Bobbin lace falls naturall into two main groups; Continuous (or straight,or yardage) lace is started with x number of bobbins which continue throughout the length of the piece of lace (nermally) without additions. Sectional or non-continuous lace is made with a fewer number of bobbins and is worked a section at a time. As each motif is completed the bobbins are cut off and re-attached to work the next section. The various parts of the lace are joined together with bobbin 'sewings' as and when necessary according to the design.

In continuous the pattern elements motifs are grouped together in a decorative way and they are held together by a meshground (background) or guipure bars. It is the mesh or guipure which plays an important part of identifying a piece of lace. In sectional laces the type and arrangement of the motifs is more important but the various meshes or guipure may also be present as fillings within or between the motifs.

Point ground net worked CTTT p, but probably worked without pins	Point ground net with square tallies	Kat stitch Diagonal crossings worked CT p CT Vertical threads worked CTCT without a pin	Honeycombe worked CTT p CTT	Honeycomb in torchon Oval holes result from 45° working angle. sample worked CT p CTT
Torchon ground worked CT p CT	Dieppe ground worked CT p CTT	Spanish Ground or Ring Net worked CTT p CTT	Mechlin ground worked CT CT CT CT probably without pins	Valenciennes ground diagonal meshes CT CT CT horizontal meshes CT & CT
Five hole ground in Flanders lace	Snowball ground in old Binche/Flemish	Plain plaits in in Bedfordshire	Picoted plaits in Le Puy lace	Petals and plaits in Cluny lace

Point Ground Laces

r1c1	r1c2		r1c4	r1c5	r1c6
r2c1	r2c2	Bucks edging with Kat stitch width 19cm	r2c4	r2c5	r2c6

Four Pairs to the Pin Laces

			r1c4	r1c5	r1c6
Flemish c1710 with snowball and five hole grounds. width 5cm	Valenciennes with square ground Mme Huguette Glacet width 1.5cm	Flandern with cane ground edging width 3cm	r2c4	r2c5	r2c6

Other Grounded Laces

Mechlin c1800 width 7.5cm	Maltese including the cross of St John 20cm x 20cm

Cluny edging with rolled tallies width 11.5cm	Cluny with Venetian braid Diam 19cm	Le Puy edging width 7.5cm	Le Puy with plaited ground width 14cm	BedsMaltese with rose ground filling width 7cm	Bedfordshire with Raised petals made by Ruth Sayer

Brussels Mixed with Point de Gaze insert width 12cm	Honiton Guipure with needle bars and raised work width 12cm	Honiton Guipure with plaited bars width 11cm

Tape Laces

	r1c2	r1c3	r1c4	r1c5	r1c6
Katherine of Aragon lace with a single heavy gimp in each tape width 5cm	r2c2	r2c3	r2c4	r2c5	r2c6