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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…
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Continue reading →: How to attend a lace group… and make no lace
So it was the monthly meeting of my lace group on Saturday- in theory, 5 hours to spend getting on with making lace, visiting the supplier and seeing what everyone else has on their pillow. Except it didn’t quite work out like that. Most of the usual organisers were on…
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Continue reading →: What’s on my pillow
I’ve been making bobbin lace since I was 10, and over the years I’ve completed numerous pieces- from motifs and bookmarks to mats and garters- but all in Torchon, which is an excellent style to begin making lace as it is geometric and structured. Back in 2008, I’d started to…
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 