Links

This page contains links to various sites that may be of interest to lacers.

Lace Organizations

1. IOLI - the International Organization of Lace, Inc.

2. OIDFA - the European organization of lacers

3. OIDFA USA - the USA home of OIDFA

4. The Lace Guild (UK)

5. Australian Lace Guild

6. The Lace Museum - based in California; they have online classes

7. Great Lakes Lace Guild

8. Heartland Lace Guild

9. New England Lace Group

Teacher and Lacer Sites

1. Jean Leader

2. Jo Edkins - great site for bobbin lace information

3. Jenny Brandis - she sells a Pattern-of-the-Month subscription; the patterns have great instructions

4. Alexandra Stillwell

5. Allie Marguccio

6. Catherine Barley - needlelace

7. Maggie Hensel Brown - needlelace - there are 2 free introductory videos under CLP

8. Sandi Woods

9. Janice Blair

10. Lesley F. Williams' blog - she offers free bobbin lace patterns and also has Facebook groups that she links to in her blog

Vendors

1. Holly Van Sciver - bobbin lace supplies

2. Maria Provencher - she has 3 Etsy shops run by herself and her daughters:

   • ProvoLace

   • ProvoLaceShop

   • LacemakerUSA

3. Lace Tools Carmen - she has good prices and some things not available elsewhere, but she ships from Spain so order enough to make the shipping worth it

4. Snowgoose - bobbin lace supplies; good choice of pillows

5. WAWAK - a great place to buy the Iris pins we love for bobbin lace

6. Roseground (UK) - bobbin lace

7. Harlequin Lace (UK) - bobbin lace; particularly nice selection of various pillows

8. Joan Brash - offers Teneriffe kits and classes

9. Knit Picks - yarn

10. WEBS - yarn

11. Little Knits - yarn; they frequently have sales so get on their email list

12. Handy Hands - Lizbeth thread

Books

1. AbeBooks - good used book site

2. Alibris - good used book site

3. Bookfinder - not a book seller, but a good place to find book sellers - shows prices and compares them on various sites

4. University of Arizona Digital Archive - a great place for free out-of-copyright books

5. Archive.org - another good place for free out-of-copyright books

6. Project Gutenberg - a great site for all kinds of free books

Other Links

1. GroundForge - a site that lets you create your own grounds for bobbin lace

2. The Adventurous Lacemakers - contains many tutorials that can be purchased as PDF downloads

3. LaceNews Blog 

4. Tatting Pattern Central

5. Lacemaking Circle

6. Tatting Corner

7. Richard's Bobbins

8. Falkink's Kantelier

9. Lace8