Bruges Bloomwork
The course Bruges Bloomwork consists of 6 lessons, in which the different ways of starting and finishing, several fillings of plaits, the flowers and leaves are to be discussed.
The maximum numbers of bobbins used in this course is 14 pairs. Maybe sometimes in the fillings more pairs are necessary.
Chantilly
The course for Chantilly lace consists of 12 lessons. In 8 lessons several technical aspect of the Chantilly, such as the gimp, motifs and fillings are discussed. Beside that there are 2 lessons f polychrome Chantilly and 2 lessons Blonde lace included. To be able to follow this course it is necessary to know how to read working diagrams.
Duchesse
The course Duchesse lace consists of 11 lessons, in which several technical aspects of the lace such as start and finish, the curls, roundings, flowers, leaves, fillings, relief, etc. In the last lesson the Withof Duchesse will be discussed.
Dutch Lace
The course Dutch Lace consists of 11 lessons, in which laces of several Dutch designers will be made. The designs are chosen in a way, that all technical trics of the lace will be discussed and that the lesons become more difficult during the course.
Guipure
New students start mostly with the Guipure lessons. In these the basic stitches such as cloth stitch, whole stitch and half stitch are learned. Furthermore the plaits with their crossings and the tallies are discussed. The complete course consists of 24 lessons, in which also other technical difficulties such as corners, add and remove pairs, picots and false plaits are explained.
I start when someone is new into bobbinlace with the Guipure, because it has many technical details, which return into the other laces, but in the Guipure they are easier to learn.
Rosaline Lace
The course Rosaline Lace consists of 6 lessons, in which several technical aspects of the lace will be discussed, such as the “bolleke”, fish, flowers, “blekes” and more.
In the last lesson the Rosaline Perlé and the needle lace pearl will be explained.
Skåne Lace
The course Skåne Lace consists of 12 lessons, in which traditional patterns from the region Skåne are offered increasing in difficultiy and width. In this lace pins are only used at the edges of the lace the width and the amount of bobbins will be increased slowly. Besides the traditional patterns also a few new designed will be given. Also designing and drawing a diagram will be discussed.
Torchon
The course Torchon consists of 12 lessons, in which several grounds, spiders, shell patterns and other ornaments will be discussed. Furthermore the use of diagrams will be explained.
Tule
The course Tule lace consists of 12 lessons, in which several details of the tule, such as the point ground, decorative grounds, gimp and several motifs will be discussed. To be follow this course the ability to read and understand diagram is necessary.
