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Lacemaking


Making laces by hand is an ancient and treasured art form. Sites listed here are involved in the study, preservation and the making of lace of all types. Some types of handmade laces include bobbin laces, needle laces, tape laces and tatted lace.


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Poole Bobbin Lace Circle - Lacemakers share a pattern page, photos of their exhibits, Miss Channer's mat, plus information about their 4 year lace course.
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Lace Magazine - Contains a short introduction to princess, bobbin and needle laces.
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Lace Centre - Lacemakers demonstrate craft at Jerusalem Church.
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Alissa's Lace - Alissa shares her work in buck's point, flemish, honiton and torchon.
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Isis Lacemakers - Homepage of lacemakers in Oxford UK includes calendar of events.
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Lefkara Lace - The history and patterns of lace on Cyprus can be found here, plus a photo index of local lacemakers.
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Alencon Lace - Site describes history of, and techniques used to make, alencon lace.
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Lacemaking in Bedfordshire - Shares the history and current activities of the Aragon Lacemakers.
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Embroidery and Lace - Bjarne Drew shares photos of the costumes he's created and his lace projects.
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Landelijke Organisatie Kant Kunst - The official site of LOKK, the Dutch Lace Organization, contains photos of modern and classical laces created by its members. Click kantbrief to reach the gallery.
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Cipka Lace - Professor Janez Bogataj shares an essay on this Slovenian lace.
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Lacemaking in Czek - Site contains animated video of bobbin pairs in action.
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Branscombe Parish - This article describes the lace industry and school in this English village.
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Mary Margaret Nousek - Mary offers a small gallery that includes profiles of a man and a woman done in needle lace.
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Brazilian Laces - This site contains photos of laces made in Brazil.
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LaceFairy's Lacemaking Central - Part museum, part master's degree, Lori's site holds more than 1000 pages of lacemaking information. Site includes information on lacemaking and lacemakers, identification and preservation, collecting and collections. Instructions, patterns, postcards and graphics, historical photos and galleries can be found here.
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Claeys Antique - Diane Claeys regularly adds illustrated articles on the history of a lace piece (with over a dozen articles currently on site). Vintage photos and paintings of lacemakers share a gallery with antique lace tools.
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Lacemaking - Thirty eight sites are linked to this web ring.
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Ieperse Huiskant - A lace nativity scene (#7) and Snow White (#10) are among the works created by this busy Belgian Lace Group.
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Lacemakers of Calais - Homepage of this historic Australian Society of Lacemakers.
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Reclaiming Your Heritage, Lace and Linens - Elizabeth Kurella identifies, repairs and appraises fine laces.
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Jana Onuskova - Bobbin Lace Artist shares nine of her original modern works.
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International Forum of Lace - Results of the 2003 Conference in Rimini, Italy are located here. Site includes plans to further study the technical, artistic and historic aspects of lace in 2005 .
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Idrija Lace - Three pictures of lace, one of tools, and a link to an article in Lace magazine.
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Liberty Lacers - A gallery of challenges is presented by Philadelphia lacemakers.
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Irish Carrickmacross Lace - - This Arduin Lace Collection was handmade by Mary O'Neill in Ireland.
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Tussah - Photos, and descriptions, of bobbin lace pieces made by Lara's mom.
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Carolina's Lace Site - Carolina presents her original milanese works, patterns and a history of lace in Catalunya.
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Bobbin Lace European Network - This database has entries in the following categories: laces, census and biographies of lacemakers, designers, bibliographies, glossaries, historical documents, museums, news and online training.
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BJ's Laces - BJ describes different forms of handmade laces, including bobbin, tattting, needle and chemical.
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Howfen - Glenys Pople has written a clear and well illustrated definition of bobbin lace.
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Dora the Knotter - Dora's sense of humor shows in her Margareten-Spitze laces.
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Rosemary Richards-Steck - Rosemary's hobby is making bobbin lace by the pond.
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Christine England - Chrisine has posted photos of her honiton projects.
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Traditional and Modern Bobbin Lacing - Click the buttons labelled 'moderne' to view 14 years of the work of Lace Artist, Beate Agten.
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Frauke Lorenz - The modern works of this lace artist are displayed here.
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Eitel's Bobbin Lace - Eitel shares 3 examples of lace projects.
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Gon Homburg - Based in Amsterdam, this certified teacher/bobbin lacer shares her lace heritage with students.
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Falkink - A lacemaker has evaluated design software and created a table stand for a vertical cookie pillow.
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Knotwork - Frances defines knotwork and offers assorted bobbins.
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"Mrs Dot" - Freelance editor for Lace (the Lace Guild magazine), Deb's site contains knitted, bobbin and needle laces, plus plotted grids for designing your own lace patterns.
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Lacemaking - Italian site describes works in buckspoint, torchon and milanese, and holds a gallery of over forty photos.
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Kloeppeln - Hiltraut tells why she loves bobbin lacemaking and shares fifteen photos of her work.
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The Lace Museum from Castilla y Leon (Spain) - This site contains photos of bobbin displays, and 16th - 20th century laces.
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Kate's Lace - Kate posts photos of her bobbinlaces: bonnet, booties, collars, doilies and tablecoths.
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Bobbinlace Chat Group - A group of over 300 bobbin lacers chat about projects, supplies and patterns.
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Allhallows Museum - Based in Honiton, Devon UK, the museum features the laces famous to this region.
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Dalla Lidia Merletti d'Arte - This museum and shop in Venice shares a series of photos that chronical a piece of needlelace from design to finished masterpiece.
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Lego Bobbin Winder - Kieth Enevoldsen shows how to make a bobbin winder from legos.
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Ville de Retournac - The Lace Manufactures Museum records France's lacemaking history.
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Annelies de Kort - An amazing bobbin lace cake buffet and miniature lace shop shown here.
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Hungarian Kalocsa Lace II ICC - The Embroiderers Guild of America offers a correspondence course in advanced Kalosca Lace.
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Sheelin Antique Irish Lace Museum - Museum shares several photos of lace dating from 1850 to 1900.
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Design for Communicating - 17th-century Portuguese needlelace border illustrates the biblical story of Judith.
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Fine Filaments - A Basic Guide To Lacis written by Tomi McNaughton.
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Lacemaking in the 17th century. - Sheila Sharpe demonstrates lacemaking in period costume.
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Marie-Jo Quinault - New filet lace is created from 16th century patterns.
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La Dentelles - Rosanna has compiled articles, photos, reports and diagrams of lacemaking in France, including an unusual collection of lacemakers in miniature.
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The Tangled Web of Lara the Lacemaker - Lara offers history and how-to's for period costumes plus patterns.
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Lacemaker's Cottage - Scroll to the bottom of the page to find lace histories from 1500-1900, plus a gallery of laceworks.
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Lace Book List - Arlene has compiled a booklist, in 30 categories, for lace enthusiasts.
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Emily Clare, lacemaker - Photo and historical background of victorian era lacemaker.
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Miniature Bobbin Lace - Jan, from Crete, creates miniature lace and lacemaking supplies - including a complete lace shop.
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Iva Proskova - A unique lace ruff, and a pillow on stand, plus tips on cleaning nonwashable lace.
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Knypplad Spets , the Crowning Touch - Rita Leydon writes an essay on bobbin lacemaking in Sweden.
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Golden Bobbin Lacers - One of the groups that make up the North Carolina Regional Lacers, the site contains their newsletter and information about lace deomonstrations and other activities.
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The Lace Museum - The site of this California museum shows current displays, workshops and classes. Also calendar of events, newsletter and patterns.
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Avital's Fibers - Avital designed a printable pricking for a bobbin lace tablecloth and a Star of David tatting pattern. Her gallery contains examples of 3 different lace forms.
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Lorelei Halley - Lorelei documents methods of identification and describes bobbin lace in the 17th through the current century.
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Needlelace Club - This news group provides a forum to discuss needlelace techniques.
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Introduction to Bobbin Lace - There are sixteen online pages in this comprehensive beginning lesson taught by Jennifer McNitt.
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Jo Edkins' Lace School - This online bobbin lace school has twelve lessons covering over forty topics. Each topic is well illustrated; some are even animated. The ten beginning patterns are organized into four categories; all are illustrated.
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Cross-Twist (Kreuzen-Drehen ) - Click a photo, then follow the arrows to explore the works of Lace-Artist Eva Baumgartner.
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Sieglindes Twinetime - Lace Artist Sieglinde Grigat's 'Occhi' gallery holds over 40 pieces of tatted artworks. Most pieces employ advanced techniques. She also works in bobbin lace, crochet and hairpin laces, knotted and knitted laces.
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Silver Pin Studio - Lace Artist: Lenka Suchanek uses wire as a medium to create bobbin lace jewelry and sculptures. She also shares photos of her studio in British Columbia, Canada.
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Czech bobbin lacemaker - Site shows a variety of Honiton pieces and discusses Slovak, Milanese and Point Ground.
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Saraphi Handmade Silk Lace - Janya Sugunnasil, in Thailand, designs and teaches bobbin laces.
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Batten Lace - These simplified instructions for making battenburg lace include photos.
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Janine's Lace - With 3 bobbin lace edgings and 6 small circulars, this is a nice little gallery.
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Jean's Lace Definitions - Jean Bullock illustrates and defines 6 types of handmade lace.
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Knitted Heirloom Lace - Author Gloria Penning shares 18 knitted lace works, plus information about her books.
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Looking for the Big End - Jean Goldberg translates humor into art through needlelace. This extraordinary gallery contains 20 masterpieces in lace depicting life in the twenty first century.
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Steph's String Related Stuff - Stephanie Peter's provides free bobbin lace software, stitching charts and tatting patterns, including complete illustrated instructions for cluny leaves.
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Lynda Libby's Lace - Lynda shares pictures of her bobbin laces, grouped by type.
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Needlelace - A nice introduction to the various forms of needlelaces, this site also illustrates the stitches.
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The Lacemakers Circle - The Circle, formed in 1988, publishes a quarterly magazine, promotes classes, demonstrations and lace days, and maintains a library. They match lacemakers with mentoring peers, and provide a help line.
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Ruthan Designs Torchon Lace - Doylies, mats, butterflies and a doll dress have all been made by this creative lacemaker.
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Leisa's Lace Gallery - Leisa ReFalo shares six galleries of handmade laces, plus stumpwork and jewelry.
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Alamo Bobbin Lacers - An IOLI charter group, meets in San Antonio, Texas. Includes photos of annual demonstrations at the Folklife Festival.
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Slovakian Bobbin Lace - Scroll down and click 'patterns' to find Jana's drawings. Click 'photographs' for a gallery of contempory and traditional pieces.
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Guild of Irish Lace Makers - Irish Laces are this group's specialty. Carrickmacross, Irish crochet, and Limerick laces can all be found in their gallery.
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Lace Exhibitions - This comprehensive well maintained list, sorted by country, lists lace events all over the world.
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Gloria Valli - Gloria's laceworks include multiple contest entries. She specializes in modern lace jewelry.
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Lace Design - Three lace artists encourage bobbin, and needle, lacemakers to give designing a try by offering case studies, tutorials, patterns and galleries.
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Noelene Lafferty - Settled in The Round House in Cooma, Australia, Noelene (Tatter's Poet Laureate) shares her new lace creations.
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Rustyx Lace - This lacemaker combines different lace forms. Bobbin lace, needle lace and tatting, can all be found in one piece.
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Brenda's Lace - Sharing the site with sister Terry, Brenda shows how to make paper bobbins, and shares a Beds-Maltese pattern.
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CD 2000 GALLERY - This unusual collection of over 400 laces was exhibited in England and the USA.
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Bobbinburg - Directory of links for personal pages, shops, and chat.
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The Costumer's Manifesto - Dr. Maginnis documents laces used on apparel from the 16th -19th century.
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Bobbin Lacers in CZ - Jaroslava Jedlinska and Dana Mihulkova, both from Czechoslovakia, share examples of their bobbin laces.
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Digital Archive of Documents - Professor Griswold has been collecting documents regarding textile arts such as lacemaking, and placing them in this online archival library.
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Doina and Tiana - Two friends give classes and provide kits for Romanian Point Lace. Gallery included.
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La Encajera - The Lacemaker - Home page of the Spanish lace magazine. Patterns, competitions and calendar, plus 'Letter to the Reader' from previous issues.
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Dreams of Lace - Christiane Eichler's site includes a comprehensive pattern surfer,a German & English lace dictionary, a gallery and tips.
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T'N'LACE - A gallery of lace from 1991 to present contains over two dozen works.
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Canadian Lacemaker Gazette - This lace magazine is printed in French and English.
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Celtic Dream Weaver - Sherry, a tatter and bobbin lacer, designs unique pieces. She also decorates bobbins using paints and decoupage.
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Dentelle style battenburg - A gallery of home accessories in battenburg lace is found here.
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Zemanova - Samples of Honiton, Slovak, Point Groound and Milanese laces are found in this gallery.
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Knipling Lace Festival - Tape Laces are the theme of this Festival in Tonder in 2004.
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Allhallows Museum, Honiton - This museum in Devon, England, is dedicated to local history and Honiton lace.
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Bartlett Caesar & Partners - This family based business provides bobbin lace supplies plus lace inspired designs in other genres.
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Cowper & Newton Museum: Lace making home page - Discussing the history of bucks, beds and northant bobbin laces, this site also covers equipment and local laces today.
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Elena's Romanian Point Lace - Elena presents a large gallery of Romanian Point work, including: angels, coasters, doilies, butterflies, seashells, bookmards and florals. She also offers kits and patterns.
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Weronika Patena's Bobbin - Weronika describes her lace pieces and designs, and keeps a lacemaking journal.
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German Bobbin Lace Association - Founded in 1983, this group has 3800 members. It promotes lacemaking thru congresses, competitions, classes and exhibits.
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Manie Kriel from Heidelberg, Gauteng, South Africa - Mr. Kriel describes himself as a passionate lacemaker. Although he's only been making lace since 1996, he's already completed projects in torchon, bedfordshire, brugges, duchesse and russian tape lace.
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Dan Derek - Dan's lace gallery includes a variety of handmade laces and can be seen by scrolling down the thumbnails at left of page.
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Lacemaking Webring - Webrings make it easy to randomly surf thru lacemaking sites.
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Beautiful and Practical Netting - Rita creates doilies and edgings, sharing patterns and 'how to' information.
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