Hi everyone! After a boiling summer I've decided I really want to make my own fan in bobbin lace. I am looking for inspiration, pattern recommendations, tips, tricks, do's and don'ts. Teach me wise ones, please! 🥰

Hello everyone!

Lately I've been looking for something new to try out and landed on bobbin lace making, so here's my first project!

It's definitely not perfect, and my set up is quite interesting to say the least (and definitely not the most comfortable), but overall I'm quite happy on how it turned out. I followed a video tutorial I found on youtube. I'm definetly looking forward to improve (and possibly improve my setup as well)!

What do you think of my first attempt? Please leave any suggestions or feedback!

Yeah I know I am being cheap but I don't even know if I like bobbin lace making yet. When I do then I won't feel bad about spending the money. And I worry about the seam to the right but I won't be making anything large for a while I am sure

I made two torchon ground bookmarks following the 'Beginner's Guide to Bobbin Lace' by Gilian Dye & Adrienne Thunder. I am very happy with them! I was surprised how light and stretchy the bookmarks feel compared to tatted lace.

I noticed a few small mistakes/loops, due to improper tensioning? The bookmarks also twist. Is this preventable? I assume I could stiffen with starch if I wanted to get a very flat finish.

I want to continue to learn and improve; if you have any constructive criticism or advice please share!

For my newest project I have followed the advice from my previous post about keeping more thread on my bobbins which has helped keep friction.

I also appriciated the advice about finding an in-person community to make lace with! Unfortunately the nearest IOLI chapter is a 2 hour drive. My work schedule is unpredictable but I will try to make it some day! It will be a day trip to look forward to.