I have been making and designing bobbin lace since 1993 and have been teaching regularly since the the early 2000s.
I learnt to make lace under the tutelage of the internationally renowned lace maker and teacher Pat Read MBE.
My lace specialism is Modern Milanese which is based on traditional Milanese lace braids and techniques but with added Withof and other techniques used and developed to suit my own particular style in this kind of lace.
I hope that you enjoy and find my videos useful. I try to explain and teach through my videos and rather than just demonstrate the techniques I try to explain the mechanics of what I am doing and why as much as possible.
There is no substitute I feel for in person teaching and learning but I hope that my content here will help to bridge the gap where there are no in person classes available.
I am working to add more content to the site so do let me know if there is anything you would like me to add to my list of videos and I will do my best.
Crystal clear explanation on the proper mounting of the colors and usage of the ingenious no-color-change edge stich to keep the colors in their proper positions. Utterly insightfull, thank you for sharing your tricks and techniques!
Thank you for such a great tutorial! I mentioned your site today on my channel. I gave them the link in the description below my video. Thank you!! Hugs, Deb
I am brand new to this, I have been crocheting for 45 years and thought I give this a try, how would I go about getting the pattern, I went to your web page but did not see it, and I am in USA so money is different too. Do you have an Etsy shop by chance?
I have become fascinated by bobbin lace and I've watched a lot of videos. Yours is so clear and explained so well. I don't know if I'll ever have a chance to actually try this, but I'm subscribing so I know where to find some good information. Thanks!
You mentioned the half stitch spider in the last part of the last video here, but, you skipped it in the last video.. Did you cover it somewhere else, i dont think ive seen a half stitch spider
This is mesmerizing. It also gives perspective to the amount of skill and artistry that goes into making lace. (I thought of Mr Bennet in Pride and Prejudice scolding Mrs Bennett about talking about lace on someones dress.)
I have made square pieces of lace in the past but have always found the sewings very difficult so of late have tended not to do them. I have found your videos so helpful I feel confident enough to try again. I cannot thank you enough for your clear explanations and your useful tips, I have never seen anyone using a 'magic' thread before, I shall certainly be employing this technique. Thank you once again.
Idk why the ASMR community didn’t pick up on these video. I like listening to the bobbins 😂. Maby if you title them asmr and just make a video of you making these, maby it will get more exposure. I hope this art never goes extinct.
Because this actually takes talent and skill and would require they learn how to do something other than obnoxiously chew a fake ear on camera or tapping their nails 10k times too much… The only other option are for the videos to be eaten up by the unintentional asmr channels that just repost shit and steal views.
I want to learn Milanes!e but I can’t find any videos that are in English and slow enough so I can follow. I learn better from watching and not reading. I just found your video. It looks easy enough but my hearing isn’t the greatest. Is there videos or a book that can help me learn? I have several years of lace under my belt but I would love to learn Milanese and Honiton. I do however have on book “An introduction to Milanese Lace”by Pat Read. Is that a good beginner book? I hope I can find the rest of your videos on the angel. My teacher had to give up teaching and there is no one around me to teach. The closest is about75 miles away. So far I’m loving your video.
Hi there. The Pat Read Introduction booklet is very good and pretty clear. Also. If you struggle to hear the videos I’m not sure if you know that you can turn on subtitles for the videos. There is a little symbol with CC on it for closed captions. If you click or tap on that then it will bring up subtitles for you.
I just watched your video on the dragon fly and I’d like to order it but I don’t know how to pay for it because of the rate exchange from US dollars to £’s or the shipping from England to the USA. The dragonfly is beautiful by the way. Could you please explain because if I can afford it I would like to buy others besides the dragonfly
@jackiesnowflake2255 hi. Drop me an email to claire@bonitocrafts.co.uk and I can send you all the information you need to buy direct from me. Alternatively. All my designs can be purchased from www.roseground.com and they shop worldwide. Find my pattern packs in the patterns and kits section on their website in the Claire Bonito Milanese and More section. Thank you for your interest in my work.
Thankyou for taking time to explain how to select the worker pair of bobbin.Bu as I understood , the workers change after one complete row.Am I right?❤
The worker will stay the same for the whole shape in cloth stitch and the leading thread of the worker will stay the same throughout a shape in half stitch.
I tend to wind my bobbins full as I am usually making multiple pieces with the same thread so for the next piece I will just wind some off the full bobbins to second empty ones to make new pairs.
Most of my work is different to this piece. This is Idrija Lace from Slovenia. If you search for the Idrija Lace school you will find they sell Books and patterns.
Fascinating. Friend in Germany showed me the basics and my finished bookmark is loopy but I love it. That was in 2010...and I never used my bobbins since Germany. But I'm proud that I finally did a bit of bobbin lace, with the patience of dear friend Jutta. Thank you for making these videos and the roller one. Love!
This is from the Idrija 'Bits of lace 2' book that is available from www.roseground.com in the UK. Also available from the Idrija Lace School which you should be able to find online too.
Hi. I’m very sorry but I don’t do a PDF of any of my designs as I have not found a satisfactory way to protect then from unauthorised sharing online. I hope you understand. You can buy any of my patterns from www.Roseground.com or directly from myself at claire@bonitocrafts.co.uk I am happy to ship all over the world and will do my utmost to keep shipping costs as low as possible. You can pay via PayPal.
