I've not been able to take part in the Bucks point zoom sessions for a while, mainly due to being away and campsite internet not always being the best. However, we have now moved on to another book.
To be honest, I'm not so keen on a lot of these patterns but I started at number 1. Busy bees.
In early August I received a parcel in the post, gave it a shake then realised what it was.
measuring just 32cm x 23cm x16cm it is one of the smallest lace pillows that I have seen.
On Saturday I went to the Nottinghamshire Bobbin Lace summer lace day and didn't take many photos, I was too busy chatting and making lace haha
However here is my lace pillow in Neros before heading down there, weird angle and untidy bobbins.
Once there I bought a couple more ebony bobbins for the collection, forgot to take a photo so will try to remember once we get back, I did grab photos of the suppliers but that was about it, sorry but I was having an enjoyable day !!
No, nothing to do with Downton abbey but a style of lace similar to Bucks point from the village of Downton near Salisbury. just a bit of fun before setting up the next piece of Bucks for the bobbin along.
I started this piece before we went a away and finished it a month or so later.
Duke Garter, this time its a version from the Pamela Nottingham book and includes a corner where extra bobbins have been added and discarded.
compared with the last sample of this lace, you can see that this is a slightly different version with the pattern inverted.
We can select the next pattern from the Jean Leader book so I'll leave it as a surprise. In the mentime I have a couple of books on the way so I may see what's in them, watch this space.
I'm just adding this post as the exhibition motioned opened yesterday 27.5.25 and runs until the 31.5.25.
The current exhibition is called Found and I attended the launch party last night, rather last minute as I had been intending to go on Thursday. I may still go back then and take a closer look.
The three artists are very different, Christina Williams produced cards, hand made books and exhibited a collection of spoons made from found objects
Like many people, I was studying these hard, trying to identify what had been repurposed
Jackie Ward makes amazing figures of people being people, absolutely loved them.
This is a quick recap of where we are with the Bucks Point lace a long as I will now be missing the next couple of lessons due to commitments . I will however prep the pricking ( pattern) and wind he bobbins ready for when I can play catch up.
So far we have lessons one to four on strip one, reading right to left.
Point ground, honeycomb ground, introduction of gimps (outline thread ) and traditional sheep head pattern.
Strip two
Traditional pattern Plum Pudding, each pattern introduces new elements into the lace.
Strip three
Peacocks Eye from the Jean Leader book Introduction to Bucks Point Lace, pattern redrafted from a lace eding in the Guild Collection.
Strip four
Rings and Tallies from the Jean Leader book Introduction to Bucks Point Lace, pattern redrafted from a lace edging in the Guild Collection.
Strip five
Traditional pattern found in many lace books, this version is from the Jean Leader book but the next lesson on how to work the corner will be taken from one of several Pamela Nottingham books.
This is a project that I had intended to start in the summer but didn't get round to it. The lace lady was purchased in Dunster in the summer for the princely sum of £1.00.
My aim is to replace the lace on her dress ,and the lace that she is making, with handmade lace.
I'm beginning to realise that my camera no longer likes to do close photography, been dropped too many times.
I also took the opportunity to replace the ribbon on my pillow with inkle woven bands, looks much better.
I realise that she appears to have three very large bobbins. One fell off and is actually safe by my printer. I'm trying to think of a better way to do these and it may involve cocktail sticks at some point.
Hi,
As you may have guessed, we have been away on our travels and one of our stops was at Dunster in Somerset. More about the Castle in a future post ( Interesting cross stitch) but we did call into the doll museum for a quick look round there second hand books and bric a brac on the way back to the bus stop.
That was where I spotted this little lady looking sad and unwanted with a price tag of £1.00, how could I leave her on the shelf? so she came back to the van with us and I think that it would be an interesting project to replace all the machine lace with bobbin lace. What do you think? shouldn't be too big a job and I do have a book of miniature lace patterns sat on the shelf at home,
The dress bodice is glued to the doll as is the cap but I think that I can get around that,
The chair and stand need a good sand down and maybe a coat of something. I have all the threads that I may need and it gives me an excuse to keep a lace pillow handy over the next few weeks,
BTW She is standing up due to not having knees and the complexity of the lace produced by just four bobbins is astounding.
As some of you may know, I am trying to seriously destash the house and hopefully cut the contents by at least a third. The pile of boxes for the charity shop is getting large again and we had another trip to the recycle centre at the weekend.
I'm trying to rationalize my craft stash and even offered a large amount of items for free on a local facebook page. In spite of several organizations replying and saying they wanted them, none have actually replied to any of my messages or posts when I have said they could have them !!
Today I decided to throw out what I thought were two empty boxes that have been in my cupboard for many years except for the fact that they rattled when I took them down from the shelf.
So I opened them....
First, the blue one which turned out to have my Honiton bobbins in, along with an assortment of vintage bobbins collected over the years.
The bottom photo is a small collection of old travel bobbins which are shorter than the ones I usually use. Most of the others are very old, picked up from antique and second hand shops on our travels, others have been passed on to me once people find out that I have an interest in lace making.
The second box contained a number of old crochet hooks, quite a few lace making accessories including some old pins for dividing up the threads and yet more bobbins !
I think that I would like to make a proper display of these sometime.
Speak soon x
