Lace, the textile

mem_somerville, 15 days ago

For #WIPWednesday, some #tatting underway. I'm currently on a kick to do denim doilies, and have done 3 in #BobbinLace so far. But now I want another style.

Using the wonderful hand-dyed thread from @yarnplayer called Blue Skies.

Pattern is by Anne Orr. I recently discovered what a #TextileHistory rock star she was--art editor, writer, entrepreneur, pattern designer... and no #Wikipedia page. I'll be fixing that eventually.

https://quiltershalloffame.net/anne-orr/

yarnplayer, 22 days ago

The finished tatted lace belt. #tatting #tattinglace #steampunkstyle #lacemaking #fiberarts #handmade #originalpattern #originaldesign

yarnplayer, 23 days ago

Shuttle tatting with size 3 thread is pushing it to the max for me! But loving the effect. My PDF pattern is at https://www.etsy.com/listing/1711982438/tatting-pattern-steampunk-belt-pdf #originalpattern #shuttletatting #tatting #knotwork #handmade #steampunkstyle #fiberarts

mem_somerville, 26 days ago

My supervisor monitors my progress as I try to rescue this piece of antique lace from the nasty sticky backing paper someone put it on decades ago.

It is an impossibly delicate piece with super-fine thread.

Similar to this museum version, it is Brussels bobbin lace appliqué on a netting.

https://www.si.edu/object/brussels-bobbin-lace-applique-droschel-ground%3Anmah_639512

#BobbinLace #Caturday #TextileHistory

A close up of the now-unstuck lace on a blue felt backing for contrast. It shows the floral edge of the lace and includes two American coins for scale. The flowers are about the size of a 10 cent silver piece. The threads are incredibly thin, and the flower is worked with a heavier outline edge. There are also tiny picot decorations on the outside edge. There are coin-sized flowers on the edge and smaller ones as you go up, as well as some leaves and vine details. Some of this seems to be embroidered on the netting and some additional needle lace details.
Another close up of the flowers to see the details. I cannot express how thin this thread is, but was woven with bobbins by some woman in the past in poor lighting, for probably pennies.

mem_somerville, 28 days ago

#WIPWednesday is attempting to recover from transporting this Tønder lace. I took a workshop with Bobbi Donnelly and ended up trying 2 pieces, without enough bobbins. So I had to unwind my first set. Trying to re-wind them now. So far, only one thread broke.

First time I used 140/2 cotton thread. It scares me. So thin. But it is lovely and delicate in the completed pieces. I can see the appeal.

#BobbinLace #TønderLace

Close up of the mat project. You can really only see the tops of a lot of steel pins. You can kind of see the edge work on the right. It alternates between cloth stitch sections that appear fully covered, and the Copenhagen hole stitches that leave a gap in the center of the oval and all the stitches are smushed up against the edge. The pattern notes solid | hole | solid | hole, so I can remember which one to do at each section. The unworked part has the thread outline and the pin holes for the next sections. Various threads hang off the incomplete part.
I didn't think I'd get to a second project so I didn't bring more bobbins. I hastily set up for this second one. But I was able to try another new-to-me stitch, the gimp fingers. They are tricky to do with threads winding back and forth in really short order. The advice was to make sure you deal with the tension of them constantly so they don't slip around. Anyway, my little practice piece is a mess, sitting on red felt next to the pattern printouts. My honeycombs are a mess but I just wanted to get to the fingers to be sure I tried them a couple of times during the workshop with the instructor there.

neondragon, 1 month ago

added a purple and green version to the gorgon cuff bracelet to join the all stainless steel version. now i'm not sure which color i like the best.

#bracelet #purple #green #jewelry #handmade #lace #chainmaille

same two bracelets, but laying completely flat and are crossing over one another in an x formation.

yarnplayer, 1 month ago

I’ve finally gotten around to writing up my own Steampunk Belt tatting pattern. #tattinglace #tatting #steampunk #steampunkstyle #lacemaking #handmade #fiberarts #crafts #crafting #originalpattern

mem_somerville, 1 month ago

Antique store cat wonders if you really need more doilies....

To be fair, she's right (her name is Beatrice, at Howard's Flying Dragon Antiques). But you can't get linen like the fineness of these squares now, perfectly hemmed. Seriously great stuff.

And that goose. I mean, of course I needed the goose doily.

#BobbinLace #FiletLace #Caturday

A round linen doily about 7 inches in diameter. It has a triangular trim with a little flower motif in it, made of filet lace. The center of the doily also has about a 2 inch square motif of a goose with a long bent neck in that angry goose pose. The circle of linen in the main area also has drawn thread work removed so that it looks like a tic-tac-toe grid (with the goose in the center). The initials ADH are embroidered in the top center square too.
A pile of fabulously soft and fine linen rectangles, with drawn threads to make one inch squares around the edge. It also has a perfectly sewn folded over hem all the way around. It has a safety pin holding the batch, and it says $10 set of 8. I can make a lace trim around the edges of these that will look divine. And that means I don't have to sew the center part, which is just not my favorite part of the whole thing.

yarnplayer, 1 month ago

Tatted gear earrings (my design, featuring handmade lace around a metal gear) https://www.etsy.com/listing/1370325428/tatted-gear-earrings-pale-pink-with-wire #tattingjewelry #tatting #originaldesigns #handmade #etsyseller #mixedmediajewelry

Earring made from a metal gear with tatting and beads around it. The ear wire is handmade from niobium featuring a spiral.

yarnplayer, 1 month ago

I used size 20 Lizbeth thread for this tatted “atom” with beads for the “nucleus” and “electrons”. My original tatting pattern for the “Atom” is found in the ebook “Up and Tat ‘Em” in my Etsy shop https://www.etsy.com/listing/130558620/tatting-ebook-up-and-tat-em-pdf-instant #tatting #tattinglace #lacemaking #tattingjewelry #geekycoolstuff #handmade

mem_somerville, 2 months ago

My #WIPWednesday this week is tracking down this historic lace pricking [the paper or parchment with the pin holes for our pattern].

Found in Gertrude Whiting's "Tools and toys of stitchery" from 1928.

I found the ship--it is an Edward Savage rare print from 1799. I couldn't believe it. Anyone with insights--please share.

#BobbinLace #IpswichLace #histodons #TextileHistory

mem_somerville, 3 months ago

My supervisor inspects the newest hobby....#tatting! She has figured out how to sit directly on the pattern so work cannot proceed.

#Caturday

mem_somerville, 3 months ago

#FensterFreitag windows I spotted in #BostonMA earlier this week. I loved the grid patterns and could only think they would make lovely #NeedleLace patterns...

A wider shot of the windows on the granite building showing 4 of these window grids in a row. A ledge above the window has a greek key motif trim on the edge too.

fuzzykb, 3 months ago

I did my nails special for my #BobbinLace workshop over the weekend and the teacher complimented me.

#NailArt

photo of a hand with fingernails printed with lacy patterns in silver over burgundy base

terri, 4 months ago

Tatting month continues! I'm enjoying some new colours from my crochet stash, and it's probably just as well they're a bit bigger because I had to pick back a lot of mistakes today. But that was good practice too, I guess! I miss the fixable nature of knitting, though.

#tatting #fiberarts @fiberarts