Thu 22 Oct 2009
Bobbin lacing in the evenings
Posted by tatmantats under Bobbin Lace, Lace
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While I have been trying to crash in the evenings from the wedding event last weekend, This is what I have been working on
I believe it is Hungarian style tape lace. Not sure. It is a pattern out of Doris Southard’s book “Lessons In Bobbin Lacemaking”. I started this AGES ago and only had one corner and inside corner done. There it sat like that for years. Until now. I found this raw unbleached linen thread that I wanted to try and picked this pattern. The raw linen proves to be a challenge more than the lace. It has nubs and imperfections and will occasionally break. Yet it is a strong thread. When I get it done I can tell that it will be a crisp doily. I will probably want to mangle it to make the linen thread shine.
That pattern is gorgeous!
Ha, I didn’t know what a mangle was either!
The lace for the wedding, and the cake, and everything you put into it was exquisite! You deserve a well-earned break. Crash & Mangle all you want!
Wow – that’s pretty. I didn’t know what a mangle was until I saw it on Martha Stewart’s show. She mangles all her table linens.
I mangle the English language.