Lace

Lace is an openwork fabric, patterned with open holes in the work, made by machine or by ha
Originally linen, silk, gold, or silver threads were used. Now lace is often made with cott
There are many types of lace, defined by how they are made. These include:
â ¢ Needle lace; made using a needle and thread. This is the most flexible of the lace-
â ¢ Cutwork, or whitework; lace constructed by removing threads from a woven background
â ¢ Bobbin Lace; as the name suggests, made with bobbins and a pillow. The bobbins, tur
â ¢ Tape lace; makes the tape in the lace as it is worked, or uses a machine- or hand-m
⠢ Knotted lace; including macramé and tatting. Tatted lace is made with a shuttle or
â ¢ Crocheted lace; including Irish crochet, pineapple crochet, and filet crochet.
â ¢ Knitted lace; including Shetland lace, such as the "wedding ring shawl", a lace sha
â ¢ Machine-made; any style of lace created or replicated using mechanical means.
History
Objects resembling lace bobbins have been found in Roman remains, but there are no records
Lace was used by clergy of the early Catholic Church as part of vestments in religious cere
In North America in the 19th century, lace making was spread to the Native American tribes
St. John Francis Regis helped many country girls stay away from the cities by establishing
Bobbin lace is a lace textile made by braiding and twisting lengths of thread, which are wo
Bobbin lace is also known as pillow lace and bone lace, because early bobbins were made of
Bobbin lace is one of the two major categories of hand-made laces, the other being needlela
Origin
Bobbin lace evolved from passementerie or braid-making in 16th century Italy. Coarse passem
The making of bobbin lace was easier to learn than the elaborate cutwork of the 16th centur
In the 17th century, the textile centers of Flanders and Normandy eclipsed Italy as the pre
Structure
Bobbin lace may be made with coarse or fine threads. Traditionally it was made with linen,
Elements of later bobbin lace may include toile or toilé (clothwork), réseau (the net-lik
Contemporary laces
The advent of machine-made lace at first pushed lace-makers into more complicated designs b
Needle lace (also known as needlelace or needle-made lace) is a type of lace created using
In its purest form the only equipment and materials used are a needle, thread and scissors.
Chemical Lace (sometimes referred to as Schiffli Lace) is a form of machine-made lace. This
This embroidery is typically done on a multi-head or multi-needle Schiffli machine or loom
After the embroidery is completed the embroidered fabric is immersed in a solution that wil
Utilizing these large machines and this technique a single piece of lace could be, using to
The original composition of the disintegrating "bath" was not very friendly to the environm