Artfully Unraveling the World of Lace

Exploring Lace in a Modern Era of Creativity.

XL Bobbin Lace 1

Finally ready to make bobbin lace with the peg board and plarn. Oh, did I mention I designed a pattern too? I am part of The Adventurous Lacemakers (TAL) group, […]

Making Plarn

My plan is to install the finished bobbin lace in a nearby park, so I need something that will hold up outside. The bobbin lace making material I chose was […]

Peg Board Panels

Making peg boards for my XL bobbin lace was an interesting process. Since there will be two boards, I had to figure out the positioning of the holes, so moving […]

Sample Complete

The extra large bobbin lace piece made with plarn (plastic yarn) is complete! There was some trial and error with this project, so I am glad I made a sample. […]

Prepping For A Sample

There are so many inspiring people in The Adventurous Lacemakers group and Doily Free Zone! One of the first classes I watched on DFZ 2021 was Tarmo making XL bobbin […]

Two-Toned Tulle TikTok Complete

It is difficult to see the effectiveness of the two-toned tulle technique beyond the pins, but in the end it worked beautifully. With such a small piece, I think the […]

Two-Toned Tulle TikTok

One of the lessons on The Adventurous Lacemakers is a lace making technique that is simple, yet innovative. Using the tulle stitch (CTTT) and two colors of thread, each pin-hole […]

IOLI Tatting Article

During one of my presentations for The Adventurous Lacemakers group, I was asked to write up a pattern for the IOLI Bulletin of the interwoven tatting pattern I created. While […]

Lace Retreat

Every few years the Rocky Mountain Lace Guild has a “randomly repeating retreat.” We’ve had our gathering in different places around Colorado, but chose Granby, CO for the last two. […]