Making lace with lace bobbins is the next demonstration at Tea and Topics.
Kim Thornton will demonstrate the technique at Gonville Library this week.
Lace bobbins is a very old craft old craft, originating in many countries in Europe and counties in England and Ireland. The craft uses bobbins wound with thread making a series of “crosses and twists” of thread pinned onto a “pricking” pattern on a lace pillow.
Kim says she had the privilege to travel in 2019 to countries that still make lace and visited Slovenia, Belgium, Italy, the United Kindom and the United States.
“Watching an experienced lace maker is like watching a talented musician playing a piano. Their fingers dance across the bobbin.
