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Find lace making workshops around the UK and learn the traditional skill of lacemaking. Lace can be made using a wide range of techniques, such as bobbin lace, needle lace or tape lace, and uses skills similar to weaving, embroidery and knitting. Once widely practised, lace making is now a specialist heritage craft to be preserved.

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Mixed bobbin lace making 3 day Workshops in Surrey

Mixed bobbin lace making 3 day Workshops in Surrey

In-person course

Surrey - Next course on 24th August 2021

At the current time it is good to carry on being creative and focusing on the present. So if you run into trouble with your lace and need any form of help, please get in touch with me (via;- 'contact a tutor') and also attach a picture and I will try and help. These three days would be an ideal opportunity to relax and make lace, enjoying the company of like minded people. Come along and try your hand at one of the laces below, or work on your current...

At the current time it is good to carry on being creative and focusing on the present. So if you run into trouble with your lace and need any form...

Beginners Lace Making - Taster Workshop

Beginners Lace Making - Taster Workshop

In-person course

Surrey - Next course on 18th September 2021

Why not learn a new craft that is a calming and therapeutic hobby, while spending a weekend with creative like minded students, which offers the opportunity to make new friends. If you have ever thought about making lace and/or at any time your relatives have made lace, then please come and experience it for yourself. Do not be put off by the number of bobbins you see people use. These are equivalent to stitches on a knitting needle and like knitting there are only two stitches. Just as a pattern...

Why not learn a new craft that is a calming and therapeutic hobby, while spending a weekend with creative like minded students, which offers the opportunity to make new friends....

Honiton lace workshop

Honiton lace workshop

In-person course

Surrey - Next course on 9th August 2021

Learn the traditional heritage craft of lace making with an experienced lace maker. Honiton lace was made in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, as a cottage industry and provided a meagre livelihood for those making the lace in Devon and probably Somerset. In the early part of the 20th century it was still taught in schools in Devon. Today Honiton lace is made for pleasure, and often seen displayed in the home of a bobbin lace maker, in a variety of ways. Occasionally it can be seen on a...

Learn the traditional heritage craft of lace making with an experienced lace maker. Honiton lace was made in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, as a cottage industry and provided...

Idrija Lace: jewellery / accessories / traditional

Idrija Lace: jewellery / accessories / traditional

In-person course

Surrey - Next course on 3rd August 2021

Idrija Lace is a tape lace that uses only five/seven pairs of bobbins, but enables you to make a wide variety of patterns. You can make rings, bracelets, brooches, ear rings, necklaces, or hair accessories as well as some of the more traditional items such as mats, edging, and inserts for mounting on/in fabric (eg; table cloth centre, t-shirts, or blouse sleeves). You can work either in white, ecru, cotton, linen, silk, metallic threads, or even mixed colours and I have experimented with all of them successfully. Idrija lace originated...

Idrija Lace is a tape lace that uses only five/seven pairs of bobbins, but enables you to make a wide variety of patterns. You can make rings, bracelets, brooches, ear...

Passementerie Weaving with Elizabeth Ashdown

Passementerie Weaving with Elizabeth Ashdown

In-person course

Stirlingshire - Next course on 2nd October 2021

Come and explore the wonders of open weave structures with heritage craft specialist Elizabeth Ashdown. Use a mixture of materials to create your own version of passementerie lace, you can even bring along your own treasured yarns and found materials to incorporate into your totally unique weaving.⁣ Elizabeth Ashdown is one of the last remaining practitioners, and we feel privileged to have her here to teach her only workshop north of the border. Join us for two fantastic days of weaving, and play a part in keeping this endangered craft...

Come and explore the wonders of open weave structures with heritage craft specialist Elizabeth Ashdown. Use a mixture of materials to create your own version of passementerie lace, you can...

Lace Making - 2 night retreat

Lace Making - 2 night retreat

In-person course

Stirlingshire - Next course on 3rd September 2021

Whether travelling as an individual, couple or a group - everyone is welcome! Arriving Friday afternoon for a fun, filled weekend of crafting. Staying in Gartmore House with comfortable en suite bedrooms, situated in 75 acres of beautiful surroundings on Gartmore Estate in the heart of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. Friendly and warm welcoming staff with excellent tuition for the complete beginner to the more advanced. The course will run Saturday and Sunday between 10am and 4pm and will finish at 4pm on the Sunday afternoon. We...

Whether travelling as an individual, couple or a group - everyone is welcome! Arriving Friday afternoon for a fun, filled weekend of crafting. Staying in Gartmore House with comfortable en...

Lace Making - 5 night retreats

Lace Making - 5 night retreats

In-person course

Stirlingshire - Next course on 10th October 2021

Whether travelling as an individual, couple or a group - everyone is welcome! Arriving Sunday afternoon from 4pm for a fun, filled week of crafting. Staying in Gartmore House with comfortable en suite bedrooms, situated in 100 acres of beautiful surroundings on Gartmore Estate in the heart of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. Friendly and warm welcoming staff with excellent tuition for the complete beginner to the more advanced. We offer a complimentary pick up and drop off service from and to Stirling train station to take the...

Whether travelling as an individual, couple or a group - everyone is welcome! Arriving Sunday afternoon from 4pm for a fun, filled week of crafting. Staying in Gartmore House with...

Christmas Decorations - Bobbin Lace Workshop.

Christmas Decorations - Bobbin Lace Workshop.

In-person course

Surrey - Next course on 25th October 2021

This lace making session offers you the opportunity to start making a wide rang of Lace Decorations for Christmas, either to hang upon a Christmas Tree, Bower, Windows, or anywhere else in the home to create a warmer personal season feel and cheer. The photographs displayed for this Lace Session have all been made by Tina over many years and represent a wide range of Lace Types & Skill Levels. Therefore it may be advisable to contact 'the tutor', prior to booking, to ensure that your aspirations are achievable. Also...

This lace making session offers you the opportunity to start making a wide rang of Lace Decorations for Christmas, either to hang upon a Christmas Tree, Bower, Windows, or anywhere...

Evenings - Weekly Bobbin Lace class

Evenings - Weekly Bobbin Lace class

In-person course

Surrey - Next course on 1st September 2021

Tina wishes to offer evening sessions to students (weather; Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced), were this would suit them better than a day-time class, the chance to work along side each other to create a Traditional or Modern piece of lace. You may have found the last 18 months very challenging and being creative is good way to relax at the same time as stretching your cognitive skills. Tina's students often say how therapeutic lace making can be, she herself finds it a great way to relax and forget all about...

Tina wishes to offer evening sessions to students (weather; Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced), were this would suit them better than a day-time class, the chance to work along side each...

Mixed Bobbin Lace Making 4 day Workshop in Surrey

Mixed Bobbin Lace Making 4 day Workshop in Surrey

In-person course

Surrey - Next course on 23rd August 2021

The four day workshop would be an ideal opportunity to relax and make lace enjoying the company of like minded people. Come along and try your hand at one of the laces below or work on your current project, or have help starting a new project. Or why not try that lace you have always been meaning to try. Tina has 28yrs experience in making bobbin lace, able to teach;- Binche, Bedfordshire, Chrysanthemum, Flanders, Honiton, Idrija, Milanese, Russian & Torchon. She is also able to provide guidance to those wishing...

The four day workshop would be an ideal opportunity to relax and make lace enjoying the company of like minded people. Come along and try your hand at one of...

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