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Special Shapes & Stitches Doilies & Table Toppers

Published 1 November 2007

Adult

Threads of Lace from Source to Sink

Tatting because its Cheaper than therapy

Nobles bankrupted themselves in pursuit of it. Young convent girls spent 60 hours just to make a square inch of it. The Victorians revived it, and today it still hasn't lost its romance and allure. "The Love of Lace" celebrates this enchanting fabric from its beginnings as crude open cutwork in the 14th century to the height of lace mania-when over a quarter of Europe's workers were employed as lace makers-to laces today and how to use and care for them. Gracing Catherine Calvert's richly infor...

Serger

by Amy Bardot

Published 8 December 2020

Adult

Cover of First Book of Modern Lace Knitting

First Book of Modern Lace Knitting (Dover Knitting, Crochet, Tatting, Lace)

by Marianne Kinzel

Published 28 March 2003

Adult

House Cleaning Log Book (Cleaning Chore Checklist, #3)

by Miss Audrey

Published 27 March 2019

Adult

Mediterranean Diet

by Michelle Sullivan

Published 21 May 2019

Adult

Lace Machines and Machine Laces

by Pat Earnshaw

Published 28 August 1986

Adult

Lacy Knitting of Mary Schiffman

by Nancy Nehring

Published 1 May 1998

Adult

A founding member of the Lacy knitters, Mary Schiffman was a tireless collector of lace patterns, and a delightful storyteller about her life and craft. For this book, Nancy Nehring has lovingly collected Mary's knitting and legacy and accounts of her life. Pat Shannon has proofknitted and charted Mary's patterns with thoughtful appreciation.