Books for all lace makers from beginner to expert
Text English, German and Danish. A lovely little book with patterns for mats – square, round, hexagonal and oval.
This book contains two patterns. It uses stranded embroidery cotton.
Blumengrusse mit 2 Paaren. Flower greetings with two pairs.
Text in English, Dutch and German. A comprehensive introduction to Idrija tape lace with clear instructions and diagrams.
Text in English, Italian and German. The lace Fiandra with three pairs is a gentle and graceful lace chatacteristic of the city of Gorizia in Italy. It is a narrow continuous whole stitch tape.
Text German. 13 patterns for scarfs or table runners made using silk or cotton thread. The patterns are designed to only need a few pairs of bobbins. Patterns are 15 – 20 cm wide. There are good coloured photographs and diagrams, prickings on separate sheets and detailed drawings. There is almost no text apart from the threads used and the number of...
Text in French only. 9 attractive patterns based on antique lace, with a pricking, technical drawing, a picture of the finished lace and equipment list. The fifth booklet in the series Cahiers de la Dentellière.
Text: German. The patterns are worked in half stitch with the threads crossing at different angles produces interesting shading effects. Marianne Geißendörfer plays with this optical effect by working mainly simple geometric shapes (braids, diamonds, circles, segments of circles) in half stitch. Then colour comes into play too.
Text German. 14 designs with 29 patterns. This booklet contains mostly three-dimensional patterns for Christmas motifs: many stars but a moon, sun and lace to go around baubles
Text in English and German. 16 designs with 29 patterns. This booklet contains mostly three-dimensional patterns for Christmas motifs: many stars , 3d angels, trees, hanging circle decorations and ‘Heaven’s Gate’ – a 3d archway of x2 pieces of lace joined together
Bobbin Lace Decorations for Indoors and Outdoors In this book Marianne Geissendorfer shows how contemporary lace making using colour and combinations of colours are used to emphasize various forms.
Bobbin lace Half stitch in shape and colour by Marianne Geissendorfer. A selection of 23patterns using half-stitch.