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Verbindungen - Crossings - Ulrike Voelcker

25/7/2022

Publisher. : Self Published (2022)

Verbindungen - Crossings by Ulrike Voelcker
This book has been divided into two parts.

Part 1 - Crossings
196 different crossing variations are included. Many of them work on the windmill crossing principle and these are indicated in the book with a green cross.

Some of the crossings have sub variants shown as well.

The crossing are illustrated using colour and black and white diagrams to show how to achieve them.

Written notes on the crossings are minimal.

This book assumes a basic knowledge of lacemaking. The instructions for the crossings and exercises are aimed at the confident beginner and above.

Part 2 - Exercises
8 Patterns are included to practice many of the crossing techniques.

Each of the patterns is supplied with a pricking, photographs and a working diagram.

The working diagrams are annotated with which of the crossing variant to use at which point in the workings.

Note that there are no written working instructions for the exercises.

What works well?

The colour and black and white working diagrams make this book visually easy to follow.

Anything that we need to take into consideration?

There are no instructions for the exercises.
This book is in print.

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Rosaline Lace by Ghislaine Eemans-Moore

18/7/2021

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Batsford Ltd; First Edition (5 Nov. 1996)
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0713476036
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0713476033

Rosaline Lace by Ghislaine Eemans-Moore
This book covers the techniques of Rosaline Lace which Ghislaine Eemans-Moore had worked to bring back into fashion following her studies at the Kant Centre in Bruges.

Rosaline lace has a characteristic embroidered 'peal' which, when joined, create the 'Rosaline-Perlée'

There are few books on this 'forgotten' technique with Jan Geelen's Rosaline Perlée (1991) being one of the few other books on the subject.

What works well?

The step by step black and white photos work well to guide the lacemaker through the steps

Anything that we need to take into consideration?

Similar techniques are used in Honiton and Duchess so this book would make a good 'next move' for anyone familiar with those laces.
This book is currently out of print and only occasionally appears as a second hand book.

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50 New Bobbin Lace Patterns - Claire Burkhard

10/1/2021

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Publisher : Batsford Ltd (5 Sept. 1993)
ISBN-10 : 9780713469851
ISBN-13 : 978-0713469851

50 New Bobbin Lace Patterns by Claire Burkhard
Claire runs AtelierMB from Switzerland.

She is a prolific author who had published a number of books.

This book is one of her best know and certainly most accessible.

A number of the projects use a relatively small number of bobbins, which builds on the techniques used by Claire in her book Lace for Ten Pairs

What works well?

This book is multilingual: English, German and French
The book is well illustrated with photos of the lace throughout

Anything that we need to take into consideration?

A number of the larger patterns are not printed as a full pricking, but rather as a segment which then has to be put together after photocopying.
This book is currently out of print, but is often available on eBay

What do other people say?
The Lace Gumnuts site has also reviewed this book:
Full of fascinating projects, with the prickings fully drawn and making good working diagrams. Some of her stuff needs a bit of thinking about, but it all seems to fall into place as you do it. Mats, edges, motifs, a fan, collars and dress trims, all sorts of great ideas.
A recommended book for anyone’s lace library

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