Needle Lace Talk

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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Nadelspitze

La Dentelle a l'aiguille

Talk about and study the construction details of historic needle laces. Distinguish different types of needle lace. Needle lace identification.

Design modern creative needle lace. Contemporary needle lace

Needle lace stitches

This network is for true needlelace. Specific styles include Venetian Gros Point, Point de Gaze, Alencon, Alençon, Point de Sedan, point de France, rose point, point de neige, coralline, aemilia ars, reticello, and the knotted needle laces such as puncetto, bebilla & knotted Mediterranean needle laces.

We also include filet lace and the sol laces.

Videos

Burano Lacemaker

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make needle lace MVI_3937

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Groups

Guild of Needle Laces

26 members
point de gaze

56 members

Pag Needle Lace

40 members
Reticella-reticello

59 members

Aemilia Ars

70 members
Beginners Needle Lace

168 members

Gros Point

56 members
Alencon

49 members

Links & Online Info on N…

75 members
Youghal and Kenmare need…

34 members

Needle Lace Stitches

79 members
Oya-Bebilla-Turkish-Arme…

80 members

Hollie Point

12 members
Contemporary and Modern …

58 members

Needlelace Identificatio…

23 members
Needlelace Jewelry

22 members

Filet Lacis

23 members
The Lace Guild

8 members

Threads

25 members
Sol laces

38 members

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Lorelei Halley left a comment for Carol Osterhoudt

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Pag - project 6 complete

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Pag - project 6 complete

"Hi, Linda, I like your project 6. What stitches do you use in the mendulica?"

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Pag - project 6 complete

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Centro Pupo, Pupa e Stella

"me too, all antique lace are awesome"

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Xiaojie commented on Linda Dumas's photo

Pag - project 6 complete

"Bravo Linda, I see your pag lace work is going very well, but I will show you how to make…"

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Teri Dow commented on Linda Dumas's photo

Pag - project 6 complete

"Captivating, perfectly executed stitches."

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Lorelei Halley commented on Linda Dumas's photo

Pag - project 6 complete

"What are the spaced out stitches? Are they petit point (knotted double buttonhole) or groups of…"

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Lorelei Halley commented on Linda Dumas's photo

Pag - project 6 complete

"Beautiful"

Apr 11

Lorelei Halley commented on Linda Dumas's photo

"A good example to illustrate how the tacking stitches are placed."

Apr 11

Teri Dow commented on Linda Dumas's photo

"Hi Linda,although I'm not a geometric person I do love this design. The colours are so…"

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"No crocs around here, we are in the cooler south of the country. Crocs are in the tropical north -…"

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"Apologies that should read, Elizabeth, happy holiday. Must have stil been in la la land earlier..."

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Teri Dow commented on Maureen Bromley's event Guild of Needlelaces

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Copyright

This paragraph is taken from the U.S. Copyright Office website, regarding "fair use" --" What is “fair use” of copyrighted material?Under U.S. Copyright law, fair use of a copyrighted work is allowed for the limited purposes of non-commercial…Continue

Started by Lorelei Halley Apr 6.

Cock-a-doodle-doo! 34 Replies

Hello all,I've started my next project! It is a rooster (cock or cockerel to some, but as I live in a house with a toddler, I must call it rooster to avoid teaching the wee one a word which might embarrass her parents later). I picked up the…Continue

Started by Karen Roy. Last reply by Karen Roy Apr 5.

Lace Identification 6 Replies

Hello everyone, I'm happy to be a new member to Needle Lace Talk!I am a graduate student in the Fashion and Textile Studies program at the Fashion Institute of Technology, and I'm just completing a conservation project on a lace fragment. I would…Continue

Started by M Meissen. Last reply by Devon Thein Mar 17.

Real Life Instruction- IOLI Convention 12 Replies

Often do we hear the plaint, where is there a brick and mortor school for Needle Lace, because some people would like to have a non-virtual lace class. In Sacramento, Aug. 3-9, at the …Continue

Tags: contemporary needle lace, needle lace class, IOLI convention needle lace instruction, Alencon lace, 3-D needle lace

Started by Devon Thein. Last reply by Lorelei Halley Mar 6.