#torchon lace

[o-rchidae]

I feel like I've really turned a corner on this project.

[calendae-creations]

I did something slightly wrong at the top, but aside from that I'm super pleased with my first attempt at torchon ground! And in amazed it only took a little of over 2 hours, not counting winding the bobbins.

[nostalgicstitchcraft]

[ace-din-djarin]

This may be stupid but I have always thought lace making is very cool but where do you find information on it and how to do it?

I would love to learn at some point but don't really know where to start (or currently have the time to start but still I can save information for a later date)

Hi! That’s not a stupid question at all! It’s one of those things that seems very complicated and intense until you can really take the time to research it.

YouTube is my favorite resource, and what got me going on actually learning. There are a few channels in particular that I’ve found very helpful.

1) RedCardinalCrafts

- has several great videos about beginning to learn how to do bobbin lace, including how to make your own makeshift bobbins and pillow, if you’d like to try without making a big investment

2) Louise West

- she has several good tutorials on basic lace motifs like Torchon ground, spiders, and roseground. Also shows how to do things like wind bobbins and prepare prickings. She designs her own patterns and clearly is an expert in the craft

3) Bryce Adams

- a few good videos on the history of bobbin lace as well as a breakdown of how to make your own pillow, the different pillow types, some tutorials, and some good things to know for beginners.

An absolutely invaluable resource is Jo Edkins’ online lace school. She has tons of free patterns (prickings) available with explanations and visual diagrams, including moving step-by-step examples, for how to do each stitch and how to create each motif. An amazingly helpful site!!!

There are also some books that might be helpful! I recently got “Torchon Lacemaking: A Step-By-Step Guide” by Jan Tregidgo as a birthday gift, and it’s incredibly detailed and well written! I’d check your local library to see if there are any books there that might be helpful, such as “Bobbin Lacemaking for Beginners” by Amy Dawson, or “Bobbin Lace: An Illustrated Guide to Traditional and Contemporary Techniques” by Brigita Fuhrmann. Both of those are books I found at my library!

I hope these resources help! They’re all ones I’ve been consulting very frequently in an effort to teach myself. I also would recommend, if you use Facebook, looking up some groups for lacemakers. I joined one specifically for beginners and it’s been really helpful to ask for advice from others!

[roseground-reverie]

Here's the lace started on stream last night! Excited to see some nice ribbon run through it when it's done.

Streaming again Friday at 830p eastern:

[rosegrounds]

latest piece! I haven't posted in a while because I honestly found this super boring to make and let it sit on the pins for months while I tried to decide whether to make more or just cut it short. now I've given up I'm gonna go work on some new skills instead

[ayekasong]

Forcing myself to finish some of my UFOs. Here's the finished products from a lace making class I took 2 years ago! 🫣 I hope you don't see the glaring errors!

[sparklingspangles]

Sparkly hell bracelet is done!

Pattern and bead kit is from harlequin, but if you do it do not my my mistake and follow the instruction to use a crochet hook for the beads. My lazy susan saved me here.

[br-nz]

Bobbin Lace

I’m binge watching Great British Sewing Bee and Got my bobbin lace out to finish this bookmark.

It’s just a standard torchon background using multi coloured crochet thread.

[lichdolly]

MAXICIMAM - Torchon Lace JSK in black&white (2001)

[thehistoricalfrog]

Midnight lacemaking 💕

[o-rchidae]

[calendae-creations]

I'm teaching myself torchon ground, and while it was a lot harder for me to understand than cloth stitch, it's actually physically much faster and easier!

I'm really looking forward to eventually getting more of the cylinder style clothespins for bobbins, and making myself a better cookie pillow.

[maersiniathwen]

Bobbin Lace Bookmark

Stitches: Torchon ground, linen stitch and grille ground

Uses 32 bobbins

[ace-din-djarin]

Listening to one of my favorite urban fantasy novels as I work on this bookmark. I even inadvertently matched the cover art colors!

[rosegrounds]

projects from the introductory booklet in the kit I bought! burned through these pretty quickly