lace-making
Creating openwork fabric
Lace-making is the craft of creating lace—delicate openwork fabric with intricate patterns formed by looping, twisting, or knotting thread.
Traditional techniques include bobbin lace, worked on a pillow with weighted bobbins, and needle lace, built up with buttonhole stitches.
Once a major industry in Belgium, Italy, and England, lace-making survives largely as a heritage craft.
Small cylindrical thread holder
- pillowBedding for heads
- needlePointed implement for sewing
- threadFiber for stitching
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
pricking · tatting · shuttle · pins · cushion · parchment · gimp · picot
Recurring thematic element
- edgingDecorative border material
- insertionPlacing something within
- medallionLarge decorative disk pendant
- floralOf or like blooms
scallop · spiderweb · rosette · border · collar · doily · applique · filigree
Flax-derived textile
- cottonPlant fiber for textiles
- silkFine woven insect fiber
- metallicResembling ore-based elements
- goldElement seventy-nine
silver · fiber · spool · fine · gauge · weight · starching · blocking
Flemish canal city
- ChantillyBobbin lace or feline breed
- VenetianOf or from Venice
- IrishOf the Emerald Isle
- MalteseFrom the island near Sicily
Flemish · Nottingham · heritage · guild · convent · artisan · generations · apprenticeship
bobbin
Small cylindrical thread holder
pattern · pricking · tatting · shuttle · pins · cushion · parchment · gimp · picot · mesh
motif
Recurring thematic element
- edgingDecorative border material
- insertionPlacing something within
- medallionLarge decorative disk pendant
floral · scallop · spiderweb · rosette · border · collar · doily · applique · filigree · symmetry
linen
Flax-derived textile
gold · silver · fiber · spool · fine · gauge · weight · starching · blocking · finishing
Bruges
Flemish canal city
Maltese · Flemish · Nottingham · heritage · guild · convent · artisan · generations · apprenticeship · folklore
- handcraftssewing, knitting, weaving, pottery, quilts
- SloveniaSlovenia, alpine regions, Lipizzaner, jota, carnival masks
- traditionstradition, custom, customs, cultural practices, rituals
- patternspattern, chevron, geometric pattern, stripes, plaid
- needleworkcross-stitch, embroidery, embroidery hoop, embroidery hoops, needlepoint
lace-makingfulling
Thickening cloth by beating
felt-making · weaving · felting · knitting · carpet weaving
lace-makingblacksmithing
Forging iron by hand
metalworking · carpentry · masonry · ironmongery · woodworking