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| Panel de encaje de B. Beselova, 1967 |
I've been interested in Russian bobbin lace for many years. The fact that there is so little information about it in my country, makes it even more attactive to me. It is a challenge trying to make it correctly and finding interesting patterns.
Quite briefly, what we usually call "Russian bobbin lace" is a continuous tape lace (that is, we start and end at the same place) and normally a fixed number of bobbins are needed. The tapes make curves forming flowers or other motifs to fill the space. When one tape touches another, it is joined with a crochet hook.
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| Scarf made by Nieves García |
But we needed a pattern. Finding it was complicated... but we finally got the inspiration from a panel made in 1967 by the Russian lacer B. Beselova, and adapted it to our necessities, reducing the number of repeats and making a long row of them.
And this is the result, a few months later.
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| Scarf made by Antje González, still on the pillow |
Wow, this is great! I've been looking at Russian Lace too. I'm in Minnesota, USA, and have been learning bobbin lace for about a year. I found out my great grandmother and great great grandmother made lace for sale in Minnesota. My mom got me started. Right now I've been trying to make bolster pillows. I work palms up too. I'm going to use some tips from you. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to your beautiful l scarves. It is wonderful to make something wearable in bobbin lace. I visited Russia several times in the 90s and bought some Vologda lace among other things, one of the pieces being a beautiful collar. I also own a couple of soft knitted Orenburg scarves, presents from Russian friends. It has not been easy to learn more about Russian handicrafts but hopefully it will be easier the more affluent Russians get in other languages publishing their work and sharing their knowledge.
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