Learn The Art of Bobbin Lace Making Beginners Class

Learn how to wind a bobbin by looping linen onto the shaft and winding over the top and under the bottom, securing with a knot to prevent unwinding.

Place a thin, firm cardboard larger than your pattern in the board’s center. Secure it with corner pins, protect the board, and maintain tension to shape the lace.

Center the pattern over the cardboard and secure it with pins in all four corners; copy the pattern on a sheet of blue paper to reduce glare and eye strain.

Prepare your bobbin lace board with a 12-gauge vinyl cover, cut a two-and-a-half to three-inch hole, avoid pins in the cover, and protect the linen thread as the pattern moves.

Place seven pins on the pattern, set twenty-two bobbins as eleven pairs, put two pairs on the first pin, one on the last, and distribute the rest across middle pins.

Begin the first row on the left with the linen stitch, alternating movements with bobbins 4 and 2, then 3 and 1, finish by tightening and preparing to work back.

Apply linen stitch using three movements, moving from right to left across the pattern with twists and crosses, then release and straighten worker pairs for texture and shaping.

Master the half stitch in bobbin lace by performing two movements with a twist, moving from right to left. Place pins to shape the pattern and maintain tension.

Learn the half stitch applied part two using two movements and cross twist sequences with pin placement. This creates a diamond-shaped lace design and supports building patterns with proper tension.

Master the border stitch applied in bobbin lace making, executing four movements with cross twists, maintaining tension, and forming diamonds and squares along pattern edges.

Learn to switch between linen (three movements), half, and whole stitches in bobbin lace, adding twists without removal, and practice producing crisp patterns through careful pinning.

Learn two methods to repair a linen break in bobbin lace: form a loop and knot with a crochet hook, or tie the threads together and resume with linen stitch.

Fix errors in bobbin lace by backing up to the error and reversing stitches, applying four movements for the border and ensuring correct cross twists.

Practice the three bobbin lace stitches on your strip, switch between linen and border stitches, and share progress as we prepare a round doily and tie off a pattern.