Needle tatting is a delicate art of creating intricate lace patterns using a needle and thread. Unlike shuttle tatting, needle tatting offers a different approach to crafting lace, making it ...

I’m the ninth generation of my family to be in the lace trade. The Cluny Lace factory, near Nottingham, was built in the 1880s, but we had machines in Ilkeston and Long Eaton before then. By the 1730s ...

Traditional lace is white and delicate, made as much from thread as it is from air. In Poland, this special craft intertwines 19th-century customs, the world’s heartfelt admiration, and the history of ...

Analysis: The Co Galway town was a big player in Irish lacemaking and a new community initiative is reviving that craft for the future Irish lace was a highly sought after luxury commodity, used to ...

Lauren Dreier was paging through a 19th century book by the German architect Gottfried Semper when she spotted some intriguing patterns inspired by lace. A professional artist and designer who often ...