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Eisblumen by Ulrike Voelcker.
An excellent text on Mechlin. Comprehensive instructions
with clear diagrams and enlarged photographs showing intricate details.
And prickings for all motifs. The book includes the ten floral motifs on
the front cover and the five bands on the back cover. The book is
certainly of the very high standard we have come to expect of Ulrike Voelcker
(Lohr).
Text in English and German.
98 pages, hard cover. |
$69.90 |
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Bedfordshire Lace Patterns, A Personal Selection by Margaret Turner
Mrs Turner selected many of the fine examples of Bedfordshire
lace shown in this book from the work of friends and pupils. Additional
prickings are included, including a number, not generally available, from
private collections.
This pattern book contains excellent photographs and clear
prickings.
This is an essential addition to your lace making library.
Excellent value.
Readers will need to be familiar with Bedfordshire techniques. Published 1938,
100 pages plus pricking sheets,
soft cover. |
$39.90 |
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Romanian Point Lace Christmas Ornaments
- Sylvia Murariu
The introduction includes notes on material and tools, along
with instructions and clear diagrams for the basic working technique. The
book has photographs, diagrams and instructions for working each of the
ornaments on the cover.
Spiral bound, 17 pages, soft cover. |
$14.90 |
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Traditional Bedfordshire Lace, Technique and Patterns,
- Barbara Underwood
This book is intended as a handbook for students of all
abilities. The text sets out the techniques and shows how to apply them to
different parts of the pattern.
The lace-maker is given not only a choice of techniques for
particular sections of the pattern, but also a comprehensive reference book to
help tackle any Bedfordshire pricking in a traditional manner.
Over 100 clear working diagrams are included as well as
prickings for all the lace illustrated. The photographs are enlarged to
show the lace in detail.
Published 1998, 92 pages, hard cover. |
$58.90 |
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Battenber and Point Lace Book
- Nellie Clarke Brown
This book is a republication of the "Priscilla Battenberg and
Point Lace Book" of 1912, which was a compilation of many of the earlier books
including the 1982 edition of the Florence Home Needlework.
The text includes instructions for selecting materials, basting
and overcasting the braid, preparing a sampler, and the making of a variety of
stitches and bars. Just in case you need inspiration, there are 110
illustrations of pattern ideas.
Soft cover, 64 pages. |
$29.90 |
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Introducing Bedfordshire Lace in 20 Lessons,
- Barbara Underwood
Barbara Underwood offers a graded course essential for the
newcomer to Bedfordshire lace. It provides a thorough grounding in the
techniques; the step-by-step instructions help provide the skills for tackling
Bedordshire patterns independently. It will appeal to those particularly
interested in the traditional Bedforeshire Floral lace.
The book is easy to use with new and compact patterns, clear
diagrams and instructions, and high quality photographs with enlarged detail.
Published 1993 and 2006, 115 pages, hard cover. |
$54.90 |
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Schwarzabeit - Band 2 by Ulrike Voelcker.
This text is now available again, after being out of print for
many years. Chantilly lace is the focus of this book. An extensive
collection of quality patterns are presented. There are 31 new designs,
sometimes inspired by old laces; 7 reconstructed laces; and 10 Blonde laces
which include new designs, reconstructed designs and adaptations of old laces.
The prickings, diagrams and photographs are all crystal clear. The text
assumes a knowledge of the techniques involved.
Text in English and German.
98 pages, hard cover. |
$99.50 |
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Needle Laces, Battenberg, Point & Reticella, Including Princess Lace, edited
by Jules & Kaethe Kliot
Lots of stitches, instructions, and pattern ideas.
This book is a republication of of portions of several manuals
printd between 1878 and 1938, dealing with varieties of contemporary point
laces, ie lace worked with a needle and thread which does not rely on any fabric
ground.
76 pages, soft cover. |
$24.90 |
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Kumihimo, The Essence of Japanese Braiding, Makimo Tada
An English translation of the 1980 Japanese language edition,
detailing over 50 braids, and the techniques for working on the Marudai, Kakudai
and the Ayatakedai. 134 pages, soft cover. |
$39.50 |
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Necklaces Braided on the Kumihimo Disk,
Karen DeSousa
Orientated to specific projects, a variety of projects clearly
detailed using beads, decorative cords and imagination. 33 pages, soft cover. |
$34.90 |
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