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Continue reading →: Basic patterns for beginners
I’ve recently been teaching someone to make lace and they were looking for a basic pattern to get going with. If like them you’ve just got started making lace (check out the two Getting Started tutorials here for some help and advice) here are a couple of patterns that I…
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Continue reading →: Attending a Lace Day- tips and tricks
On 18th April there will be a new Spring Lace Fair at Haydock Racecourse. This adds to the current large UK Lace events throughout the year including the National Christmas Lacemakers Fair in Solihull and The Great Northern (Not Just) Lace day in Pudsey. Local lace groups also often hold Lace…
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Continue reading →: Bobbin Painting- a How To Guide
Whilst time to actually make lace has been squeezed of late, I have added to my collection of bobbins with a couple of commemoratives. Commemoratives are painted bobbins which celebrate or mark specific occasions, either personal or historic. I have quite a number now, but always get a Happy New…
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Continue reading →: Back in the game
Image source: Great British Sewing Bee Facebook So what’s new with you?! For me, it’s a new baby (although he’s two months old now so not quite so new anymore) but it certainly made for a busy Christmas. So naturally the lace has taken a back seat of late. Until…
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Continue reading →: News and updates
It’s been a bit quiet round here for a couple of months and in my lace-making as I am expecting my third (and final!) baby so life has been taking on a somewhat different focus. However I managed to get my creative mojo back recently and have been busy sewing…
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Continue reading →: Torchon butterfly
My aunt recently brought me a small Torchon lace butterfly in a frame which she had found in a charity shop. It measures around 8cm x 7cm and is worked in a variegated thread. The techniques used include spiders, half stitch fans, whole stitch fans and Torchon ground. There was…
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Continue reading →: Designing a collar
I’ve wanted to make a lace Peter Pan collar for some time but haven’t managed to find a pattern that I really like. I collected some ideas on a Pinterest Board and looked through all my books and patterns but in the end decided that because it’s been a while…
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Continue reading →: Lace:Here:Now
I recently got my hands on the publication Lace: Here: Now which accompanied the series of events of the same name held in Nottingham in late 2012. It’s published by Black Dog publishing and available to buy online. Unfortunately I didn’t get to attend any of the events in Nottingham,…
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Continue reading →: New Tutorial: Getting started- whole stitch and half stitch
If you’re new to lacemaking and would like to find out how to make the basic stitches, or haven’t made bobbin lace for a while and need a refresher, I’ve added a new tutorial on the two basic stitches, which also covers how to wind your bobbins. Please give me…
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Continue reading →: Honiton Perls- a quick How To guide
I posted last week about the disastrous Honiton perls so thought I’d make some notes here about how to get them looking better. These instructions are for perls on a trail- for perls on e.g. a blossom filling, use steps 4 to 7 (inclusive). In the images below I’m doing…
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 