Other uses2 Lace This is used as an example on the Wikipedia Disambiguation guideline page PLEASE DO ..., 21 December 2006. File Bobbin lace 5054 Nypl tty pitsi C.JPG thumb 275px right An example of bobbin lace during manufacture. Lace is an openwork fabric , patterned with open holes in the work, made ... fabric, but more often open spaces are created as part of the lace fabric. Lace making is an ancient craft. True lace was not made until the late 15th and early 16th centuries. A true lace is created .... Originally linen , silk , gold, or silver threads were used. Now lace is often made with cotton thread, although linen and silk threads are still available. Manufactured lace may be made of synthetic fiber . A few modern artists make lace with a fine copper or silver wire instead of thread. Types File ... of state and university officials are trimmed with gold plate lace or gold oakleaf lace. There are many types of lace, classified by how they are made. These include Needle lace such as Kenmare Lace are made using a needle and yarn thread . This is the most flexible of the lace making arts. While .... Some purists regard needle lace as the height of lace making. The finest antique needle laces were made from a very fine thread that is not manufactured today. Cutwork , or whitework lace constructed .... Bobbin Lace as the name suggests, made with bobbins and a pillow. The bobbins, turned from wood ..., insulation styrofoam or ethafoam. Also known as Bone lace. Chantilly lace is a type of bobbin lace. Tape lace makes the tape in the lace as it is worked, or uses a machine or hand made textile strip formed into a design, then joined and embellished with needle or bobbin lace. Knotted lace including macram and tatting . Tatted lace is made with a shuttle or a tatting needle. Crocheted lace including Irish crochet , pineapple crochet, and filet crochet . lace knitting Knitted lace including Shetland knitted lace Shetland lace , such as the wedding ring shawl , a lace shawl so fine that it can ... more details
Refimprove date October 2010 Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name The Lace Type studio Artist Benjamin Orr Cover Orrlace.jpg Released October 6, 1986 in music 1986 Recorded 1985 1986, The Wool Hall Beckington, England and Blue Jay Studios Carlisle, Massachusetts ref http www.discogs.com Benjamin Orr The Lace release 525738 The Lace at discogs ref Genre Pop Rock , New Wave music New Wave Length 45 05 Label Elektra Records Elektra Producer Mike Shipley , Ben Orr, Larry Klein Last album This album Next album Album ratings rev1 allmusic rev1Score Rating 3 5 ref name allmusic Allmusic class album id the lace r59864 review pure url yes ref The Lace is the debut and only solo record by The Cars member Benjamin Orr . It features his only solo hit, the song Stay the Night which reached the top 40 in 1987. Wounded Bird Records re released this album on CD on August 15, 2006. Track listing All songs written by Benjamin Orr & Diane Grey Page. Too Hot to Stop 4 18 In Circles 4 32 Stay the Night Benjamin Orr song Stay the Night 4 26 Skyline 4 10 When You re Gone 4 51 Spinning 4 27 Hold On 4 30 The Lace 4 20 That s The Way 4 07 This Time Around 5 10 Personnel ref name allmusic Allmusic class album id the lace r59864 credits pure url yes ref Benjamin Orr Lead & Backing Vocals Diane Grey Page Backing Vocals Michael Landau Mike Landau , Elliot Easton Guitars Larry Klein Keyboard Instrument Keyboard s Paul Ridout UMI Programming Production ref http www.discogs.com viewimages?release 851499 The Lace at discogs ref Produced by Mike Shipley, Ben Orr and Larry Klein Engineered and recorded by Mike Shipley, with additional engineering by Thom Moore Mixed by Thom Moore Stay The Night and Too Hot To Stop mixed by Mike Shipley Mastered at Masterdisk by Bob Ludwig All songs published by Orange Village Music ASCAP References reflist The Cars DEFAULTSORT Lace, The Category Benjamin Orr ... by Mike Shipley Category Elektra Records albums sv The Lace ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Argentan lace or Point d Argentan is a needle lace from the 18th century. Lace types DEFAULTSORT Argentan Lace Category Lace Textile arts stub fr Dentelle d Argentan sv Argentanspets ... more details
Old Lace can mean Old Lace color , a very pale yellowish orange like the color of an old lace tablecloth Old Lace comics , a fictional dinosaur Old Lace song , a song from 1933 by Isham Jones and Charles Newman disambig ... more details
Teneriffe lace is a needle lace from the island of Tenerife . Sometimes called Sol lace , sun lace , similar to a lace from South America called andut meaning spider web . In the 1930s 1940s it was sometimes called Polka Spider Web Lace . The lace is created by weaving thread on a ground of radial spoke threads, creating distinctive roundels. There are many different ways of making this type of lace. From using a pattern on a home made pillow form with pins to The palma and Taoro early 1900s , As of 2005 you can get forms from vendors on the internet, also from the posy bender . Daisy winders and bloom looms have also been used in constructing this type of lace. Teneriffe lace was used in conjunction with Battenberg lace Battenberg tape lace at the turn of the 1900s. External links http lace.lacefairy.com ID TenerifeID.html Tenerife lace http www.intatters.com forumdisplay.php?46 Teneriffe Lace Teneriffe Lace discussion forum at InTatters br lace types Category Lace Category Textile arts of Spain textile arts stub ja ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Image Carolus Private Collection tule.jpg thumb right 200px lace from Lier Tambour lace refers to a family of lace made by stretching a fine net over a embroidery hoop frame the eponymous Tambour , from the French language French for drum and creating a chain stitch using a fine hook to reach through the net and draw the working thread through the net. Lace types DEFAULTSORT Tambour Lace Category Lace Textile arts stub ... more details
Black Lace can refer to Black Lace band , a British pop music pop music group, notable for their 1984 in music 1984 single Agadoo Black Lace books , an erotic fiction publisher for women Black Lace magazine , an erotic magazine for black lesbians published by the BLK magazine BLK organization disambig ... more details
Lace House may refer to in the United States Lace House Canaan, New York , listed on the National Register of Historic Places NRHP Lace House Columbia, South Carolina , National Register of Historic Places listings in Columbia, South Carolina listed on the NRHP in Columbia, South Carolina disambig de Lace House ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Image Irish crochet.jpg right 200px thumb 19th century Irish crochet Crochet lace is an application of the art of crochet . Generally it uses finer threads and more decorative styles of stitching often with flowing lines or scalloped edges to give interest. Variation of the size of the holes also gives a piece a lacy look. Originally crocheted lace was not regarded as true lace. Crocheting was considered easy and less time consuming, but otherwise clearly inferior surrogate for true lace such as bobbin lace , needle lace or Net textile netting . The first examples of crocheted lace try to reproduce the products of other lacemaking techniques as faithfully as possible. Later, the many possibilities and inherent beauty of crocheted lace were appreciated more. Main styles of crocheted lace include filet crochet , Irish crochet and its modern derivatives, pineapple crochet. Freeform crocheted lace also exists, examples of which are pieces striving to imitate reticella lace. Commons category Crochet lace Crochet Lace types DEFAULTSORT Crocheted Lace Category Lace Category Crochet ja ... more details
Carrickmacross lace is a type of needle lace . Originating in Carrickmacross , Ireland in the early 19th century, it is still practised today. The lace is worked by tacking fine muslin onto machine Net textile netting . The design is outlined, the unwanted muslin is then cut away and the open areas are filled in with needle lace. The wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton Wedding attire wedding dress pattern of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge Catherine Middleton was fashioned from Carrickmacross Lace. The production and marketing of http www.carrickmacrosslace.ie Carrickmacross lace received a boost when this became known. ref cite web url http www.rte.ie radio1 thebusiness title RTE The Business documentary work RT Radio 1, The Business date 13 August 2011 ref External links http www.museocaprai.it en tecnica Punto Carrickmacross.htm Carrickmacross Lace Virtual Museum of Textile Arts http www.carrickmacrosslace.ie Carrickamacross Lace Gallery in the home of Carirckmacross Lace, Carrickmacross, co. Monaghan, Ireland. References reflist Lace types Category Lace Category Textile arts of Ireland textile arts stub ... more details
Multiple issues unreferenced October 2011 wikify August 2011 orphan April 2010 File http commons.wikimedia.org wiki File Actor In Lacefront Wig.jpg thumb Actor in a human hair, lacefront wig A lace wig or a lace front wig is a special type of hairpiece or wig designed with a sheer lace base. Lace front wigs are made with real human hair or synthetic hair is which tied, by hand, to a sheer lace base. Full lace wigs may have a base made entirely of lace while the more common tactic is a lace front wig which has the sheer lace only at the front where the hairline is visible. The remainder of the wig is made out of a less fragile material which is less susceptible to ripping or tearing than the lace. Full lace wigs can be pulled into a high ponytail and up do s, as opposed to lace front wigs. The lace is only in the front half of the wig, to allow the customer to part the hair any way he or she wants. If a lace front wig is pulled into a ponytail it will be obvious that it is a wig. The lace wig is usually attached with the assistance of glues and tapes, which are applied to the front hairline area. Once the glue has dried, the front lace portion of the wig is affixed to the area where the glue has been applied on the hairline, creating a tight bond which keeps the lace wig in place on the head. Some lace wigs also have what is referred to as baby hair around the temple areas which is used to cover up any visible signs of lace on the forehead, the baby hair also helps to create a realistic hairline. Once applied the lace front wig will usually stay bonded for up to a week. clothing stub Category Wigs fr Lace wig ... more details
Limerick lace is an embroidered needle lace formed on a mesh using one or both of two techniques... Tambour lace Tambour &ndash where chain stitch is created using a hook. Needlerun Net Needlerun &ndash where stitches are darned onto the ground using a needle. This is associated with the city of Limerick in Ireland. When John F. Kennedy visited Limerick in 1963 he was presented with a lace christening robe. External links http www.museocaprai.it en tecnica Punto Limerick.htm Limerick Lace Virtual Museum of Textile Arts http www.kenmarelace.ie KenmareLaceDesignCentre LaceDemonstrations tabid 67 Default.aspx Online Video Demonstrations of Limerick LaceLace types Category Lace Category Limerick city Category Textile arts of Ireland textile arts stub ... more details
File Pa ka ipka.JPG thumb Pag lace Pag lace lang hr Pa ka ipka is a type of lace work from Pag town Pag on the Pag island island of Pag , requires a needle, thread and backing which is a round or square hard stuffed pillow. Lace makers of Pag did their Wiktionary teg Serbo Croatian teg work without any drawings. Each woman used works from her mother and grandmothers as examples, each adding a personal touch, something unique and special. Each lace piece is a symbol of the anonymous, modest and self sacrificing life of its maker. In 2009, Lacemaking in Croatia, represented by Lepoglava lace, Pag lace and Hvar lace, was inscribed in the UNESCO s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity . ref http www.unesco.org culture ich index.php?RL 00245 ref References reflist External links http lace.lacefairy.com Lace Gallery PagLace.htm PAG LACE THE LACE OF EMPERORS Lace types DEFAULTSORT Pag Lace Category Lace Category Textile arts of Croatia Croatia stub textile arts stub hr Pa ka ipka it Merletto di Pago sh Pa ka ipka ... more details
Applique Lace refers to various types of lace where the decorative Motif textile arts motif s are applied sewn to an existing openwork fabric , such as tulle , netting , filet or drawn thread and cut work . The motifs can be either handmade needle , bobbin lace or embroidered fabric or machine made. The same is true for the ground fabric. Lace types textile stub Category Lace Category Embroidery ... more details
File Klossen binche kantschool brugge.JPG thumb Binche lace Binche lace is a Flemish bobbin lace that originated ... thread In lace cordonnet outlining the design against the ground, occasional pieces are made with a very ... web The pattern in Binche lace is very detailed, with animal scenes and figures. Binche lace is sometimes known as Fairy lace . History Tradition says that Binche lace was started in the 15th century .... ref name web cite web url http belovedlinens.net lace BincheLace.html title Binche Lace accessdate 2008 05 25 ref However, Binche lace was being made by the end of the 16th century. In 1585 ... as did Antwerp lace , which was made nearby. ref name DNA Binche lace was the subject of a royal edict in 1686, which implies that the lace must have been fairly important. ref name Hist The heyday of Binche lace was in the 18th century, when it was popular in Parisian circles. ref name Hist cite book last Palliser first Bury title History of Lace url http books.google.com books?id viEMAAAAYAAJ&pg RA1 PA122&dq history of lace binche lace&client opera accessdate 2008 05 24 year 1984 month November ... mentioned Binche lace as the material of Cosette s wedding gown in Les Mis rables , as he remembered it from his youth as being a lace of great beauty. ref name Hist The quality of Binche lace declined at the end of the 18th century, with the lace becoming coarser and the patterns less detailed. ref name web Originally Binche lace resembled Valenciennes lace . ref name OED Binche. The Oxford English Dictionary . 2nd ed. 1989. ref In the 20th century there was another lace called Binche lace, that consisted of bobbin made patterns sewn onto machine made net, like Brussels lace . ref name OED ... of Lace url http books.google.com books?id viEMAAAAYAAJ&pg RA1 PA103&dq history of lace binche lace&client ... pages 103 quote ref and thus was never very common. References Reflist lace types Category Lace Category Textile arts of Belgium sv Binchespets ... more details
refimprove date November 2009 Irish lace has always been an important part of the Irish needlework tradition. When times were hard, women had to find ways of supporting their family. This was particularly ... to lace making. Irish Crochet and Tatting traveled particularly well as equipment needed was simple ... lace. ref Barbra Ballantyne 2007 Early History of Irish Crochet Lace ref Kenmare lace Kenmare lace is a Needle lace needlepoint Irish lace based on the detached buttonhole stitch. It is sometimes called needle lace to distinguish it from canvas needlepoint . Linen thread was used by nuns to make needlepoint lace. Suitable linen thread is no longer available so today cotton thread is used. Kenmare needlepoint lace ref Kenmare Literary and Historical Society 1982 Kenmare Journal ref begins with two ... is finished, the thread holding down the outline is cut thus releasing the lace from the cloth backing. Irish crochet Image Irish crochet.jpg right 230px thumb 19th century Irish Crochet Lace Irish crochet is a type of lace that has its origin in the famine years of the 19th century in Ireland . ref Eithne D Arcy 1985 Irish Crochet Lace ref Charity groups sought to revive the economy by teaching crochet lace technique at no charge to anyone willing to learn. Citation needed date September 2007 This type of lace is characterized by separately crocheted motifs, which were later assembled into a mesh background. Other types of Irish crochet include Rosslea and Clones lace. Irish Crochet Lace ... chains and picot s. When all the motifs have been joined together forming one piece of lace the basting stitch is removed from the back cloth revealing the completed lace. Other types of Irish Lace Other types of Irish lace include Carrickmacross lace Youghal lace Limerick lace References references External links http irishlace.org The Irish Lace Guild Lace types DEFAULTSORT Irish Lace Category Lace Category Textile arts of Ireland ja ... more details
Image T nder motif.png thumb Traditional T nder lace motif Jordb r Strawberries T nder lace is a point ground type of handmade bobbin lace identified with the T nder region of Denmark ref name Dict cite book last Earnshaw first Pat title A Dictionary of Lace url http books.google.com books?id S4Vc12AZFD8C&pg PA93&dq Mechlin lace&lr &as brr 3&client opera&sig mqE wU8VyAd1Oz89n5PY2LLs0Ak accessdate 2008 05 16 year 1999 month February publisher Dover Publications isbn 048640482X page 41 ref since about 1850, although lace of many types has been made there since as early as 1650. The term is also used more broadly, to refer to any bobbin lace made in Denmark. ref name Dict T nder lace was traditionally ... stitch honeycomb fillings in motifs, square tally lace tallies in the lace ground ground , and the use of a gimp thread In lace gimp , a heavy thread outlining the cloth stitch motifs. It often ... to speed up production of the lace, as they strove to compete with the cheaper machine made lace . The designs used were similar to Mechlin lace , with lots of flowers. ref name EB cite encyclopedia encyclopedia Encyclop dia Britannica title Tondern lace url http www.britannica.com eb article 9072855 Tondern lace accessdate 2008 05 16 edition online ref History T nder lace was mainly made ... IV protected the manufacture of local lace, and didn t wear any foreign lace. ref name Hist cite book last Palliser first Bury title History of Lace url http books.google.com books?id viEMAAAAYAAJ&pg ... from the Netherlands, ref name Dict ref name Hist bringing new techniques. T nder lace was a major ... enough to work in the fields, were also taught to make lace. In 1801 20,000 people in T nder and the immediately surrounding area were employed making lace. ref name Hist When machine made lace was introduced in the late 1800s, the handmade lace industry gradually ceased to be economically important .... References Reflist Lace types DEFAULTSORT Tonder Lace Category Lace Category Danish culture Category ... more details
Wiktionarypar laceLace is a lightweight fabric patterned with open holes. Lace may refer to Shoelace , a thin cord fitted to shoes to keep the shoes in place Media & arts Lace TV series Lace TV series , a 1984 TV mini series, based on a novel of the same name by Shirley Conran Miss Lace, the protagonist of Male Call Lace band , a Canadian country music trio Lace album Lace album , the Canadian country music trio s self titled debut album The Lace , a 1986 album by Benjamin Orr Laced album Laced album , a 1999 album by rap metal group Reveille Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions LACE , an art gallery founded in Los Angeles, California in 1978 Drugs Lacing drugs , where one substance has been secretly mixed or added to another Technology LACE Liquid air cycle engine , a type of spacecraft propulsion engine Cable lacing , a method in electronics for tying wiring harnesses and cable looms See also Interlace disambiguation Lacing , a process in wheelbuilding , in which spokes are connected between the hub and the rim Lacing , the pattern left by the foam on the inside of a glass of beer as it is drunk and the head moves down disambig ja ... more details
Unreferenced date May 2010 Image Freehand lace.PNG thumb Freehand Lace Freehand lace is bobbin lace worked directly on the fabric of the lace pillow without using a pricked pattern. Very few pins are needed in most cases, only at the two edges. The very early bobbin laces were probably made freehand, as pins were scarce, coarse, and expensive. At first, the laces were purely utilitarian seaming laces insertion lace insertion s joining narrow widths of fabric, and toothed or scalloped laces reinforcing the edges edging lace edging s . Many of the later freehand laces were also functional, but some areas produced very wide ornamental laces. Traces of freehand lace can be found nearly everywhere they were part of the textile s produced in pre industrial communities. Production only survived in a few places, often because the lace was sold through handicraft organizations, when it no longer adorned the peasant costume and household textiles. There are a few areas with a living tradition, like ... in Russia . Freehand lace is dense compared to lace made on a pattern. Wide areas without pins can be constructed by using certain techniques the different parts of the lace must be made in the right ... are usually quite different. Many other laces have traits inherited from freehand lace, for example, the patterns and the working of the braids in Milanese lace , and the grounds without pins and the exchange of workers in linen stitch in some of the Flemish lace s. The term freehand lace was first ... Trine Italiane . It is called lace without a pattern in French, numeric lace in Russian, and the Slovaks ... , the verb used for composing a poem is also used for making freehand lace. The basic research on Freehand Lace was made by Bodil Tornehave of Denmark , and published in her book Danske Frih ndskniplinger ISBN 87 7490 291 1, Danish Freehand Lace in 1987. Freehand lace is sometimes confused with free lace , which is a modern, artistic form of lace. Lace types DEFAULTSORT Freehand Lace Category Lace ... more details
Battenberg lace is a type of needle lace . ref name McCall s needlework 150 best loved Christmas ornaments cite book title McCall s needlework 150 best loved Christmas ornaments url http books.google.com books?id sxgwNriDlvIC accessdate 29 April 2011 year 1995 publisher Oxmoor House isbn 9780848714369 page 9 ref References Reflist Lace types Category Lace textile arts stub ... more details
240px thumb 18th century Mechlin lace is a bobbin lace originally produced in Mechelen . ref name ... laces. ref name P&P lace cite book last Sharp first Mary coauthors editor title Point and Pillow Lace ... another color. ref name Hist of Lace cite book last Palliser first Bury title History of Lace url http ... de nuit , garnitures de corset , ruffles and cravat s. ref name Hist of Lace Mechlin lace is known ... lace url http www.britannica.com eb article 9072855 Tondern lace accessdate 2008 05 10 edition ... P&P lace ref name Hist of Lace It looks much like Brussels lace , however it is made all at once, ref name Hist of Lace with the r seau or ground made at the same time as the pattern on the pillow. Also, the plait is shorter, and the mesh smaller than those of Brussels lace. ref name P&P lace All ... lace isn t. ref name P&P lace Mechlin lace is also more expensive than Valenciennes lace, as it takes ... geometry parallel to the long axis of the lace are plaited three times, and the other four sides crossed. ref name Hist of Lace The same threads pass across the whole width, and thus form both the ground and the pattern. ref name P&P lace Mechlin net is a machine imitation of the Mechlin lace ... Carolus Private Collection Mechelse kant.jpg thumb Originally the term mechlin lace was used for any bobbin lace from Flanders . ref name OED ref name P&P lace ref name Hist of Lace Mechlin lace grew ... Regnard , when visiting Flanders in 1681, wrote of the lace and lace makers. When the English prohibition was removed in 1699, Mechlin lace became the grand fashion in England, and it was advertised in the London ... with a r seau open net ground wasn t made until 1720, ref name P&P lace and at this point the term became specific to this lace with the open net. ref name Dict cite book last Earnshaw first Pat title A Dictionary of Lace url http books.google.com books?id S4Vc12AZFD8C&pg PA93&dq Mechlin lace&lr &as brr ... Dover Publications isbn 048640482X pages 108 109 ref In 1755 Mechlin lace went into decline ... more details
Image Ursuline lace 2.jpg thumb Bobbin lace in progress at the Mus e des Ursulines de Qu bec Image DubrovnikLace.jpg thumb Making bobbin lace in Dubrovnik Croatia Bobbin lace is a lace textile made by braid ... progresses, the weaving is held in place with pins set in a lace pillow , the placement of the pins usually determined by a pattern or pricking pinned on the pillow. Bobbin lace is also known as pillow lace and bone lace , because early bobbins were made of bone ref Oxford English Dictionary definition of bone lace ref or ivory . Bobbin lace is one of the two major categories of hand made laces ... M. Lace in the Early Modern Period c. 1500 1780. In Jenkins, Cambridge History of Western Textiles ... 1568 72.jpg thumb Early bobbin lace in gold and silver thread, c. 1570. Image Bobbin lace.JPG thumb Contemporary hand made woollen bobbin lace articles, Wool Expo, Armidale NSW. Pale green lace is made of 2 ply wool. Image Caspar Netscher 003.jpg thumb Lacemaker, 1664 Bobbin lace evolved from passementerie ... both braids and edgings. ref Montupet and Schoeller, 1988, p. 16 18 ref The making of bobbin lace ... for making linen bobbin lace were inexpensive. There was a ready market for bobbin lace of all qualities ... textiles spinning , sewing , weaving or other home based textile arts . Bobbin lace making was established ... centers of Flanders and Normandy eclipsed Italy as the premiere sources for fine bobbin lace, but until ... Europe, suffering only in those periods of simplicity when lace itself fell out of fashion. ref name Levey br style both Structure Bobbin lace may be made with coarse or fine threads. Traditionally ... filaments. Elements of later bobbin lace may include toile or toil clothwork , r seau the net like ground , braids, picots, tallies, and fillings, although not all styles of bobbin lace include all these elements. Contemporary laces The advent of machine made lace at first pushed lace makers into more ... out of business almost entirely. The resurgence of lace making is a recent phenomenon and is mostly ... more details
, 19th, detail Image Point d Angleterre..jpg thumb right 275px Point d Angleterre, 18th Brussels lace is a type of bobbin lace pillow lace that originated in and around Brussels . ref name OED Brussels. The Oxford English Dictionary . 2nd ed. 1989. ref The term Brussels lace has been broadly used for any lace from Brussels, however the term strictly interpreted refers to bobbin lace, in which the pattern is made first, then the ground, or r seau , added, also using bobbin lace. Brussels lace is not to be confused with Brussels point, which is a type of needle lace , though is sometimes also called Brussels lace . ref name L&L cite book last Powys first Marian title Lace and Lace Making url ... isbn 0486418111 pages 27 29 ref Brussels lace is made in pieces, with the flowers and design made separate from the ground, unlike Mechlin lace or Valenciennes lace because of this, the long threads that form the design always follow the curves of the pattern, whereas in bobbin lace s made all at once, the threads are parallel to the length of the lace. ref name P&P cite book last Sharp first Mary coauthors editor title Point and Pillow Lace url http books.google.com books?id SjVqcPZF30cC ... Brussels lace is also distinguished by its r seau or background, the toil or pattern, and the lack ... designs. In Brussels lace, instead of a cordonnet , the pattern is edged with open stitches, which are then picked up to form the r seau. ref name P&P Brussels lace is well known for its delicacy .... ref name P&P ref name Hist of Lace cite book last Palliser first Bury title History of Lace url ... thread is part of what prevented mechanizing the process of making Brussels lace, as well as the production ... the lace so costly. Brussels lace cost more than Mechlin lace , and was in high demand in England and France. ref name Hist of Lace Brussels lace started to be produced in the 15th century, ref name Hist of Lace and was first explicitly mentioned in England in a list of presents given to Mary I ... more details
of cheaper, machine made lace. Lace making survived on a small scale and the technique was preserved by Carmelite nuns in Alen on. In 1976 a National Lace Workshop was established in the town to ensure that this lace making technique survived. There is a permanent exhibition of lace and a display showing ... the Workshop. UNESCO recognised the unusual craftsmanship of this lace and added it to its ... Alen on lace publisher Aberdeen University Press location Aberdeen year 1987 pages 207 isbn 978 0 08 ... See also Lace Alen on Normandy External links Commons category Alen on lace le Point d Alen on http visitnormandy.wordpress.com 2010 11 16 alencon lace Alen on Lace History http www.normandie chambres.co.uk alencon.html lace Alen on Lace Illustrated Description of Technique http www.paysdalencontourisme.com musee beaux arts dentelle alencon 784 fr.html Alen on Museum of Fine Arts and Lace http www.museocaprai.it ... welcome 857 fr.html Alen on Tourist Office Lace types NOTOC Category Lace Category Textile ... more details
Image Hairpin lace.JPG thumb Hairpin lace on frame Hairpin lace is a crochet technique done using a crochet hook and a hairpin lace loom, which consists of two parallel metal rods held at the top and the bottom by removable bars. Historically, a metal U shaped hairpin was used, from which the name originates. Hairpin lace is formed by wrapping yarn around the prongs of the hairpin lace loom to form Loop knot loops , which are held together by a row of crochet stitched worked in the center, called the spine. ref Reader s Digest. Complete Guide to Needlework . The Reader s Digest Association, Inc. March 1992 . ISBN 0 89577 059 8 ref The resulting piece of lace can be worked to any length desired by removing the bottom bar of the hairpin and slipping the loops off the end. The strips produced by this process can be joined together to create an airy and lightweight fabric. Various types of yarns and threads can be used to achieve different color, texture and design effects. Examples of items made with hairpin lace include scarves, shawls, hats, baby blankets, afghans, and clothing. Hairpin lace can also be added to sewn, knitted, and crocheted works as a decorative accent. References reflist crochet Lace types Category Crochet Category Lace textile arts stub de Gabelh kelei no Gimping nn Gimping ru ... more details
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