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Bobbin lace is a
lace textile made by
braiding and
twisting lengths of
thread,
which are
wound on
bobbins to
manage them. As the work progresses, the weaving...
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Lace is a
delicate fabric made of yarn or
thread in an open
weblike pattern, made by
machine or by hand. Generally,
lace is
split into two main categories...
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continuous lace,
meaning that the
threads continue from the
beginning to the end of the pattern, as
opposed to non-continuous
laces,
where the
threads that...
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Needle lace is a type of
lace created using a
needle and
thread to
create hundreds of
small stitches to form the
lace itself. The
origins of
needle lace date...
- to help
support their families.
Lace-making
required little equipment beyond bobbins and fine
cotton or
linen thread, and a
great deal of patience, so...
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pointed star, and was made of the same
thread as the pattern,
unlike the
otherwise similar blonde lace. The
lace was
produced in
strips approximately four...
- by
weaving or
embroidery using a long
blunt needle and a
thread on a
ground of
knotted net
lace or
filet work made of
square or
diagonal meshes of the same...
- that it fell upon the
thread. This fine
thread was one
reason preventing mechanization of the
process of
making Brussels lace, as well as the production...
- "to braid".
Examples of
gallon braid, trim and
lace Metallic galloon lace in silk and
metal thread Woven floral galloon trim
Golden silk and cotton...
- Bebilla,
Nazareth Lace and
Knotted Lace) is a pure form of
needle lace made
using only a needle,
thread and pair of scissors.
Various threads are used in embroidery:...
