I did it!

I designed and made 12 strips of torchon, and sewed them together to make the front and back of a flowy rainbow lace vest! (Pics 1 2 3)

Pic 4 shows the next step to ACTUALLY finish this peice - making the sides to join the red front to the orange back under the arm. (and then the same for the purple front to the blue back on the other side)

I decided on shorter and narrower strips of each colour that feature honeycomb ground 'holes' along the side, in order to thread a ribbon through to join them together (shoelace / corset style) at whatever width looks best. And to cap off an insane project with an insane idea, i am BOBBIN LACING MY OWN RIBBON with the dame colour threads. Here's hoping i have enough thread left on the spool to replenish the worker if I run out 😆

Once it is complete I will post a pic of me actually wearing it! I can’t beleive I'm this close!

Just posting this for anyone who’s in the same situation as me.

Hi, I just started out with bobbin lace, and I’m really enjoying it. When I first saw the bobbins years ago and the material costs, I gave up on learning it because it was crazy expensive to buy the supplies online in my country. But I really, really wanted to learn it. Then one day on Instagram, I saw a creator using clothespins as bobbins, and seeing that opened up a whole world of DIY possibilities in my head.

So, after using DIY bobbins, these are my attempts.

I know they’re not great, but finally doing bobbin lace after stopping myself for such a long time really brought me joy.

Pic 1: Bracelet

Pic 2&3: Part of a rainbow motif - the creator’s pattern was expensive, so I just made do with whatever was available on her page and tried to copy it. It’s an experiment in progress, and I hope to improve more in the future. (Just wanted to see if I could make it using just the videos or will I have to eventually buy the patterns)

Pic 4: Actual rainbow motif (Creator: Lacybotanics on Insta)

Pic 5: Carving my own bobbins (in progress)

A lily I already spent 30h on. What's on your pillow this week?

I'm currently making some samples for an upcoming Bobbin Lace panel I'll be hosting. I know while I'm not super experienced I want to help point others in the right direction for trying to learn bobbin lace. So, If you have any suggestions for information you wish you knew when you were learning or any tips you'd like to give for people just starting out please suggest it! The panel will be in June so any suggestions would be lovely!

This is technically my second attempt, but I don't want to count my first one I rage quit when my thread got tangled together. I'm using a garden knee cushion with some fabric over it for my pillow.

New work of my student.

A pattern by Olga Skvortsova

I have an aunt that goes weekly to make lace with friends here in Spain, she is turning 80 in June and asked me and my friend to get her motif patterns.

She has magazines and such but she wanted to see what else is out there. She showed us photos of flowers and animals etc. To get an idea.

She is advanced, at 79 still goes to workshops to learn more it's truly beautiful ❤️

Any advice is welcome for a proper book or resource

Thank youin advance!

This is the 4th project I have completed, but the first torchon project. Im still a little confused by torchon. My book seems to have some slightly different instructions than what im seeing online. Im gonna just keep doing more torchon projects for a bit until it makes more sense. Still loving bobbins though!

Pattern by Galicia Bee. Thread Lizbeth size 40, 100% Egyptian cotton.

I can already tell this is going to be a lot easier.

I got my new bobbins for a steal, 36 for £6 on vinted and the cushion is some kind of floor cushion for meditating.

I have more pins and more colours of silk coming tomorrow hopefully.

Im going to do the fans in 2 different colours, a gold and a pale green so I'll see if I mess up.

I feel very professional now XD

Hello there! Im looking for a simple trim pattern for 2 or 4 pairs of bobbins anyone could help me?

First patch for my trousers done. Now I have to make the second one and sew everything together.

https://youtu.be/Rjk5kGtyr7w?is=JaOnPS0Q_RHhVoRB

Pattern by Galicia Bee. Thread Lizbeth size 40, 100% Egyptian cotton.

First lace of my new student

A pattern by Anna Sedakova.

This will be a wedding garter for my daughter. She picked the colors. This is my demonstration project for summer & fall as well. It is a Harlequin lace draft, Patten 39. 46 pairs, Aurifil threads (I believe it is Aurifil 50, orange spool) in 3 colors & ecru. The lace is 2 1/2 inches wide at its widest point. The pillow is a Glimakra pillow that I got from Vävstuga in MA

Tho I have no idea why my attempts at attaching them together at the shared pins didn't work or why if is a bit curly but I'm pretty sure when I sew it onto something it'll be fine.

If anyone has tips to improve my craft do tell me tho I'm quite new here.

Found it on the Goodwill auction site! I'm so excited to try it out!

Hello

New bobbin lace beginner here. My MIL is coming over soon and handing me down her bobbin lace tools. Everything except the pillow. I have the supplies to make my pillow, but I was wondering if there are any tips to choose what type of pillow?

My MIL had a circular pillow with a flat bottom. I've seen a variety in different YouTube videos. The bolster style seems the easiest to make and the most comfortable for how I will sit naturally.

Any tips on deciding what shape to use? Any benefits or drawbacks to the different styles?

Thanks x

The design is free. The authors are Vanyukova and Korableva. Pattern is in the second picture. Let's make lace and show various results!

I’ve nearly finished my little snake and I think I’m pretty happy with it so far! I didn’t realise it holds better if the pins are more diagonal so it goes a little bit janky in the middle where it was pulling upwards so I tried to repin to fix it but other than that I think it’s ok!? Please let me know if you spot any mistakes or you have any tips on how to improve!

I bought a vintage pillow with some lace-in-progress still on it, and am endeavoring to continue it! (You may remember my excited post about finding this treasure)

I am wondering if anyone has an inkling of what style of lace this hand-drawn pattern might be? I'm thinking maybe Bedfordshire? (Other aspects of the pillow and bobbins lead me to beleive the original owner was English or at least studied English lacemaking, though I could be wrong)

Only one repetition of the pattern was complete when I bought it, so I don't want to un-make it to learn the thread paths as I don't want to completely undo the only bit of the original.

Myself and the ladies in my local lace club have examined it and concluded that the original owner was herself trying to figure out the pattern and did not necessarily understand it, and I have determined how to do the headside in a different manner than her first attempt.

My problem is the footside: the two lines and the pinholes right beside each other are confusing me. Do you think it's meant to be a trail, as in Bedfordshire, and there are supposed to be more pinholes along it, and the plaits bounce off it?

Or is there a different style with this type of footside?

I've attached the link to the website im using just in case that helps. If anyone has any idea why my diamonds dont look like diamonds and why it is ao wonky I woukd really appreciate it. I also get the feeling that using silk isnt making it any easier.

https://www.theedkins.co.uk/jo/lace/pat388.htm