Making Lace today in France on 100+ year old looms

[kenny]

Cool

 

[MissGotRocks]

So interesting - who knew? Love learning about something of which I had no prior knowledge! You can certainly appreciate
the labor that goes into this beautiful lace.

 

[MamaBee]

I really enjoyed watching this @kenny. I’ve always loved lace. Thanks for sharing it!

 

[kenny]

Back in the 70s I bummed around Europe on a Euroail pass.
In Belgium (IIRC) I watched an amazing woman quickly shuffle a zillion little bobbins back and forth to make complex lace by hand .... what a painstaking slow process!

 

[MamaBee]

Back in the 70s I bummed around Europe on a Euroail pass.
In Belgium (IIRC) I watched an amazing woman quickly shuffle a zillion little bobbins back and forth to make complex lace by hand .... what a painstaking slow process!

It’s not really the same..but my 96 year old mother learned how to make hand done thick lace like bedspreads and tablecloths as a child. The work that went into them was amazing. I have one of hers. I never use it because I’m afraid I’ll damage it. I think it may be a bedspread. She can’t remember what it is. It’s very pretty though!

 

[Arcadian]

I tried a similar technique and its very hard. I kept getting the pins mixed up (of course I did...lol) Certainly the people that do this have to have a lot of attention to the details

 

[MrsBlue]

So beautiful! I saw a similar video some time ago about Alençon lace. I love knowing that so many fiber arts still exist. One of the techniques was using a wolf's tooth to press and polish some of the stitches. They now use the tip of a lobster claw to achieve the same effect.

 

[luvmysparklies]

Back in the 70s I bummed around Europe on a Euroail pass.
In Belgium (IIRC) I watched an amazing woman quickly shuffle a zillion little bobbins back and forth to make complex lace by hand .... what a painstaking slow process!

Yes, that is the bobbin lace technique. Very time consuming and extreme attention to detail is needed. I have a vintage Hermes silk scarf titled "Doigts de Fee" (translates to fairy fingers) and had a friend notice the pattern. He was so happy reminiscing about how his grandmother would do this technique and that it was very comforting at night to hear the bobbins clicking and lulling him to sleep. Here is a video if interested.

 

[yennyfire]

That’s fascinating!! Thanks for sharing @kenny!