Bedfordshire Lace

In the late 19th century, Bedfordshire lace gained popularity due to its bold-open designs and elegant floral motifs. This book provides information and instructions for lacemaking, including equipment, patterns, and techniques such as cloth stitch, half stitch, plaits, windmill crossings, picots, and leaf-shaped tallies. It includes twenty-six patterns, some traditional and others designed more recently, with supporting instructions, photographs, and diagrams.

Format: Hardback
Length: 128 pages
Publication date: 22 February 2021
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd

Due to the beauty of its daring, open designs, frequently featuring exquisite floral patterns, Bedfordshire lace gained popularity in the fashion trends of the second half of the nineteenth century. Lacemakers are still fascinated and captivated by it today.

This practical book is intended for both novice and experienced lacemakers who wish to master these techniques in order to create this elegance for themselves. Information is provided on the equipment required for bobbin lacemaking, how to make a pricking (the pattern on which the lace is made), and how to wind thread on the bobbins. Instruction explains how to work cloth stitch and half stitch, plaits, windmill crossings, picots, and leaf-shaped tallies, as well as how to finish a piece of lace. There is a series of twenty-six patterns, some traditional and others designed more recently. These are supported by instructions, photographs, and diagrams. The patterns include small motifs, edgings (some with corners for handkerchiefs), butterflies, and, finally, three exquisite collars.

Weight: 554g
Dimension: 198 x 252 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781785008184