Beginner's Guide to Bobbin Lace - ​Gilian Dye & Adrienne Thunder

Publisher : Search Press; Illustrated edition (19 Sept. 2007)
ISBN-10 : 1844481085
ISBN-13 : 978-1844481088

Beginner's Guide to Bobbin Lace by ​Gilian Dye & Adrienne Thunder
A number of people have recommended this book to me as one that they used to learn from on their own. 

What works well?

• The authors use colour in the instructional projects to help understand how the stitches work and the bobbins move through the lace.
• It is beautifully illustrated throughout and laid out well.

Anything that we need to take into consideration?

• ​The scarf pattern on the front cover is included in the book.
• This book is available to buy from bookshops and lace suppliers

What do other people say?
This book was reviewed on the gumnuts website
I did not buy this book when it first came out, as I understood it was just for beginners. But seeing it for sale at the craft fair, I couldn’t resist.
I can recommend it as an excellent book for raw beginners – it is full of clear, colour photographs of things like how to start a bookmark at a point, and how to finish off with a point. As well as the Bookworm and bookmarks in the photo above, it includes prickings and instructions for a small purse, two scarves, a small bag and a cushion. The book recommends experimenting with new threads of all sorts – the instructions for the purses and one of the scarves just as for thread “A variety of yarn”.
The book has nowhere near the information contained in Rosemary Shepherd’s “Introduction to Bobbin Lacemaking” – for example, it doesn’t even get into the subject of proper footsides,however, it is a wonderful introduction to bobbin lace, and a great starting point to get people started, and encourage them to go further. My two new ladies are very excited about it, and already have their own copies!