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Lace is a
delicate fabric made of yarn or
thread in an open
weblike pattern, made by
machine or by hand. Generally,
lace is
split into two main categories...
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continuous lace,
meaning that the
threads continue from the
beginning to the end of the pattern, as
opposed to non-continuous
laces,
where the
threads that...
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Bobbin lace is a
lace textile made by
braiding and
twisting lengths of
thread,
which are
wound on
bobbins to
manage them. As the work progresses, the weaving...
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Needle lace is a type of
lace created using a
needle and
thread to
create hundreds of
small stitches to form the
lace itself. The
origins of
needle lace date...
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pointed star, and was made of the same
thread as the pattern,
unlike the
otherwise similar blonde lace. The
lace was
produced in
strips approximately four...
- "to braid".
Examples of
gallon braid, trim and
lace Metallic galloon lace in silk and
metal thread Woven floral galloon trim
Golden silk and cotton...
- to help
support their families.
Lace-making
required little equipment beyond bobbins and fine
cotton or
linen thread, and a
great deal of patience, so...
- that it fell upon the
thread. This fine
thread was one
reason preventing mechanization of the
process of
making Brussels lace, as well as the production...
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lace.
Irish crochet lace was
traditionally made with a very fine
steel crochet hook and fine
crochet linen thread,
though modern Irish crochet lace is...
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reference to
lace refers to the
thread that is used to
outline the pattern. This
thread is
normally thicker than that used to make the
lace. It
gives definition...
