Category: Danish

International Lace Dictionary - Edith Spee

1/8/2021

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ J. Coene (1 Jan. 1994)

International Lace Dictionary by Edith Spee
The best way to think of this book is as a thesaurus.

Identify the term you want to translate.
You then look this up in the alphabetical section for that language.
When you find the term, there will be number associated with the term.
You turn to the front of the book and look up the number.
This then gives you that term in all the languages of the dictionary.

What works well?

The book covers English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese and Danish.

Anything that we need to take into consideration?

This book is out of print and very rarely comes up on second hand sites or eBay.

This book has been reviewed on the lace gumnuts website
A cross reference of some 630 English words used in lacemaking, with equivalents in French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Catalan, Italian and Portugeuse in the first half, and equivalents in Danish, Swedish, Finnish, Hungarian, Czech, Russian and Japanese in the second half. Total of 178 pages, soft cover, hard wire spiral bound, measuring 210mm x 150mm.

A most useful addition to the library of anyone who has acquired lace books in another language!

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The Technique of Tonder Lace - Inge Skovgaard

14/2/2021

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The Technique of Tonder Lace by Inge Skovgaard
At first glance, Toner lace looks very similar to Bucks Points and in fact, it has the look and feel of Bucks, however, the patterns are unique to this area of Denmark and developed independently.

Tonder is a great lace to get into after having worked on Bucks Point.

The book covers the history of Danish lace, along with the techniques of Tonder and finally some key patterns to work through with clear diagrams, photos and explanations.

What works well?

The clear line drawings, coupled with the black and white photography really enhance the instructions and techniques in this book

Anything that we need to take into consideration?

This book is currently out of print, it is occasionally available on eBay and is worth buying when you see it.

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Nyt i knipling - 5 Julekniplinger tegnet pa PC - Aase Nilsson

26/1/2021

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Publisher : Self published (2003)
ISBN : 87-988950-2-8

Nyt i knipling - 5 Julekniplinger tegnet pa PC by Aase Nilsson
This book does use coloured diagrams to explain which stitches are used and there is a legend on page 7 which explains this however the legend is in black and white and in Danish so using an app to translate would be a good choice.

This book would suit the adventerous beginner or intermediate lace maker.

What works well?

Each pattern has a clear black and white photograph along with a short text of what is needed to be done for the pattern.

Anything that we need to take into consideration?

Whilst this book is in Danish this should not prove an issue for those who do not speak French, check out my post on translations
This book is out of print

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Languages and Translations

18/1/2021

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So, you've bought a book that is not in a language that you read.
No problem.
I would strongly recommend downloading the Google Translate app on your phone.
This allows you to hold your phone over the text and it shows the translated text on your phone screen.
I've used this successfully to read Russian lacebooks.

Google translate on the apple store
Google translate for android

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