Sol laces

55 members Latest Activity: May 4

Sol laces include Tenerife, Nanduti, and Hvar. These are all made on a base of threads laid as spokes of a wheel. Motifs are often round, but may…

Needlelace Identification History

28 members Latest Activity: Oct 29, 2017

What kind of needle lace is this?  For discussions of needle lace history, and how to identify particular regional/period styles of…

Filet Lacis

36 members Latest Activity: Apr 3

Filet lacis, filet lace, filet guipure,  filet noué: these are made on a knotted handmade net with embroidery stitches added,…

Beginners Needle Lace

218 members Latest Activity: May 7

For beginners who want to learn true needlelace. Post questions and answers here.  How to make needle lace.

Links & Online Info on Needlelace

97 members Latest Activity: Mar 22

When you find a website or blog with good photos, info, or lessons online post a link here.

The Lace Guild

12 members Latest Activity: Jul 27, 2016

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Youghal and Kenmare needle laces

39 members Latest Activity: Mar 13

Youghal and Kenmare are both Irish needlelaces.

Venetian and Burano Lace

16 members Latest Activity: Nov 1, 2017

These laces date from the late 19th century into the early 20th century. (I think.)  This group does not include Venetian gros point, since…

Alencon-Argentan-Argentella

63 members Latest Activity: May 5

For discussion of construction and style details of antique Alencon needle lace, and for those who want to learn it.   Alençon  We…

Aemilia Ars

83 members Latest Activity: Dec 1, 2017 Aemilia Ars Needle Lace and how to make it, its specific stitches and working methods. All skill levels.

point de gaze

76 members Latest Activity: May 8 What stitches are used in point de gaze needle lace. The techniques of point de gaze needlelace. Construction of antique point de gaze needle lace.

Threads

37 members Latest Activity: Jan 14 This group will be for discussion of fiber recognition, characteristics of different fibers, their pros and cons for use in needlelace--anything…

Needle Lace Stitches

108 members Latest Activity: on Thursday Needle lace stitches. Here we will put stitch diagrams and stitch photos (that we make ourselves) so we can all be talking about the same thing.…

Guild of Needle Laces

31 members Latest Activity: May 12

The Guild of Needle Laces is a non profit making organisation, set up in 1983 to promote the interest, skills, teaching, conservation, history and…

Contemporary and Modern Needle Lace

68 members Latest Activity: Mar 21 For those who want to design and make modern needlelace that does not re-create antique styles.

Gros Point

74 members Latest Activity: May 9

Gros point needle lace is a lace with raised, and decorated cordonettes. It is supposed to look like carved ivory.  For those who want to…