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Dolphins Chasing Tails

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A little diversion for me from the last few weeks of learning Bucks Point.  My hand drawn design filled in with honeycomb and triangle groun...

Bobbins? What bobbins?

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How to make your bobbins disappear. These any size two fold bobbin books hide themselves away in bookshelves.   I couldn't resist this t...

Daffodil Frieze

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A little play on words to start with - frieze and freeze with these bright, joyful flowers often appearing through the frost and snow.  We l...

Colour Plait Motif

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Time to play about with a pattern again.  This little motif has been sitting in the wings, waiting for it's turn to get some attention. ...

Thread End Santa

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All year long I make bobbin lace, why?  So I have lots of curly thread ends to play about with at Christmas of course 😄 This fun decoration...

Old Lace Pillow Rescue.

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A grubby plastic bag, thick with dust, was pulled out from under the market stall.   "Been hoping you would come in today" the lad...

A Storm and Æ Updated

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The rain is being driven hard against my window, storm Bert is half way through and the lights are flickering.  I got up early because the s...

Slinca Bauble

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This is a new technique to me.  I only knew of 'dancing spiders' or circles made with trails before.   Slincas use turning stitches ...

Christmas Bauble 1

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A Bedfordshire Cluny style (with a bit of Muaiga) Christmas tree bauble.   This can be worked from the loop downwards in one piece, or work ...

One Way to Wind and Hitch Bobbins

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Winding, winding, winding, a never ending chore.  I have a few cases of bobbins which I always use for the first making of my own designs.  ...

Videos for the Christmas Stocking - Working the Gimp Threads

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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...

Firework Flower

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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...

Seed Bead Strawberry

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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...

Dachshund, a little dog that just keeps getting longer!

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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...

Angel Wings Butterfly (made in two different ways)

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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...

Giraffes - A Milanese Lace Challenge -New Giraffes added as they are made.

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