Lesley's Lace

I use my favourite white thread for the first test making of my patterns.  This makes it easy to experiment, carry threads, cross trails, an...

Playing about with Triangle ground, which is also known as Pagoda stitch, I thought they looked like space ships.  The ones with wobbly legs...

Triangle or Pagoda stitch being worked in bright crochet thread in the video so get your sunglasses ready! This unusual Torchon ground stit...

There are many ways to make Leaf Tallies in bobbin lace. Different methods can be dictated by the style of pillow, the bobbins, palms up or ...

Two different ways to cross four leaf tallies, or plaits around a pin. This involves 8 pairs of bobbins, each pair is moved as if it were o...

My divider pins outgrew their original pincushion so I made a big red velvet one to fit this rather splendid painted wood bowl. Divider pins...

A while ago I answered an advert for some seed beads, the photo showed several neat little tubs of assorted beads and I went off to collect ...

This version is the same pricking with more info.  I have also made a third version to suit  'US Letter' size paper which is shorter...

It was March 2020, I received a call from the hospital.  A cancellation had opened up a slot and I could have my new hip months earlier than...

Great fun was had this morning playing in the sunshine, finally dealing with a pile of papers which needed to be safely disposed of.   This ...

Big beads mean more divider pins!   These oversized pins are used for holding lace bobbins in place on the lace making pillow.  I just had t...

Torchon is a geometric lace based on a 45° grid which doesn't lend itself to free flowing (often referred to as floral) designs.  Floral...

 Yes, I have got the order a bit mixed up but it will sort itself out in time. This is a little elephant design I created from a simple outl...

Everyone has their own ways of finding inspiration for designs and following it through to a finished piece of lace, this odd way has worked...

Update with pattern here    https://lesleyslace.blogspot.com/2025/06/foggy-foget-me-not.html First wobbly steps of little Forget-me-not, or ...

I remade this Torchon style spider bookmark which I designed early on in my bobbin lace making journey and found that I still enjoyed a bit ...

I e xperimented with adding as many sequins as I could on my 'Adventurous Seahorse' design which is part of the 'Adventurous Aq...

Mixing art styles as well as lace techniques, this design features Honiton 4 and 5 pin holes and Blossom ground.  A little sprinkle of Bedfo...

Although originally designed as more seaweed for the Adventurous Aquarium series, I  found this pattern was very handy for experimenting wit...

A question from a lacemaker who was struggling to learn how to make tallies because of the arthritis in her hands made me think about how I ...

 Block pillows are my favourite for many reasons. My first block pillow was donated to me years ago and it holds a special place in my heart...