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25/1/2021 2 Comments

Favourite patterns from Fifty Years - Lacemaking by Margaret Tite

Publisher : Self Published (2006)

Favourite patterns from Fifty Years of Lacemaking by Margaret Tite
This book is a collection of many of Margaret Tite's favourite patterns from her lacemaking career.

Each pricking has an associated black and white photo of the finished piece.

A number of the finished pieces were worked by Louise West

What works well?

Many of the pickings are accompanied by a few words from Margaret telling something about the pattern such as a memory, a tip on making or just an observation.

Anything that we need to take into consideration?

There are no diagrams for the lace and a knowledge of Bedfordshire lace is assumed
This book is out of print

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11/1/2021 0 Comments

Bucks Point Lace Workbook - Louise West

Publisher : Louise West Lace Design (8 Jun. 2020)
ISBN-10 : 0995737010
ISBN-13 : 978-0995737013

Bucks Point Lace Workbook - Louise West
Subtitle - A Beginners Guide to Techniques through Traditional Patterns

One of the first bucks point tutor books published in over 30 years.

Louise has gone back to basics with an instruction book that allows anyone with a knowledge of how to wind a bobbin and can make whole and half stitch to be able to learn bucks point.

What works well?

Spiral bound - makes it easy to keep open as you work with it or take copies of the prickings
Clear illustrations throughout; photos of antique prickings, colour diagrams and clear pricking patterns.
The text is large, making it clear and easy to read

Anything that we need to take into consideration?

Louise has created pre-pricked pattern packs which are available from her online shop.
This book is in print and available from either the author or other suppliers

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9/1/2021 0 Comments

Bedfordshire Lace Design - Louise West

Publisher : Louise West Lace Design (15 May 2017)
ISBN-10 : 0995737002
ISBN-13 : 978-0995737006

Louise West is a working lacemaker involved in restoration, reproduction and commissions.

Her book, Bedfordshire Lace Designs is one of the first new books to be published in the UK this Century.

It has been warmly received and is seen as the start of a 21st Century revival in lace publishing

What works well?

Louise's writing style is excellent and she offers a number of videos on her YouTube Channel to help with Bedfordshire techniques.

Anything that we need to take into consideration?

Louise offers a number of the prickings in this book as ready pricked
You can buy the book direct from Louise on her website along with her innovative pre-pricked patterns.
Take time to find out about how she cr owd funded a laser digital maker.

What do other people say?
This book was reviewed on the gumnuts website:
To quote the forward, the designs in this book have been inspired by a range of sources, some historical, others from plant life, and one from another artist’s paintings.
The book is not aimed at the complete beginner to lacemaking, but at the lacemaker who has some knowledge of Bedfordshire who wants to work new patterns.
The book starts with a simple bookmark with full working instructions, and progresses through a total of 25 various lovely patterns of increasing difficulty until the final patterns are just the pricking and a photo of the worked lace.

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