#lacemaker

Finally finished this filet crochet project of the goddess Hestia!

I'm insanely proud of it and it's currently being blocked

Done with a 1.5mm hook, pen for scale below:

Lacemaker students in the Normandy region of France

Working a fan with my prized Chris Parsons orchid bobbins with spangles!

Because lace uses so many bobbins at once, individually attached to threads (This collar alone uses 60 threads if I remember correctly?) it's common for lacemakers to collect them. I probably have at least 50 not currently in use. Seasoned lacemakers like to collect special ones to commemorate special days (births, international conventions) or just because they're pretty.

Some members of the guild I volunteer with counted up their bobbins, pillows, tatting shuttles, and other lacemaking tools. One woman in my guild reported over 3000 lace bobbins! Another reported 50 tatting shuttles. Some decided to give some away or sell what they couldn't possibly use.

I finally finished this torchon lace border after three years, two house moves, and two prolonged periods of leaving it forgotten in the back of the closet.

Learning different rosegrounds! The colors came out a bit funny with how I placed them but I still like it and I definitely fucked something up in the last section but I didn't notice until I was tying it off so oh well 😅😅

Cross, twist, cross. Miles of thread to distract from the inevitable.

There are half-undead creatures that go on a single repetitive obsession to keep a semblance of life. They need raw meat to sustain their body from rotting. Bobbin lace is pretty good to keep one going.

So obviously I have to incorporate lacework into my designs for school. This d20 lace piece was my first practice run at making my own pattern. I learned a lot and can’t wait to remake it.