Bobbin Lace - Tumblr Posts
Everything that goes into a pice of lace.
7 months and a 100+ hours of work for one 15x11 cm pice. The finished pice of bobbin lace "Cows in a field"
Sometimes, ya just gotta make do with what you have
I decided I wanted to give bobbin lace a try but didn't want to invest a ton of money in case I didn't like it so here has been my solution. I've drawn all the patterns by hand on regular notebook paper, and am pinning into my laptop case. The only money I've spent was on one pack of pencils for $1 (which I'll use anyway), an enormous spool of yarn $5 (bought at a thrift shop), and one pack of pins $6 (which I'll also use anyway).
I'm enjoying it so far, but still undecided if I want to spend more money on it. Real bobbins and a pillow would be soooo helpful though. But its been encouraging how much I've been able to learn already with just these materials!
Edit: Forgot to add, pattern: Simple mat edge (theedkins.co.uk)
eee thanks all so much for the tips!!! I appreciate it a lot and will be checking it all out!!!!
also for clarity, this wasn't my first piece, that honor goes to this wonky little guy 😂
the one I posted is from about (actually exactly) a month after I started. I'm very excited how it turned out though, since it was the biggest thing I've made yet, and the first mat, or anything that wasn't just a strip :)
Sometimes, ya just gotta make do with what you have
I decided I wanted to give bobbin lace a try but didn't want to invest a ton of money in case I didn't like it so here has been my solution. I've drawn all the patterns by hand on regular notebook paper, and am pinning into my laptop case. The only money I've spent was on one pack of pencils for $1 (which I'll use anyway), an enormous spool of yarn $5 (bought at a thrift shop), and one pack of pins $6 (which I'll also use anyway).
I'm enjoying it so far, but still undecided if I want to spend more money on it. Real bobbins and a pillow would be soooo helpful though. But its been encouraging how much I've been able to learn already with just these materials!
One month of bobbin lace.
All patterns from: Torchon Bobbin Lace patterns for beginners (theedkins.co.uk)
oh nooooo..... I have an idea :[
hello! i am so stunned by your bobbin lace making, ive been dreaming of getting into bobbin lace but figured i wouldnt be able to unless i got my hands on actual bobbins.
but you've made such beautiful work with pencils!! how much difference do you think the pencils made? are they difficult to work with? would it be a bad idea for me to run out and get my own bobbin pencil pack?
hey hey! thanks so much :):)
I say go for it haha 😅
I think there is for sure a difference to working with actual bobbins. The pencils are much bigger than bobbins and can get in the way of each other when you are working with them. And that would make bigger projects much harder to manage as well (I've used up to 12 pairs so far). I've wondered if maybe I'm picking up any bad techniques and habits because of their size and shape but I don't know for sure. Another thing is that since the tops are not notched (not sure if that's the actual word for it), the thread sometimes comes off and unravels and its very annoying which I think would happen less with actual bobbins. I've still only used the pencils so far, so there might be other differences that others might be able to note, but these are the biggest ones I've seen so far!
Overall though it has been a good enough solution for me to get started learning so maybe it would work for you too!!!
(also I made the terrible mistake of buying pre-sharpened pencils because I didn't notice so half of my pencils are sharp and that is so annoying but I refuse to buy more right now 😂, so keep an eye out for that maybe if you end up getting some)
Bobbin lace basics for absolute beginners
this is so cool! she uses yarn (wool) so that it’s big enough to see and simple enough to follow along.
what a fucking awesome invention lace working is :D
Its my second piece! Mostly half-stitch.
I definitely struggled more with this one, part difficulty concentrating, part me being confused as to what I was doing with the bobbins.
I prefer the look of the cloth stitch, and my nephew wants one in black, so I guess that's my next one?
And an earlier pic of my small helper
