Monday, March 2, 2009

Lace


Lace is an openwork fabric, patterned with open holes in the work, made by machine or by hand. The holes can be formed via removal of threads or cloth from a previously woven fabric, but more often open spaces are created as part of the lace fabric. Lace-making is an ancient craft. True lace was not made until the late 15th and early 16th centuries. A true lace is created when a thread is looped, twisted or braided to other threads independently from a backing fabric.
Originally linen, silk, gold, or silver threads were used. Now lace is often made with cotton thread. Manufactured lace may be made of synthetic fiber. A few modern artists make lace with a fine copper or silver wire instead of thread.


Types of Lace


There are many types of lace, defined by how they are made. These include:

Needle lace; made using a needle and thread. This is the most flexible of the lace-making arts. While some types can be made more quickly than the finest of bobbin laces, others are very time-consuming. Some purists regard Needle lace as the height of lace-making. The finest antique needle laces were [made] from a very fine thread that is not manufactured today.

Cutwork, or whitework; lace constructed by removing threads from a woven background, and the remaining threads wrapped or filled with embroidery.

Bobbin Lace; as the name suggests, made with bobbins and a pillow. The bobbins, turned from wood, bone or plastic, hold threads which are woven together and held in place with pins stuck in the pattern on the pillow. The pillow contains straw, preferably oat Straw or other materials such as sawdust, insulation styrofoam or ethafoam. Also known as Bone-lace. Chantilly lace is a type of bobbin lace.

Tape lace; makes the tape in the lace as it is worked, or uses a machine- or hand-made textile strip formed into a design, then joined and embellished with needle or bobbin lace.

Knotted lace; including Macramé and Tatting. Tatted lace is made with a shuttle or a tatting needle.

Crocheted lace; including Irish crochet, pineapple crochet, and filet crochet.

Knitted lace; including Shetland lace, such as the "wedding ring shawl", a lace shawl so fine that it can be pulled through a wedding ring.

Machine-made; any style of lace created or replicated using mechanical means.


History of lace

References to lace are made in the Bible in the Book of Exodus (Exodus 28:28, King James Version). Lace was used by clergy of the early Catholic Church as part of vestments in religious ceremonies, but did not come into widespread use until the 16th century.The popularity of lace increased rapidly and the cottage industry of lace making spread throughout Europe to most European countries. Countries like Finland (city of Rauma), Slovenia (city of Idrija), Belgium, Hungary, Ireland, Malta, Russia, Spain, Turkey and others all have their own unique artistic heritage expressed through lace.

In North America in the 19th century, lace making was spread to the Native American tribes through missionaries.

Also, St. John Francis Regis helped many country girls stay away from the cities by establishing them in the lacemaking and embroidery trade, which is why he became the Patron Saint of lace-making.

Information  from Wikipedia


Modern creations with lace:







Gorgeous creations with lace in Etsy:


Two bags I made with flet and lace:



16 comments:

  1. Μα και πολυθρόνα με δαντέλα?? Υπέροχη όμως!!!!
    Καλά για τις τσάντες τι να σχολιάσω?? Η μια καλύτερη από την άλλη!!
    Πολύ ενδιαφέρουσες και οι πληροφορίες σου για την ιστορία της δαντέλας:))

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  2. ΤΕΛΕΙΕΣΣΣ!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Τι να πω;! απλα ειναι υπεροχες και οι δυο!
    Γεια στα χερια σου κολλητουλα!

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  3. Πολύ ωραίο ποστ Εύα. Διάβασα πολύ χρήσιμες πληροφορίες. Θα είχα περιέργεια να δω κάθε τύπο δαντέλας με φωτό όπως τις περιγράφεις.
    Δεν υπάρχει νομίζω πιο φίνο αποτέλεσμα πλεκτικής τέχνης από την δαντέλα.
    Οι τσάντες σου πρωτότυπες (ως συνήθως). Δαντέλα και τσόχα! Έκπληξη!

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  4. Υπεροχη μου Ευα με το αξεπέραστο γούστο σου!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Αν είχαμε ενα μαγαζι μαζι θα σκίζαμε κουκλάρα μου...πεθαίνω για τις ιδέες σου.
    Μη νομίζεις οτι ξέχασα κάτι που σου είπα ...για κείνο το happening...
    ΦΙΛΙΑ ΒΡΕ ΧΡΥΣΟΧΕΡΑ ΜΕ ΤΟ ΑΝΟΙΧΤΟ ΜΥΑΛΌ!!!!

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  5. Φανταστική ανάρτηση! Πληρέστατη και πολύ κατατοπιστική! Όσο για τις τσάντες, τι να πω? Καταπληκτικές!

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  6. Τι να πεί κανείς!!!!Μπράβο Εύα για όλα, για τη δημιουργικότητα σου,για τη φαντασία σου και για την τόσο καλή δουλεία σου!!! Μπράβο σου!

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  7. Ευχαριστώ κορίτσια!!!! Κική ετοίμασα ένα κολάζ με φωτογραφίες από τους διάφορους τύπους, αλλά δεν μπόρεσα να το ανεβάσω μέσα στην ανάρτηση!! Θα το ξαναδοκιμάσω, αλλιώς θα το βάλω σε νεά ανάρτηση!

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  8. I love lace and I love what you found abbout it! Your bags are gorgeous!

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  9. I love lace; great read Eve ! and great modern creations you have found; that chair is awesome !
    Love your bags; great idea to combine felt and lace !

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  10. Super το post, οι τσάντε τέλειες!

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  11. Μπραβο Ευα!!!!
    υπεροχη αναρτηση, καταπληκτικες δημιουργιες...! Να'σαι καλα!!!!

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  12. Καλημέρα και καλή σαρακοστή ... Η γυναίκα μου θα τρελάθει με αυτή την ανάρτηση ...

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  13. Δε θα πρωτοτυπήσω.. πληρέστατη ανάρτηση για την αγαπημένη δαντέλα και οι τσάντες πολύ πολύ όμορφες!!!

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  14. Oh, I like this tiny lace-university!

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  15. I love lace. Your bags are beautiful!

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