Contemporary and Modern Needle Lace
For those who want to design and make modern needlelace that does not re-create antique styles.
Make, learn and talk about needle lace.
For those who want to learn needlelace
Learn how to make needle lace, find a needle lace tutorial or online needle lace lessons.
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Nadelspitzen
La Dentelle a l'aiguille
Talk about and study the construction details of historic needle laces
Design modern creative needle lace
Needle lace stitches
This network is for true needlelace. Specific styles include punto in aria, Venetian Gros Point, Point de Gaze, Alencon, Point de Sedan, aemilia ars, reticello, Nadelspitze, les dentelles a l'aiguille and the knotted needle laces such as puncetto, oya/bebilla.
We also include filet lacis and the sol laces.
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Contemporary and Modern …
41 members
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point de gaze
31 members
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Needle Lace Stitches
52 members
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Gros Point
32 members
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Hollie Point
3 members
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Alencon
24 members
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Reticella/reticello
35 members
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Puncetto
42 members
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Oya/Turkish/Armenian/Med…
46 members
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Beginners Needle Lace
113 members
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Links & Online Info on N…
55 members
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Filet Lacis
14 members
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Threads
13 members
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Halas Lace
17 members
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Sol laces
21 members
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Youghal and Kenmare need…
18 members
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Pag Needle Lace
10 members
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Aemilia Ars
44 members
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point de gaze
What stitches are used in point de gaze needle lace. The techniques of point de gaze needlelace.…See More
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Needle Lace Stitches
Needle lace stitches. Here we will put stitch diagrams and stitch photos (that we make ourselves)…See More
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Gros Point
Gros point needle lace is a lace with raised, and decorated cordonettes. It is supposed to look…See More
Beth Schoenberg joined Elizabeth Ligeti's group
Hollie Point
This sample was worked using the wrap-around-the-thumb method.Thread used -Brok 100/3Design from…See More
Beth Schoenberg joined Elizabeth Ligeti's group
Alencon
For discussion of construction and style details of antique Alencon needle lace, and for those who…See More
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Elizabeth Ligeti commented on Lorelei Halley's group 'Reticella/reticello'
Linda, as the diagrams show - pull down your stitch to the length you want for the picot,and pin…
Antonia Lai commented on Lorelei Halley's group 'Reticella/reticello'
Hi Linda
Suggest you check out Silvia tutorial. See above for the link.
Linda Dumas commented on Lorelei Halley's group 'Reticella/reticello'
I need some help making picots for this type of lace. Does anyone have a diagram or know of a…
Lorelei Halley left a comment for Beth Schoenberg
Beth
WELCOME. Please read all the NOTES. The policies are a little different from ioli,…
Lucy ludwig commented on Lorelei Halley's group 'Puncetto'
Yes, Elena Rossi had to close Italian Needlecrafts. Really sorry about this. She was so great in…
Elizabeth Ligeti left a comment for Elena Rossi
Is it true you Have closed down? If so,- that is sad, as you stocked books I have never seen…
Elizabeth Ligeti commented on Lorelei Halley's group 'Puncetto'
If that is so, Pauline, then that is very sad. She had some great books there, - and her…
Lorelei Halley replied to Lorelei Halley's discussion 'Statistics About Us'
Laylah
Thanks for your comment. I'm going to do something about this very soon.
Pauline Kontani commented on Lorelei Halley's group 'Puncetto'
Is it correct that Italian Needlecrafts has stopped trading? If so I should imagine it will make…
Oya/Turkish/Armenian/Mediterranean knotted needlelace
For all our members who want to talk about and learn Oya, Turkish, Armenian or Mediterranean…See More
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laylah replied to Lorelei Halley's discussion 'Statistics About Us'
Hi Lorelei, I think the stats are interesting and your ideas about why people are choosing…
Lorelei Halley commented on Jean Duncan's photo
Jean, several of us have been learning the kind of reticella that is pure needlelace, rather than…
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Statistics About Us 6 Replies
On December 15th I added Google Analytics (a statistics program that counts traffic to websites) to NEEDLELACETALK because I wanted to find out more about how our network is being used. I discovered some interesting things, and am reporting some…Continue
Started by Lorelei Halley. Last reply by Lorelei Halley yesterday.
New IOLI site
The board of the IOLI, the American national lace organization, has recently approved the creation of a new network on ning devoted to all forms of handmade lace. This includes tatting, Irish crochet, tape/braid laces such as Branscombe point and…Continue
Started by Lorelei Halley Jan 20.
Good news from the Guild of Needle Laces! 3 Replies
I have been asked by the Guild of Needle laces committee to bring you the good news. They have now managed to recruit enough new members to the committee to be able to run the Guild into the future. The fear that the Guild was dying have now proved…Continue
Started by Anne Weston. Last reply by Elizabeth Ligeti Jan 6.
December 2012 update on the LaceNews Channel on YouTube
The December update for the LaceNews YouTube channel is finished. Added 128 videos and 3 new playlists, for a total of 1,918 videos organized into 84 playlists. Details at http://tinyurl.com/7kkacul.Laurie…Continue
Started by Laurie Waters Jan 4.
Blog Posts
My turban project
Posted by Martha Sherwood on January 18, 2012 at 7:02pm — 1 Comment
Fourteenth century examples of reticello and ornamental hemstitching
Posted by Martha Sherwood on January 17, 2012 at 11:54am — 2 Comments
Old Laces.
Posted by Lynette Hale on October 23, 2011 at 5:16pm
Photos of old lace in my collectiion.
Posted by Lynette Hale on October 23, 2011 at 4:09pm — 2 Comments
Trip away.
Posted by Lynette Hale on September 10, 2011 at 9:32pm — 5 Comments
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OUR DONORS for 2011-2012
To our Donors: THANK YOU. We now have enough to pay our fee to ning for this coming year. 7/21/11
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