Beginning Bobbin Lace

In this course for beginners, Elena will guide you through the 500-year-old craft of bobbin lace, covering technique, history, identification, and contemporary practice. You will begin your skill building by making samplers of the basic filling stitches used to make motifs, including cloth stitch, whole stitch, and half stitch. Subsequently, you will learn the background stitches used in Torchon ground, a beginner-friendly geometric bobbin lace technique worked on a 90-degree grid but applicable to other bobbin lace techniques. From there you will learn to combine filling and ground stitches to create patterns in strips and in the round, and learn additional stitches including spiders, four-strand braiding, and picots. By looking closely at lace from the ground up, you will leave with a solid foundation for advancement and understanding of this complex art form. No prerequisites are required for this workshop. 

Note: Elena works directly with a favorite supplier to create a $95 equipment kit for each participant. Elena will provide patterns. Additional tools and supplies will be minimal, including scissors, snips, and thread.