My lace boards are both in the traditional Danish style, with fairly wide rollers (40 and 45cm respectively) mounted permanently on each one. There's a padded area in front of the roller, but that's really just a space for the bobbins to rest, not a working area so to speak. They ARE rather large and heavy to schlep around, but I quite like that they are seem sturdy and likely to last for generations. And I like that they both seem home-made; like some couple enjoyed crafts and she wanted a lace board so he went into his shed and built her one. (But they're both really well made!) I'd quite like a roller in the Spanish style; they're so compact and seem like they'd be easy to travel with. And of course a flat "cookie-style" pillow; my rollers are really only good for making lengths of lace, not something like doilies or Christmas ornaments. But it's fascinating how the tools for the same craft can have such different forms in different countries. Like the large lace pillows you see in places like Ireland and parts of the UK.
I love the harmony. My bobbin lace teacher is also named Louise and she is teaching me Torchon lace. I am blind so I particularly like The Lace Owl's videos. My teacher is also blind and has been making bobbin lace since 1976. This video was very helpful. Torchon so far is quite logical and easy to picture in my head. I also knit, crochet, and shuttle tat. I want to make real lace for historical clothing. Nothing terribly fancy. Torchon will do just fine. Perhaps one day I will learn Millinese lace. Tiffany
Doing lace without sight seems... Well, it's damned impressive! I could probably knit or crochet with my eyes closed, but lace and tatting is something else! (But I can imagine the texture of lace and tatting would be quite nice even without seeing it. It just FEELS pretty.)
I had this same problem, and it isn't something we covered in intro lace class which was just dealing with a cookie. And even if we covered it, it wouldn't have made any sense to me at the time. Until I needed to make yards of lace, I didn't grasp the problem. This makes so much sense now that I've seen it.
Thank you. From other CZcams videos I've watched, I thought I was using the pricking on my roller incorrectly, but I do it, more or less, in the way that you've shown.
My lace boards are both in the traditional Danish style, with fairly wide rollers (40 and 45cm respectively) mounted permanently on each one. There's a padded area in front of the roller, but that's really just a space for the bobbins to rest, not a working area so to speak.
They ARE rather large and heavy to schlep around, but I quite like that they are seem sturdy and likely to last for generations. And I like that they both seem home-made; like some couple enjoyed crafts and she wanted a lace board so he went into his shed and built her one. (But they're both really well made!)
I'd quite like a roller in the Spanish style; they're so compact and seem like they'd be easy to travel with. And of course a flat "cookie-style" pillow; my rollers are really only good for making lengths of lace, not something like doilies or Christmas ornaments.
But it's fascinating how the tools for the same craft can have such different forms in different countries. Like the large lace pillows you see in places like Ireland and parts of the UK.
I love the harmony. My bobbin lace teacher is also named Louise and she is teaching me Torchon lace. I am blind so I particularly like The Lace Owl's videos. My teacher is also blind and has been making bobbin lace since 1976. This video was very helpful. Torchon so far is quite logical and easy to picture in my head. I also knit, crochet, and shuttle tat. I want to make real lace for historical clothing. Nothing terribly fancy. Torchon will do just fine. Perhaps one day I will learn Millinese lace. Tiffany
Doing lace without sight seems... Well, it's damned impressive! I could probably knit or crochet with my eyes closed, but lace and tatting is something else!
(But I can imagine the texture of lace and tatting would be quite nice even without seeing it. It just FEELS pretty.)
Thank you Louise! You've resolved a dilemma I've had with the roller pillow and making the pricking fit! Cheers 👍😊
Happy to help!
I had this same problem, and it isn't something we covered in intro lace class which was just dealing with a cookie. And even if we covered it, it wouldn't have made any sense to me at the time. Until I needed to make yards of lace, I didn't grasp the problem. This makes so much sense now that I've seen it.
Thank you Louise, you gave me very good information on use theses kind of pillows.
You’re welcome 😊 Happy to help.
Thank you. From other CZcams videos I've watched, I thought I was using the pricking on my roller incorrectly, but I do it, more or less, in the way that you've shown.
If it works for you, you must be doing something right! The main thing is avoiding the pins going in the same holes repeatedly.