One of Nottinghamshire's most distinctive crafts is at risk of dying out if new people are not trained, enthusiasts say. Bobbin lace-making is a centuries-old hand technique that evolved into machine ...
The Irish tradition of lace making staggers the imagination. It includes crocheted lace with picots and flower forms, Youghal needle lace with the design outlined in couching stitches using fine ...
Lace making in Limerick is traditionally associated with the potato famine years of the late 1840s, even though it was introduced to Limerick a decade or more before the famine. However, it was during ...
Artefacts from Nottingham's history of lace making will be accessible online as part of a new scheme. Nottingham Central Library's collection of materials documenting the rise and fall of the industry ...
Lace-making is something that unites the countries of Europe says the woman behind an exhibition on the craft now on in Lefkara. ALIX NORMAN finds out more If you were to hold a Ferrari show, you’d do ...
When Charlene McKenna married fellow actor Adam Rothenberg at Castle Leslie during lockdown last February, the straps of her wedding dress had two very romantic touches. Rothenberg ‘s proposal of ...
President Mary Roth-Davies works on a lace pattern at the Cranberry Lacemakers of Central NJ monthly gathering at the Franklin Township Public Library in Somerset County. (Frances Micklow/The ...