Display – Bobbin Lace by Amalie von Hohensee

Amalie von Hohensee, Barony of Stonemarche

Wiki page: https://wiki.eastkingdom.org/index.php?title=Amalia_von_Hohensee

Thanks to Athena’s Thimble and Arachne’s Web, the EK embroidery and lace guilds, I’ve become increasingly interested in trying out lacemaking. After briefly dipping my toes in embroidered laces, I wanted to try my hand at something even more foreign – bobbin lace! Because getting out of your comfort zone for a while is good for artisans of all levels :).

I found a wonderful bobbin lace sampler tutorial online (see below for link), which walked me through increasingly challenging lace patterns, and left me feeling excited to try making a longer piece of lace to embellish a garment.

The pattern used 12 bobbins, which were already loaded with a black cotton thread when they were gifted to me. Since I didn’t yet have a bobbin lace pillow, I just used a padded mailer, which worked surprisingly well, and was a great way to get a feel for this new craft without having to invest a lot of cash to get started.

I found this wonderful sampler pattern here: https://ildhafn.lochac.sca.org/node/503#getting_started

Here’s a link to a great lace YouTube channel I also found helpful: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc7yf-Bs0tgMWmiITLf-kyA