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Needle lace borders from the Ore Mountains of Germany in 1884, displayed in the Victoria and Albert Museum Needle lace, detail Parchment With Unfinished Needle Lace (England), 17th century (CH 18637569) Runner (ST557) - Lace-Needle Lace - MoMu Antwerp. Needle lace is a type of lace created using a needle and thread to create hundreds of small ...
Hollie point is a flat needlepoint lace whose name derives either from lace made for religious purposes (holy work) or from the holes that create the pattern. [2] It is made up of rows of twisted buttonhole stitches worked over horizontal threads.
It is nearly always used in combination with other types of embroidery stitches. Together they create a complete design and, historically, in ethnic embroidery, distinctive embroidery styles, also known as "needle-darning." Cover, Armenia, 18th century, Linen, silk, plain weave, embroidery (cross stitch), drawnwork lace, Honolulu Academy of Arts
Tatting can be used to make lace edging as well as doilies, collars, accessories such as earrings, necklaces, waist beads, and other decorative pieces. The lace is formed by a pattern of rings and chains formed from a series of cow hitch or half-hitch knots, called double stitches, over a core thread.
Like lacis, or filet lace, Armenian needlelace seems to be an obvious descendant of net making. Where lacis adds decorative stitches to a net ground, Armenian needlelace involves making the net itself decorative. Representations of the lace have been described on ancient statuary, and in centuries-old stonework. [1]
Kenmare lace is a needlepoint Irish lace based on the detached buttonhole stitch. (It is sometimes called needle-lace to distinguish it from canvas needlepoint.) Linen thread was used by Poor Clare Order nuns to make needlepoint lace. [6] Suitable linen thread is no longer available, so today cotton thread is used.