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Skill Builder: Intro to Bobbin Lace Making

Skill Builder: Intro to Bobbin Lace Making

Karen Hickman

By Karen Hickman

Karen Hickman

Karen has been making lace since the summer of 2003. It has been exciting for her to take multiple styles of classes from both U.S. and European teachers. She teaches a class in Austin each Tuesday at the Brookdale Senior Living Center at the corner of Parmer and Scofield Farms Drive from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. If you are interested in a class or need other information on bobbin lace, please feel free to email her at karenhic@yahoo.com. She will be glad to try to help.

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Learn a popular and easy method of lace making using weaving bobbins.

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Flashback: Splash Swimsuit Cover-Up

Flashback: Splash Swimsuit Cover-Up

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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by Nikol Lohr Cool, whisper-soft, and silky, this breezy lace swimsuit cover-up is as comfortable to knit at the beach as it is to wear there. Worked in soft, gently luxuriant Lorna’s Laces Pearl, a 50/50 silk and bamboo blend, Splash knits up quickly with a simple old shale lace pattern that coaxes excellent mileage […]

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Crochet It: Broomstick Lace Scarf

Crochet It: Broomstick Lace Scarf

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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Crocheted broomstick lace may look super-fancy, but it’s actually quite beginner-friendly–you only need to know a few basic stitches!

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Grandparents of Yarnboming Sisters Honored in Crocheted Lace

Grandparents of Yarnboming Sisters Honored in Crocheted Lace

By Andrew Salomone

Andrew Salomone

Artist, writer, and teacher who makes work about popular culture, technology, and traditional craft processes. http://www.andrewsalomone.com

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Infamous yarnbombing sisters Jill and Lorna Watt of Knits for Life shared their most recent labor of love this past Friday when they unveiled these incredible portraits of their grandparents rendered in crocheted lace.

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How-To: Crochet Broomstick Lace

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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Broomstick lace has the kind of luxurious antique look that, probably like many of you, I’ve always filed it away in my mind in the maybe-someday-when-I-have-more-time slot, right next to beautiful bobbin lace. Oh, how wrong I was! As it turns out, crocheted broomstick lace isn’t hard at all–the basic technique is actually pretty quick and easy.

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Crochet Inspiration: Broomstick Lace Bracelet

Crochet Inspiration: Broomstick Lace Bracelet

By Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox

Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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Looking for a good excuse to up your crochet game? Try your hand at elegant broomstick lace with this broomstick lace bracelet tutorial

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