Useful Links
Are You Looking for Supplies?
These vendors carry general lacemaking supplies (including bobbins, threads, pins, pillows, books, and patterns), hand-turned bobbins and needlework tools, tatting supplies, beads, books, hard-to-find books, and supplies for other fiber arts.
- Bobbins by Van Dieren - bobbins, accessories, pillows, and lacemaking furniture
- DS9 Designs - tatting supplies and beads
- Fine Threads - lacemaking supplies
- Graceful Arts Fiber Studio - tatting supplies and other fiber arts
- Handy Hands Tatting - tools and supplies for tatting, including needle tatting
- Knotwork Lace Tools - hand-turned bobbins and needlework tools
- Lacy Susan - general lacemaking, lace knitting
- Maire Studio, New Zealand - bobbins
- Mary Chapman, Bookseller - old textile books
- Sharon's Tatting - tatting lessons, tips, and patterns
- Snowgoose - general lacemaking, Ethafoam pillows
- Van Sciver Bobbin Lace - general lacemaking
Guilds and Other Sources of Information about Lacemaking
Below are links to some national and international lace-related organizations as well other lace guilds.
- International Old Lacers, Inc. (IOLI)
- Enchanted Lacemakers (Albuquerque/Santa Fe New Mexico)
- Keystone Lace Guild (Pennsylvania)
- Minnesota Lace Society (Minneapolis)
- New England Lace Group (Sturbridge, MA)
- Piedmont Lace Guild (Fauquier County, VA)
- The International Bobbin and Needle Lace Organisation (OIDFA)
- The Lace Guild (UK)
- Arachne - Arachne's Web Server is dedicated to the lacemaker's art
- Eastern USA Digital Archive of Documents Related to Lace - A source for out-of-copyright publications in digital format
- Home Textile Tool Museum - A museum located in Orwell, PA, whose purpose is to preserve and rekindle an interest in making things by hand
- Lacemakers Discussion Group - A lively discussion about lacemaking and calendar of events
- The Textile Museum - The Textile Museum, located in Washington, DC, is dedicated to furthering the understanding of mankind's creative achievements in the textile arts