I started this butterfly at The Lace Guild Summer School in August – Wonderful week improving my Needlelace skills with Pat Gibson. Finished at about 7.45am this morning. I was thinking of making it into a necklace but it will need a lot more stiffening to support the quite heavy pendant.
Mainly Lace and The Lace Guild are joining forces this year for The Knitting & Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace. This will be held from 5th to 10th October. Our Stand No. is H19 and if you are an up to date Member of the Lace Guild bring your membership card along and we will give […]
Mainly Lace will be in Edinburgh for the week starting 25th July to 30th July. We can sill take your orders but they will not be processed till the following week. We hope this does not cause too much inconvenience, you will still be able to phone with any queries as messages will be transferred. […]
BREAKING NEWS End of the line for Variegated DMC Dentelle 80. This very popular thread is being discontinued by DMC with immediate effect. According to DMC this is because only Lace Makers and Tatters use them! We do still have a few colours left, but they are going fast. The plain colours are still available […]
We’ve all done it, started a large bobbin lace pattern on a small pillow. We know it’s not going to work, but all of our other pillows are being used. So we do it anyway thinking it will be O.K. Do not panic! Have a cup/glass of your favourite beverage. You can rectify the situation. […]