Flowers In Needlepoint Lace

Oya, or Turkish needle lace, has been practiced in Turkey for hundreds of years. This delicate technique is perfect for creating flowers--lilies, daisies, crocuses, and more. Find all the information you need to get started making Turkish needle lace, as well as patterns more than 25 different flowers and a project to use each flower in. A perfect introduction to this ancient and beautiful craft.

In this book Valerie Grimwood takes the reader through each stage of the process in learning the basic techniques for needlepoint lace as well as providing inspiration to progress to the more complex patterns that can be achieved.

Provides a collection of designs specifically for needlelace makers who enjoy the countryside. The book includes a variety of patterns based on motifs and pictorial representations of the countryside. Some of the projects provide detailed instructions and photographs of finished pieces of work, while others provide a pattern, suggested stitches and colours to use.

"The large Woodburytype photographs show examples of Italian, Spanish, French and Belgian lace, the process being well suited to showing the fine detail of these intricate examples. Cole (1846-1934) was the son of the first director of the South Kensington Museum, Henry Cole, and was himself closely linked with the South Kensington Museum. He was an expert in textiles, specializing in lace. ... The photographs, though unattributed, were probably the work of the museum's own photography department, established under the direction of Charles Thurston Thompson."--AbeBooks website

Ancient Needlepoint and Pillow Lace - With Notes on the History of Lace-Making and Descriptions of Thirty Examples. Many of the earliest books on weaving, textiles and needlework, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.