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Bobbin Lace for Beginners: A Step-by-Step Guide to Torchon Lace, Bobbins, Stitches, Prickings & Your First Beautiful Projects
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ISBN13: 9798173628930
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 12 2026
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.26 Width: 8.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 12 2026
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.26 Width: 8.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Bobbin lace can look impossibly complicated - until you see the simple system underneath. Bobbin Lace for Beginners is a calm, visual, step-by-step introduction to Torchon lace designed for complete beginners who want to understand what their hands are doing, not simply copy a sequence of movements. Starting with the pillow, bobbins, pins and thread, Clara Fenmere builds the craft one decision at a time. You will learn how Cross and Twist combine into useful stitch structures, how pairs travel through a pattern, how tension changes the finished lace and how a pricking differs from a working diagram or an individual-thread diagram. Inside you will learn how to: - choose and prepare a practical beginner lacemaking setup
- wind, organise and manage bobbins without losing track of working pairs
- master Cross and Twist and read CT, CTC and CTCT sequences clearly
- work Torchon ground, footsides, diamonds, fans, spiders and roseground
- understand starts, finishes, tension, pair flow and colour paths
- distinguish prickings, working diagrams and thread diagrams
- diagnose common faults before they become larger problems
- approach unfamiliar patterns with a repeatable reading method
- progress from guided exercises towards independent pattern literacy The later chapters deliberately reduce the amount of hand-holding. Instead of only showing what to do next, they teach you how to inspect a lace design, identify familiar structures, trace pair movement and recognise what information a workable pattern still needs. Whether you are discovering bobbin lace for the first time or returning after a long break, this book gives you a structured route from a crowded pillow of unfamiliar bobbins to a craft you can actually read and understand.
- master Cross and Twist and read CT, CTC and CTCT sequences clearly
- work Torchon ground, footsides, diamonds, fans, spiders and roseground
- understand starts, finishes, tension, pair flow and colour paths
- distinguish prickings, working diagrams and thread diagrams
- diagnose common faults before they become larger problems
- approach unfamiliar patterns with a repeatable reading method
- progress from guided exercises towards independent pattern literacy The later chapters deliberately reduce the amount of hand-holding. Instead of only showing what to do next, they teach you how to inspect a lace design, identify familiar structures, trace pair movement and recognise what information a workable pattern still needs. Whether you are discovering bobbin lace for the first time or returning after a long break, this book gives you a structured route from a crowded pillow of unfamiliar bobbins to a craft you can actually read and understand.
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