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LaceFairy's Lacemaking Central     lace.lacefairy.com Part museum, part master's degree, Lori's site holds more than 1000 pages of lacemaking information. Information on lacemaking and lacemakers, identification and preservation, collecting and collections. Instructions, patterns, postcards and graphics, historical photos and galleries can be found here.

Alamo Bobbin Lacers  home.earthlink.net/~alamobobbinlacers An IOLI charter group, meets in San Antonio, Texas. Includes photos of annual demonstrations at the Folklife Festival.

Alissa's Lace  www.jti.net/alissa/index.htm Alissa shares her work in Buck's Point, Flemish, Honiton and Torchon.

Avital's Fibers  www.angelfire.com/home/avital/m-lace.html Avital designed a printable pricking for a bobbin lace tablecloth and a Star of David tatting pattern. Her gallery contains examples of 3 different lace forms.

Batten Lace  www.e-honcho.jorne.ed.jp/en/baten These simplified instructions for making battenburg lace include photos.

Beautiful and Practical Netting  knotsindeed.com Rita creates doilies and edgings, sharing patterns and 'how to' information.

BJ's Laces  www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/9801/lace.html BJ describes different forms of handmade laces, including bobbin, tattting, needle and chemical.

Bobbin Lace European Network  www.blen.net/m_c.htm This database has entries in the following categories: laces, census and biographies of lacemakers, designers, bibliographies, glossaries, historical documents, museums, news and online training.

Bobbin Lacers in CZ  www.lace.cz Jaroslava Jedlinska and Dana Mihulkova, both from Czechoslovakia, share examples of their bobbin laces.

Bobbinlace Chat Group  groups.yahoo.com/group/bobbinlace A group of over 300 bobbin lacers chat about projects, supplies and patterns.

Branscombe Parish  www.geocities.com/Athens/1491/lace.html This article describes the lace industry and school in this English village.

Brenda Paternoster  paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/lace.html Brenda includes instructions for choosing threads, a free pattern and a gallery.

Brenda's Lace  paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk Brenda and Terry Paternoster offer information about lacemaking, lace threads and a free bobbin lace pattern.

Canadian Lacemaker Gazette  www.lacegazette.com This lace magazine is printed in French and English.

Carolina's Lace Site  www.geocities.com/carolgallego Carolina presents her original milanese works, patterns and a history of lace in Catalunya.

CD 2000 GALLERY  freespace.virgin.net/deborah.robinson/cd2000.htm This unusual collection of over 400 laces was exhibited in England and the USA.

Celtic Dream Weaver  celticdreamweaver.com Sherry, a tatter and bobbin lacer, designs unique pieces. She also decorates bobbins using paints and decoupage.

Christine England  members.tripod.com/~lacemaker/index.htm Chrisine has posted photos of her honiton projects.

Claeys Antique  www.claeysantique.com Diane Claeys regularly adds illustrated articles on the history of a lace piece (with over a dozen articles currently on site). Vintage photos and paintings of lacemakers share a gallery with antique lace tools.

The Costumer's Manifesto  www.costumes.org/history/100pages/16THLACE.HTM Dr. Maginnis documents laces used on apparel from the 16th -19th century.

Cowper & Newton Museum: Lace making home page  www.mkheritage.co.uk/cnm/lace/index.html Discussing the history of bucks, beds and northant bobbin laces, this site also covers equipment and local laces today.

Cross-Twist (Kreuzen-Drehen )  www.kreuzen-drehen.at Click a photo, then follow the arrows to explore the works of Lace-Artist Eva Baumgartner.

Csetneki Hungarian Lace  www.csetnekicsipke.hu One hundred years of Hungarian lace. Includes history, lacemaking method, and image gallery with close up details.

Dentelle style battenburg  www.geocities.com/dentellequebec A gallery of home accessories in battenburg lace is found here.

Digital Archive of Documents  www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns Professor Griswold has been collecting documents regarding textile arts such as lacemaking, and placing them in this online archival library.

Dora the Knotter  homepage.ntlworld.com/dora.northern/index.htm Dora's sense of humor shows in her Margareten-Spitze laces.

Dreams of Lace  www.tatting.de/dol Christiane Eichler's site includes a pattern surfer, a German and English lace dictionary, a gallery and tips.

Eitel's Bobbin Lace  www.customcpu.com/ait/edunaway Eitel shares 3 examples of lace projects.

Emily Clare, lacemaker  clutch.open.ac.uk/schools/willen99/w_employment/Clares/lace.html Photo and historical background of victorian era lacemaker.

Falkink  www.xs4all.nl/~falkink/lace/index.html A lacemaker has evaluated design software and created a table stand for a vertical cookie pillow.

Frauke Lorenz  www.uni-potsdam.de/u/physik/mitarbeiter/lorenz/frauke2.htm The modern works of this lace artist are displayed here.

Gloria Valli  digilander.libero.it/gloriavalli/ehome.htm Gloria's laceworks include multiple contest entries. She specializes in modern lace jewelry.

Golden Bobbin Lacers  www.angelfire.com/sc3/goldenbobbins One of the groups that make up the North Carolina Regional Lacers, the site contains their newsletter and information about lace deomonstrations and other activities.

Guild of Irish Lace Makers  www.irishlace.org Irish Laces are this group's specialty. Carrickmacross, Irish crochet, and Limerick laces can all be found in their gallery.

Howfen  www.howfen.demon.co.uk Glenys Pople has written a clear and well illustrated definition of bobbin lace.

Ieperse Huiskant  www.geocities.com/SoHo/Exhibit/4173 A lace nativity scene (#7) and Snow White (#10) are among the works created by this busy Belgian Lace Group.

International Forum of Lace  www.italiainvita.it Results of the 2003 Conference in Rimini, Italy. Plans to further study the technical, artistic and historic aspects of lace in 2005.

Irish Carrickmacross Lace -  www.irishcarrickmacrosslace.com This Arduin Lace Collection was handmade by Mary O'Neill in Ireland.

Isis Lacemakers  www.isis-lacemakers.org Homepage of lacemakers in Oxford UK includes calendar of events.

Jana Onuskova  art.box.sk/jo Bobbin Lace Artist shares nine of her original modern works.

Kate's Lace  www.geocities.com/SoHo/Coffeehouse/3970/index.htm Kate posts photos of her bobbinlaces: bonnet, booties, collars, doilies and tablecoths.

Knipling Lace Festival  www.kniplings-festival.dk/engelsk Tape Laces are the theme of this Festival in Tonder in 2004.

Knitted Heirloom Lace  www.knitlacepatterns.com Author Gloria Penning shares 18 knitted lace works, plus information about her books.

Knotwork  www.lacebobbins.com Frances defines knotwork and offers assorted bobbins.

Knypplad Spets , the Crowning Touch  www.ritaleydon.com/Zwriting/1996/lace.html Rita Leydon writes an essay on bobbin lacemaking in Sweden.

La Dentelles  www.dentellieres.com/lace.htm Rosanna has compiled articles, photos, reports and diagrams of lacemaking in France, including an unusual collection of lacemakers in miniature.

La Encajera - The Lacemaker  www.realce.es/la_encajera/encaing.htm Home page of the Spanish lace magazine. Patterns, competitions and calendar, plus 'Letter to the Reader' from previous issues.

Lace Book List  www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/1404/books.txt Arlene has compiled a booklist, in 30 categories, for lace enthusiasts.

Lace Design  www.lace.nildram.co.uk Three lace artists encourage bobbin, and needle, lacemakers to give designing a try by offering case studies, tutorials, patterns and galleries.

Lace Exhibitions  digilander.libero.it/gloriavalli/index2.htm This comprehensive well maintained list, sorted by country, lists lace events all over the world.

Lace Express  www.laceexpress.de An international, periodical magazine for lace makers. Also offers books and patterns. Online subscription and orders.

Lace Magazine  www.lacemagazine.com Includes a short introduction to princess, bobbin and needle laces.

The Lace Museum  www.thelacemuseum.org The site of this California museum shows current displays, workshops and classes. Also calendar of events, newsletter and patterns.

The Lacemakers Circle  www.oz-arnold.net/lmc The Circle, formed in 1988, publishes a quarterly magazine, promotes classes, demonstrations and lace days, and maintains a library. They match lacemakers with mentoring peers, and provide a help line.

Lacemaker's Cottage  people.delphiforums.com/standart Scroll to the bottom of the page to find lace histories from 1500-1900, plus a gallery of laceworks.

Lacemakers of Calais  www.angelfire.com/al/aslc Homepage of this historic Australian Society of Lacemakers.

Lacemaking  lacemakers.lacefairy.com Thirty eight sites are linked to this web ring.

Lacemaking  www.lacemaking.it Italian site describes works in buckspoint, torchon and milanese, and holds a gallery of over forty photos.

Lacemaking in Czek  www.palickovani.cz/en Animated video of bobbin pairs in action.

Lacemaking in the 17th century.  www.portsdown.demon.co.uk/lace.htm Sheila Sharpe demonstrates lacemaking in period costume.

Lacemaking Webring  www.unicorn-meadow.co.uk/lacering Webrings make it easy to randomly surf thru lacemaking sites.

Laces from Slovakia.  slovart.danderekgallery.net Dan Derek, in Czechoslovakia, shares a gallery of handmade laces.

Landelijke Organisatie Kant Kunst  www.lokk.nl The official site of LOKK, the Dutch Lace Organization, contains photos of modern and classical laces created by its members. Click kantbrief to reach the gallery.

Lefkara Lace  www.cyculture.net/lefkara/index.html The history and patterns of lace on Cyprus can be found here, plus a photo index of local lacemakers.

Lego Bobbin Winder  www.geocities.com/atatter.geo/kieth_enevoldsen.html Kieth Enevoldsen shows how to make a bobbin winder from legos.

Liberty Lacers  www.cezwright.com/liblace/index.htm A gallery of challenges is presented by Philadelphia lacemakers.

Light house Lacers  my.name-services.com/43808/page99.htm Based in Racine, Wisconsin, this group meets bi-monthly at a local library, and holds an annual workshop.

Looking for the Big End  users.bigpond.com/jeangoldberg/lookingf.htm Jean Goldberg translates humor into art through needlelace. The gallery includes 20 masterpieces in lace depicting life in the twenty first century.

Louise Moreau  pages.videotron.ca/louisemo/indexe.html This artist shares her collection of oil paintings celebrating bobbin lace.

Manie Kriel from Heidelberg, Gauteng, South Africa  www.geocities.com/malelacer Mr. Kriel describes himself as a passionate lacemaker. Although he's only been making lace since 1996, he's already completed projects in Torchon, Bedfordshire, Brugges, Duchesse and Russian tape lace.

Margit's Romanian Point Lace  pointlace.planet.ro Ms.Margit, of Transylvania, shares her handmade pieces of romanian point lace.

Mary Margaret Nousek  www.astro.psu.edu/users/nousek/mary.html Mary offers a small gallery that includes profiles of a man and a woman done in needle lace.

Miniature Bobbin Lace  www.homestead.com/janincrete/Lacemaking.html Jan, from Crete, creates miniature lace and lacemaking supplies - including a complete lace shop.

"Mrs Dot"  freespace.virgin.net/deborah.robinson/index.htm Freelance editor for Lace (the Lace Guild magazine), Deb's site contains knitted, bobbin and needle laces, plus plotted grids for designing your own lace patterns.

Needlelace  www.geocities.com/monstonitrus/a_and_s/needlelace/needlelace.html A nice introduction to the various forms of needlelaces, this site also illustrates the stitches.

Needlelace Club  groups.yahoo.com/group/needlelace This news group provides a forum to discuss needlelace techniques.

Noelene Lafferty  members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty Settled in The Round House in Cooma, Australia, Noelene (Tatter's Poet Laureate) shares her new lace creations.

Poole Bobbin Lace Circle  www.cyberlink.co.uk/pblc Lacemakers share a pattern page, photos of their exhibits, Miss Channer's mat, plus information about their 4 year lace course.

Reclaiming Your Heritage, Lace and Linens  www.elizabethkurella.com Elizabeth Kurella identifies, repairs and appraises fine laces.

Rosemary Richards-Steck  www.geocities.com/vinasage/Lace.html Rosemary's hobby is making bobbin lace by the pond.

Rustyx Lace  www.geocities.com/justme42uk This lacemaker combines different lace forms. Bobbin lace, needle lace and tatting, can all be found in one piece.

Ruthan Designs Torchon Lace  ruthan.co.uk Doylies, mats, butterflies and a doll dress have all been made by this creative lacemaker.

Sheelin Irish Lace Museum  www.irishlacemuseum.com Museum shares several photos of lace dating from 1850 to 1900.

Sieglindes Twinetime  www.fadenzeit.de Lace Artist Sieglinde Grigat's 'Occhi' gallery holds over 40 pieces of tatted artworks. Most pieces employ advanced techniques. She also works in bobbin lace, crochet and hairpin laces, knotted and knitted laces.

Slovakian Bobbin Lace  www.ds.psg.sk/prezenta/frajkor Scroll down and click 'patterns' to find Jana's drawings. Click 'photographs' for a gallery of contemporary and traditional pieces.

Steph's String Related Stuff  www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/index.htm Stephanie Peter's provides free bobbin lace software, stitching charts and tatting patterns, including complete illustrated instructions for cluny leaves.

The Structures of Antique Lace  www.marlamallett.com/lace.htm Marla Mallett shares bobbin lace, needlepoint lace, and other handmade laces from her personal collection.

Traditional and Modern Bobbin Lacing  www.agten-beate.de Click the buttons labelled 'moderne' to view 14 years of the work of Lace Artist, Beate Agten.

Tussah  www.tussah.com/lace Photos, and descriptions, of bobbin lace pieces made by Lara's mom.

Ville de Retournac  www.ville-retournac.fr The Lace Manufactures Museum records France's lacemaking history.