Examples of Lace Styles

Mary made these test swatches and sample laces in order to study a range of bobbin lace techniques. Reference books for these patterns and techniques were: The Technique of Tønder Lace by Inge Skovgaard, Further Steps in Honiton Lace by Susanne Thompson, Pillow or Bobbin Lace by E. Mincoff and M. Marriage, Bobbin Lacemaking by Doris Southard, and A Manual of Bedfordshire Lace by Pam Robinson. These are excellent home study resources.

These Tønder lace swatches demonstrate a Danish point ground lace similar to the English Bucks Point.


The leaf and pinwheel motifs are examples of the Honiton technique in which motifs were assembled in piece fashion on a mesh ground.



The hanky edging and bell-pull are made in the relatively simple Torchon lace technique.



This Bedfordshire lace mat is another English lace which has a guipure, or barred, rather than a mesh grounded background.



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