Bobbin Lace in Spain

Antje González

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Lessons (learning how to make lace and the necessary materials)

The most complete course we can find in the Internet is in French. It has very good diagrams, so even lacers who don't speak French can understand it easily:

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/aplimouzin/frame.html

In the next sites you can also find bobbin lace courses, although they usually only explain certain things, such as how to fill your bobbins, how to make a pillow... It is interesting to see how the materials are different depending on each country.

http://www.tombolodisegni.it/ In Italian. Here you will find how to make an Italian bolster pillow. The basic stitches are also explained. The free patterns are very interesting and different to our Spanish ones.  

http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/lace/ In English. How to make bobbin lace, used materials, how to make the border, the foot, a variety of grounds... Patterns.  

http://www.loreleihalley.com/lacelessons.htm I English. The most interesting part of this site is the classification of different types of laces. 

http://www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/lace/index.html#EN : Here we can find hundreds of links to other sites, also basic instructions on how to make Flanders. Written in Dutch, German and English.

http://www.brandis.com.au/craft/block.html How to make a block pillow.