cloth stitch Cloth stitch and twist Cobweb pattern Contact me Diamond (cloth stitch) Diamond (half stitch) Diamond (how to work) Downton Downton whole stitch Finishing lace Flower pattern 1 Flower pattern 2 Flower pattern 3 Footside (cloth) Footside (information) Footside (twisted)	Gimp Ground - bias Ground - Bucks Point Ground - honeycomb Ground - rose Ground - torchon Ground - torchon (double) Ground - triangular Half stitch Headside (cloth fan) Headside (crown) Headside (Maltese) Headside (part twisted fan) Headside (plaited) Headside (twisted fan) Heart patterns Honeycomb net Honeycomb stitch Honiton lace Lazy join Legs Linen stitch (cloth) Links about lace	Making lace Mat patterns Midland lace Pattern - beginners Pattern - cobweb Pattern - checkerboard Pattern - diamond mat edge Pattern - diamond mat Pattern - flower 1 Pattern - flower 2 Pattern - hearts Pattern - hearts (triangles) Pattern -hearts (double) Pattern - wavy Pattern - wavy (improved) Pattern - zig-zag Picots Picots (detailed) Pins Pins (using) Pillow Plait stitch Pricking card Pricking a pattern	Rose ground Simple pattern Spider Suppliers Thread Torchon Torchon ground Torchon ground (double) Triangular ground Twist Wavy patterns Whole stitch (cloth) Windmill join Zig-zag pattern

British lace museums:

Bucks County Museum in Aylesbury - Bucks Point
Cowper and Newton Museum near Newport Pagnell - Bucks Point and Bedford lace
Bedford Museum with lace making equipment
Cecil Higgins Art Gallery in Bedford featuring the Thomas Lester lace collection of Bedford lace
Cowper and Newton Museum in Olney, Buckinghamshire - Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire lace
Salisbury Museum - Downton lace
Allhallows Museum in Honiton - Honiton lace
Ruskin Museum in Coniston, Cumbria - Ruskin lace (not bobbin lace)
Shetland Museum - Shetland lace knitting (not bobbin lace)
V&A in Lodon - various lace, not always on display
Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge - various lace, not always on display

Other lace websites:

My name is Jo Edkins and my email address is jo.edkins.lace@gwydir.demon.co.uk