Lesley's Lace

Working the top band on the Christmas Stocking using Gimp threads and spiders. The thick, red thread on the sample is used as a single threa...

This Cluny style design with just a touch of Muaiga, was created while playing with a program on an ipad.  This is great fun to do but doesn...

This unseasonal Strawberry was a little diversion for me. A change of pace to use big, coloured threads and play about with beads.  The chal...

The shape of this little dog took my fancy one day, and I was about to start filling the outline with my favourite Bedfordshire stitches the...

Created as a butterfly, I wonder if the wings would work on their own, stiffened and attached to a figurine, maybe making an angel, or a fai...

The online bobbin lace group I enjoy socializing and learning with has chosen this rather sweet pattern of 11 giraffes made in Milanese Lace...

D ifferent ways of making a larger loop for picots. The Bobbin Lace Along FB group are making Bonny Van Bergan's Milanese lace 'Fami...

This handy bobbin case zips can double up to also hold books, threads etc as well as all the bobbins, ideal for classes.  I use a tapestry w...

 I love these fabric baskets, they always squash so nicely into a drawer. They fold flat when empty and  are made to fit exactly what goes i...

I found a new menu in one of my design programs so just had to have a go.  Not as instinctive as drawing by pencil but very tidy when it cam...

This time I played making bobbin rafts using an old, yew wood, scale ruler.  These were commonly used by designers, architects, machine inve...

Get the safety gear out folks!   I made this video on how I make divider pins from broken bobbins and fancy little bits of wood turning.   T...

I never thought I would be the one to post a Christmas related pattern in August but it does take longer to make bobbin lace than most hobbi...

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...