Library

Border Lacemakers hold a library of lacemaking books for members to borrow. Choose from the lists below  and contact the Librarian via the Contact Form or in person at the meetings.

Honiton (Box 1 – Contact Janet)

  • 1A    Honiton Lace Practical Guide – Cynthia Voysey
  • 2A   New Designs in Honiton Lace – Pat Perryman
  • 3A   Introduction to Honiton Lace – Susanne Thompson
  • 4A   Further Steps in Honiton Lace – Susannne Thompson
  • 5A   Birds and Animals in Honiton Lace – Saikoah Takano
  • 6A   Honiton Lace Patterns – Elsie Luxton
  • 7A   Honiton Lace – Devonia
  • 8A  Bobbin Lace in Photographs – Cynthia Voysey

Bruges (Box 1 – Contact Janet)

  • 1B   The Technique of Bruges Flower Lace – Veronica Sorenson
  • 2B   Bruges Flower Lace – Edna Sutton
  • 3B   Design for Bruges Flower Lace -Edna Sutton
  • 4B   The Luxury of Lace – Bridget Cook
  • 5B  Rosaline Lace – Ghislaine Eemans-Moors

Mixed Lace (Box 2 – Contact Ros)

  • 1C   Kloppelbider – Irmgar Scheider
  • 2C   Bee’s Birds and Butterflies in Lace – Edna Sutton & Mary Moseley
  • 3C   Design Techniques of Modern Lace
  • 4C   Nyplattya Pilsia Bobbin Lace – Eeva-Liisa Kortelhti
  • 5C   100 New Bobbin Lace Patterns – Yusai Fukuyama
  • 6C   Step by Step Russian Tape Lace – Peggy E Martin
  • 7C   Flanders Step by Step Guide – Mary Niven
  • 8C   Alphabet Inspirations – Sandi Woods
  • 9C   New Braids & Designs in Milanese Lace – Patricia Read & Lucy Kinkaid
  • 10C  Schneeberger Lace Patterns – Lia Baumeister-Jonker
  • 11C   Lace & Lacemaking – Alice-May Bullock
  • 12C   Lace for Church Use – Mary-Clare Downham
  • 13C   Rondom Kant – Helena Demeyer-Fransens
  • 14C   Idrija Lace – Idrijska Cipka
  • 15C   Idrija Lace – Bridget Cook / Metka Tratnik
  • 16C   Modern Bobbin Lace – Karen Marie Iversen
  • 17C   Milanese Lace An Introduction – Patricia Read & Lucy Kinkaid
  • 18C   Let’s Make Bobbin Lace – Eeva-Liisa Kortelahti
  • 19C   Practical Skills in Bobbin Lace – Bridget M Cook
  • 20C  New Designs in Lacemaking – Kristina Malmberg
  • 21C  The Art of Lacemaking – Ann Collier

General (Box 3 – Contact Joan)

  • 1D   Basic Principles for Cleaning Lace & Linen – JL Gwynne
  • 2D   Designs in Mounting Lace Fans – Christine Springett
  • 3D   Cassell Illustrated Dictionary of Lacemaking – Alexandra Stillwell
  • 4D   Miniature Bobbin Lace – Roz Snowden
  • 5D   Faden & Brief Stitch Threads & No’s – Martina Wolter-Kampmann
  • 6D   Lace to Use – Jean Withers
  • 7D   Spangles & Superstitions – Christine & Davis Springett
  • 9D   Russian Lace Patterns – Anna Korableva & Bridget Cook
  • 10D  A Manual of Handmade Bobbin Lace Work – Margaret Maidment

Bedfordshire (Box 3 – Contact Joan)

  • 1E   Bedfordshire Lace Patterns – Margaret Turner
  • 2E   Traditional Bedfordshire Lace – Barbara Underwood
  • 3E   A Bedfordshire Lace Collection – Barbara Underwood
  • 4E   Bedfordshire Lace Making – Pamela Nottingham
  • 5E   Technique & Design of Cluny Lace – L Paulis / M Rutgers
  • 6E   A Manual of Bedfordshire Lace – Pam Robinson
  • 7E   Cluny – Annick Staes
  • 8E   Thistles, Roses, Daffodils & Shamrocks – Jean Leader

Bucks & Ground Lace (Box 4 – Contact Janet)

  • 1F   Lace Making Point Ground – C Channer
  • 2F   The Dryad Book of Bobbin Lace – Raie Clare
  • 3F   Introductions to Bobbin Lace Patterns – Bridget M Cook
  • 4F   Bobbin Lacemaking for Beginners – Amy Dawson
  • 5F   Bucks Point Lace Patterns – Henk Hardeman
  • 6F   Downton Lace – Bertha Kemp
  • 7F   Point Ground Patterns from Australia – Elwyn Kenn
  • 8F   Point Ground Lace from Australian Wild Flowers – Elwyn Kenn
  • 9F   The Technique of Bucks Point Lace – Pamela Nottingham
  • 10F Bucks Point Lacemaking – Pamela Nottingham
  • 11F  A Visual Introduction to Bucks Point Lace – Geraldine Stott
  • 12F  Four Seasons 4 Little Motifs in Bucks – Geraldine Stott

Tatting (Box 5 – Contact Penny)

  • 1G   Learn Tatting – A Coats Publication
  • 2G   Tatting Hearts – Teri Dusenbury
  • 3G   Christmas Angels and Other Tatting Patterns – Monica Wahn
  • 4G   The Complete Book of Tatting – Rebecca Jones
  • 5G   A Pattern Book of Tatting – Mary Konior
  • 6G   Classic Tatting Patterns – Anne Orr
  • 7G   Tatting with Anne Orr – Anne Orr
  • 8G   Bead Tatting – Rosemary Peel
  • 9G   Tatting Patterns – Julia E Saunders
  • 10G  The Tatters Treasure Chest – Mary Carolyn Waldrep
  • 11G   Traditional Tatting Patterns – Rita Weiss
  • 12G   Tatting Doilies & Edgings – Rita Weiss
  • 13G   Tatted & Crochet Laces – Paper Magazine
  • 14G   Tatting – Irene Waller
  • 15G   New Dimensions in Tatting – Tode Haanvan
  • 16G   Macrame & Tatting – Octopus Books
  • 17G   Practical Tatting – Phyllis Sparks
  • 18G   Tat Five – Rosemary Peel
  • 19G   Tatted Motifs – Rosemary Peel
  • 20G  Yuletide Tatting – Rosemary Peel
  • 21G  Tatting Patterns – Mary Konior
  • 22G   Tatting with Visual Patterns – Mary Konior

Torchon (Box 6 – Contact Barbara)

  • 1H   Teach Yourself Torchon Lace – Eunice Arnold
  • 2H   Pattern Design for Torchon Lace -Jane Atkinson
  • 3H   50 New Bobbin Lace Patterns – Claire Burkhead
  • 4H   Torchon Lace Patterns – Anne-Marie Clegg
  • 5H   Torchon Lace Pattern Book 3 – Anne-Marie Clegg
  • 6H   Sugar Candy – Anne-Marie Clegg
  • 7H   May Blossom – Anne-Marie Clegg
  • 8H   The Torchon Lace Workbook – Bridget M Cook
  • 9H   Before Grey Rabbit First Stitches – Dorothy K Cox
  • 10H  La-Dentelle Torchon de Cholet – Mick Fouriscot / Martine Piveteau
  • 11H  Torchon Patterns 40 with prickings – Henk Hardeman
  • 12H  101 Torchon Patterns – Robin Lewis-Wild
  • 13H  Lace for Children of All Ages – Christine Springett
  • 14H  The Torchon Lace Book – Christine Springett
  • 15H  The Christmas Lace Book – Christine Springett
  • 16H  Bangle Bonanza – Christine Springett
  • 17H  Bobbin Lace – A Japanese Book
  • 18H  Bobbin Lace Patterns – Pamela Nottingham
  • 19H  The Technique of Torchon Lace – Pamela Nottingham
  • 20H Lace Flowers – Joyce Wilmot

Needlelace and New Designs (Box 5 – Contact Penny)

  • 1J   Withof Lace – Tude / Yvonne / Puck
  • 2J   The Bobbin Lace Manual – Geraldine Stott
  • 3J   Flowers in Needlepoint – Doreen Holmes
  • 4J   New Designs in Bobbin Lace – Ann Collier
  • 5J   The Technique of Bobbin Lace – Pamela Nottingham
  • 6J   New Ideas in Needlepoint Lace – Valerie Grimwood
  • 8J  Branscombe Point Lace – Lillie D. Trivett

DVDs (Box 7 – Contact Joan)

  • Bedfordshire Lace 1
  • Bedfordshire Lace 2
  • Bedfordshire Lace 3
  • Bedfordshire Lace 4
  • Brugge Bloemwerk
  • Buckinghamshire Lace
  • Torchon Lace 1
  • Torchon Lace 2
  • Fan Mounting

Also available to borrow (Contact Joan)

  • Fan Pillow
  • Electric bobbin winder