Bibliography of Lacemaking Books
This is not a comprehensive list; just some of the books which I have found to be most useful.
It does not include the many that are primarily pattern books.
| Bobbin Lace Techniques - for the less experienced lacemaker: | ||
| Introduction to Torchon Lace. | Alison Tolson | The Lace Guild |
| Braid lace for Today. | Jennifer Fisher | Dryad |
| Torchon Lace for Today. | Jenifer Fisher | Kangaroo Press |
| Bobbin Lace Braid. | Gil Dye | Batsford |
| Introduction to Bobbin lacemaking | Rosemary Shepherd | Batsford |
| Torchon Lace Workbook. | Bridget Cook | Batsford |
| Bedfordshire Basic Instruction Book. | Barbara Underwood | The Lace Guild |
| An Introduction to Bucks Point Lace. | Jean Leader | The Lace Guild |
| Specialised Bobbin Lace Techniques: | ||
| Introducing Traditional Bedfordshire Lace in 20 Lessons | Barbara Underwood | Ruth Bean |
| Traditional Bedfordshire Lace | Barbara Underwood | Ruth Bean |
| Building Torchon Lace | Bridget Cook | Batsford |
| Flanders lace | Mary Niven | Dryad |
| Binche Lace | Michal Guisiana | Batsford |
| Designing for Bruges Flower lace | Edna Sutton | Dryad |
| Milanese lace an Introduction | Pat Read & Lucy Kincaid | Batsford |
| Introduction to Honiton lace | Susanne Thompson | Batsford |
| A Visual Introduction to Bucks Point Lace | Geraldine Stott | Batsford |
| Bobbin Lace Design: | ||
| Drafting Torchon Lace Patterns | Alexandra Stillwell | Dryad |
| Pattern Design for Torchon Lace | Jane Atkinson | Batsford |
| Dare to Design | Anne Dyer | Westhope College |
| Other Lace Techniques | ||
| Needlemade Laces | Pat Earnshaw | Ward Lock |
| Technique of Teneriffe Lace | Alexandra Stillwell | Batsford |
| The Art of Shetland Lace | Sarah Don | Batsford |
| Encyclopaedia of Needlework | Therese de Dillmont | DMC |
| Lace Identification: | ||
| Identification and Care of Bobbin and Needlelaces | Pat Earnshaw | Batsford |
| Lace Machines and Machine Laces | Pat Earnshaw | Batsford |
| How to Recognise Machine Lace | Pat Earnshaw | Gorse Publications |
| Chart for lace Identification & the Meshes of Handmade Lace | E. Lolita Eveleth | Britta Dorothy Jeppson |
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