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Continue reading →: Sew magazine article
It shows how busy I’ve been recently that I’ve only just got round to reading last months Sew magazine (the February 2014 issue), and it was great to see an article about lace making. The article covers quite a lot including Honiton lace, the Lace Guild, royal connections with lace…
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Continue reading →: (Nearly) all handmade- Mathilde top with lace edging
I took a bit of a break from my Honiton a couple of weeks ago to make a strip of Torchon lace to use as a trimming for this Mathilde top. (Excuse the creases- I’d been wearing it all day…) I bought the lawn fabric at Fents in Skipton but…
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Continue reading →: St Catherine’s Day
Happy St Catherine’s Day! Yes today (25th November) is the saint day for St Catherine, the patron saint of amongst other things, lacemakers and spinsters (hmm, any connection there…!) and my namesake 🙂 . St Catherine of Alexandria (282-305AD) is a pretty good saint to have as a patron as…
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Continue reading →: ‘Cat’ching up…
I didn’t get much chance to do any lace last weekend as we had family staying, bonfire parties and by Sunday evening I had a massive headache so I know if I picked the lace up I’d end up unpicking more than I actually got done (or doing ‘reverse stitch’…
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Continue reading →: New tutorial
I’ve just uploaded the first of what I hope will be a series of tutorials on bobbin lace-making. It covers the basic equipment and tools you need for getting started. Please let me have any questions, comments or feedback so I can make sure it is as useful and informative as possible.…
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Continue reading →: My humble heart
On a bit of a catch-up today, having been away recently, including three days of making lace, eating and gorgeous surroundings on my residential Honiton course with Pat Perryman at Alston Hall. The hall and its grounds are so peaceful (apart from the music drifting from the Russian summer school!)…
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Continue reading →: Two pink perils
I’ve quite often been asked if I ever make clothes for my girls, at which point I smile, blush and say, ‘errr, not yet, no’. But because my 4 year old has started to take more of an interest in what I’m making (which is just FAB by the way-…
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Continue reading →: Golden Hands
I spent a couple of happy hours at the weekend looking through Mum’s collection of Golden Hands magazines from the 1970. There’s some classic pictures in there- more than a touch of Margot Leadbetter about some of the outfits and some of the knitted children’s clothes are bordering on the cruel- but the…
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Continue reading →: Fabric shopping three ways
So in the past fortnight, I’ve been spoilt with the number and range of fabric shops I’ve visited. From standing open-mouthed at the gorgeousness (and prices) at Liberty’s, to finding just what I needed at Fent’s in Skipton, to being a bit overwhelmed by the range in the Abakahn’s sale.…
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Continue reading →: A collision of passions
I was down in London earlier this week with work and was soooo pleased that I found some time to browse in my favourite shop- Persephone Books on Lamb’s Conduit Street. I’ve been in love with Persephone books since 2002 when Radio 4’s Book at Bedtime broadcast the fabulous Little…
Cattern Lace
Hello,
I’m Catherine
Welcome to Cattern Lace, a site dedicated to a love of lacemaking. Here, I will share projects, inspiration and and tutorials to help you get started with lace and to document my own lacemaking journey.
Cattern Lace 