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    1.Arachne Web Server
     Organizes information as a service to the members of the arachne news group.
    www.arachne.com
    2.The Lacemaker's Mailing List FAQ
     Mimi Dillman maintains this page of mailing lists and FAQs for Arachne.
    www.geocities.com
    3.The Lace Guild
     British Lace Guild educates on all aspects of lacemaking through their Lace Magazine and other publications, conferences, certifications, and young lacemakers program.
    www.laceguild.demon.co.uk
    4.Lace Magazine
     Contains a short introduction to princess, bobbin and needle laces.
    www.lacemagazine.com
    5.Lace Centre
     Lacemakers demonstrate craft at Jerusalem Church.
    www.virtualbruges.com
    6.Alissa's Lace
     Alissa shares her work in buck's point, flemish, honiton and torchon.
    www.jti.net
    7.Isis Lacemakers
     Homepage of lacemakers in Oxford UK includes calendar of events.
    www.bodley.ox.ac.uk
    8.Lefkara Lace
     The history and patterns of lace on Cyprus can be found here, plus a photo index of local lacemakers.
    www.cyculture.net
    9.Alencon Lace
     Site describes history of, and techniques used to make, alencon lace.
    www.ville-alencon.fr
    10.Manie Kriel from Heidelberg, Gauteng, South Africa
     Mr. Kriel describes himself as a passionate lacemaker. Although he's only been making lace since 1996, he's already completed projects in torchon, bedfordshire, brugges, duchesse and russian tape lace.
    www.geocities.com
    11.Landelijke Organisatie Kant Kunst
     The official site of LOKK, the Dutch Lace Organization, contains photos of modern and classical laces created by its members. Click kantbrief to reach the gallery.
    www.lokk.nl
    12.Lacemaking in Czek
     Site contains animated video of bobbin pairs in action.
    www.palickovani.cz
    13.Branscombe Parish
     This article describes the lace industry and school in this English village.
    www.geocities.com
    14.International Old Lacers
     International association based in the USA shares information about events, contests, conferences. Site also contains pattern of the month.
    www.internationaloldlacers.org
    15.Mary Margaret Nousek
     offers a small gallery that includes a man and a woman in profile.
    www.astro.psu.edu
    16.Brazilian Laces
     This site contains photos of laces made in Brazil.
    www.maria-brazil.org
    17.Claeys Antique
     An illustrated article on the history of a lace piece is added regularly (with ten articles currently on site). Vintage photos and paintings of lacemakers share a gallery with antique lace tools.
    www.claeysantique.com
    18.Lacemaking
     Thirty eight sites are linked to this web ring.
    lacemakers.lacefairy.com
    19.Ieperse Huiskant
     A lace nativity scene (#7) and Snow White (#10) are among the works created by this busy Belgian Lace Group.
    www.geocities.com
    20.Lacemakers of Calais
     Homepage of this historic Australian Society of Lacemakers.
    www.angelfire.com
    21.Australian Lace Guild
     ALG's site is full of articles, competitions, museum and supplier links, and patterns.
    www.austlaceguild.org
    22.Reclaiming Your Heritage, Lace and Linens
     Elizabeth Kurella identifies, repairs and appraises fine laces.
    www.elizabethkurella.com
    23.Jana Onuskova
     Bobbin Lace Artist shares nine of her original modern works.
    art.box.sk
    24.Hungarian Lace
     American Hungarian Folklore Centrum presents an essay, with photos, on Hungarian Lace.
    magyar.org
    25.Canadian Lacemaker Gazette
     The newsletter of this guild is printed in French and English.
    www.lacegazette.com
    26.The Dallas Lace Society
     A calendar of events and lace tips from members are on the home page of this guild.
    www.jti.net
    27.International Forum of Lace
     Conference in 2003 at Rimini, Italy, will study technical, artistic and historic aspects of lace.
    www.italiainvita.it
    28.Kenmare Lace
     Illustrated site contains history of this Irish lace. Photos included two full length lace dresses.
    www.kenmare.com
    29.Idrija Lace
     Three pictures of lace, one of tools, and a link to an article in Lace magazine.
    www.muzej-idrija-cerkno.si
    30.German Bobbin Lace Association
     Founded in 1983, this group has 3800 members. It promotes lacemaking thru congresses, competitions, classes and exhibits.
    home.t-online.de
    31.Liberty Lacers
     A gallery of challenges is presented by Philadelphia lacemakers.
    www.cezwright.com
    32.Irish Carrickmacross Lace -
     This Arduin Lace Collection was handmade by Mary O'Neill in Ireland.
    www.irishcarrickmacrosslace.com
    33.Pittsburgh Lace Group
     Newsletters are posted, plus a large Christmas gallery and workshop photos.
    www.pittsburghlace.8m.com
    34.Tussah
     Photos, and descriptions, of bobbin lace pieces made by Lara's mom.
    www.tussah.com
    35.Carolina's Lace Site
     Carolina presents her original milanese works, patterns and a history of lace in Catalunya.
    www.geocities.com
    36.Bobbin Lace European Network
     This database has entries in the following categories: laces, census and biographies of lacemakers, designers, bibliographies, glossaries, historical documents, museums, news and online training. Travelling exhibits are expected to be added soon.
    www.blen.net
    37.Atlanta IOLI
     Georgia chapter site contains member's gallery, workshop information, calendar and tips.
    www.mindspring.com
    38.Lone Star Lacers
     This IOLI chapter's site contains a member's showcase with the works of 6 different artists, plus a crown created with combined effort. Past events are recorded and future workshops listed.
    members.tripod.com
    39.BJ's Laces
     BJ describes different forms of handmade laces, including bobbin, tattting, needle and chemical.
    www.geocities.com
    40.Howfen
     Glenys Pople has written a clear and well illustrated definition of bobbin lace.
    www.howfen.demon.co.uk
    41.Dora the Knotter
     Dora's sense of humor shows in her Margareten-Spitze laces.
    homepage.ntlworld.com
    42.Rosemary Richards-Steck
     Rosemary's hobby is making bobbin lace by the pond.
    www.geocities.com
    43.Christine England
     Chrisine has posted photos of her honiton projects.
    members.tripod.com
    44.Traditional and Modern Bobbin Lacing
     Click the buttons labelled 'moderne' to view 14 years of the work of Lace Artist, Beate Agten.
    www.agten-beate.de
    45.Frauke Lorenz
     The modern works of this lace artist are displayed here.
    www.uni-potsdam.de
    46.Eitel's Bobbin Lace
     Eitel shares 3 examples of lace projects.
    www.customcpu.com
    47.Gon Homburg
     Based in Amsterdam, this certified teacher/bobbin lacer shares her lace heritage with students.
    home.wxs.nl
    48.Falkink
     A lacemaker has evaluated design software and created a table stand for a vertical cookie pillow.
    www.xs4all.nl
    49.Knotwork
     Frances defines knotwork and offers assorted bobbins.
    www.lacebobbins.com
    50."
     Freelance editor for Lace (the Lace Guild magazine), Deb's site contains knitted, bobbin and needle laces, plus plotted grids for designing your own lace patterns.
    freespace.virgin.net
    51.Arachne's Web of Atlantia
     The Atlantia region of the Society of Creative Anachronism holds lace workshops.
    moas.atlantia.sca.org
    52.Lacemaking
     Italian site describes works in buckspoint, torchon and milanese, and holds a gallery of over forty photos.
    www.lacemaking.it
    53.Kloeppeln
     Hiltraut tells why she loves bobbin lacemaking and shares fifteen photos of her work.
    www.afn.org
    54.Kate's Lace
     Kate posts photos of her bobbinlaces: bonnet, booties, collars, doilies and tablecoths.
    www.geocities.com
    55.Allhallows Museum
     Based in Honiton, Devon UK, the museum features the laces famous to this region.
    www.cyberlink.co.uk
    56.Dalla Lidia Merletti d'Arte
     This museum and shop in Venice shares a series of photos that chronical a piece of needlelace from design to finished masterpiece.
    www.buranolace.it
    57.Beautiful and Practical Netting
     Rita creates doilies and edgings, sharing patterns and 'how to' information.
    www.knotsindeed.freeservers.com
    58.Lego Bobbin Winder
     Kieth Enevoldsen shows how to make a bobbin winder from legos.
    www.geocities.com
    59.Ville de Retournac
     The Lace Manufactures Museum records France's lacemaking history.
    www.ville-retournac.fr
    60.Sheelin Antique Irish Lace Museum
     Museum shares several photos of lace dating from 1850 to 1900.
    freespace.virgin.net
    61.Lacemaking in the 17th century.
     Sheila Sharpe demonstrates lacemaking in period costume.
    www.portsdown.demon.co.uk
    62.Marie-Jo Quinault
     New filet lace is created from 16th century patterns.
    hometown.aol.com
    63.La Dentelles
     Rosanna has compiled articles, photos, reports and diagrams of lacemaking in France, including an unusual collection of lacemakers in miniature.
    www.dentellieres.com
    64.The Tangled Web of Lara the Lacemaker
     Lara offers history and how-to's for period costumes plus patterns.
    home.aol.com
    65.Lacemaker's Cottage
     Scroll to the bottom of the page to find lace histories from 1500-1900, plus a gallery of laceworks.
    people.delphiforums.com
    66.Rose Ground Lace Guild
     The Tyler, Texas, chapter of IOLI shares their projects here.
    www.geocities.com
    67.Lace Book List
     Arlene has compiled a booklist, in 30 categories, for lace enthusiasts.
    www.geocities.com
    68.Emily Clare, lacemaker
     Photo and historical background of victorian era lacemaker.
    clutch.open.ac.uk
    69.Miniature Bobbin Lace
     Jan, from Crete, creates miniature lace and lacemaking supplies - including a complete lace shop.
    www.homestead.com
    70.Iva Proskova
     A unique lace ruff, and a pillow on stand, plus tips on cleaning nonwashable lace.
    www.palickovani.cz
    71.Roxburgh Lacemakers
     This group from Kelso, Scotland, exhibits their work and provides information about meeting times.
    www.kelso.bordernet.co.uk
    72.Knypplad Spets , the Crowning Touch
     Rita Leydon writes an essay on bobbin lacemaking in Sweden.
    www.ritaleydon.com
    73.Golden Bobbin Lacers
     One of the groups that make up the North Carolina Regional Lacers, the site contains their newsletter and information about lace deomonstrations and other activities.
    www.angelfire.com
    74.The Lace Museum
     The site of this California museum shows current displays, workshops and classes. Also calendar of events, newsletter and patterns.
    www.thelacemuseum.org
    75.Great Lakes Lace Group Inc.
     This group sponsors teacher certifications in bobbin, tape, and tatted laces.
    www.gllgi.org
    76.Avital's Fibers
     Avital designed a printable pricking for a bobbin lace tablecloth, a Star of David tatting pattern, Her gallery contains 25+ examples of 7 different lace forms.
    www.angelfire.com
    77.Introduction to Bobbin Lace
     Thre are sixteen online pages in this comprehensive beginning lesson taught by Jennifer McNitt.
    www.havenonline.com
    78.Jo Edkins' Lace School
     This online bobbin lace school has twelve lessons covering over forty topics. Each topic is well illustrated; some are even animated. The ten beginning patterns are organized into four categories; all are illustrated.
    www.gwydir.demon.co.uk
    79.Cross-Twist (Kreuzen-Drehen )
     Click a photo, then follow the arrows to explore the works of Lace-Artist Eva Baumgartner.
    www.kreuzen-drehen.at
    80.Sieglindes Twinetime
     Lace Artist Sieglinde Grigat's 'Occhi' gallery holds over 40 pieces of tatted artworks. Most pieces employ advanced techniques. She also works in bobbin lace, crochet and hairpin laces, knotted and knitted laces.
    www.fadenzeit.de
    81.Silver Pin Studio
     Lace Artist: Lenka Suchanek uses wire as a medium to create bobbin lace jewelry and sculptures. She also shares photos of her studio in British Columbia, Canada.
    www.silverpinstudio.com
    82.Helen
     makes bobbin and tatted laces. She shares 25 photos of work done by her and her friends.
    www.users.waitrose.com
    83.Antique Handmade Lace
     A variety of antique laces from Marla Mallett's collection are displayed here.
    www.marlamallett.com
    84.Batten Lace
     These simplified instructions for making battenburg lace include photos.
    www.e-honcho.jorne.ed.jp
    85.Jean's Lace Definitions
     Jean Bullock illustrates and defines 6 types of handmade lace.
    home.austarnet.com.au
    86.Knitted Heirloom Lace
     Author Gloria Penning shares 18 knitted lace works, plus information about her books.
    www.knitlacepatterns.com
    87.Looking for the Big End
     Jean Goldberg translates humor into art through needlelace. This extraordinary gallery contains 20 masterpieces in lace depicting life in the twenty first century.
    users.bigpond.com
    88.Steph's String Related Stuff
     Stephanie Peter's provides free bobbin lace software, stitching charts and tatting patterns, including complete illustrated instructions for cluny leaves.
    www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk
    89.Lynda Libby's Lace
     Lynda shares pictures of her bobbin laces, grouped by type.
    home.pacifier.com
    90.Needlelace
     A nice introduction to the various forms of needlelaces, this site also illustrates the stitches.
    www.geocities.com
    91.Kantklossen
     Dia-album at this Dutch site contains over 40 photos of a wide variety of bobbin lace works. Some patterns are classic; some interpretations are modernistic.
    www.kantklos.tk
    92.The Lacemakers Circle
     The Circle, formed in 1988, publishes a quarterly magazine, promotes classes, demonstrations and lace days, and maintains a library. They match lacemakers with mentoring peers, and provide a help line.
    www.lacemakers-circle.org.uk
    93.Ruthan Designs Torchon Lace
     Doylies, mats, butterflies and a doll dress have all been made by this creative lacemaker.
    ruthan.co.uk
    94.The Structures of Antique Lace
     Marla Mallett shares bobbin lace, needlepoint lace, and other handmade laces from her personal collection.
    www.marlamallett.com
    95.Leisa's Lace Gallery
     Leisa ReFalo shares six galleries of handmade laces, plus stumpwork and jewelry.
    www.refalo.com
    96.Catalina Lace
     A gallery of Romanian Point Laces show the skills of this family of lacemakers. All of the thirty pieces were made by either Catalina, her sister or grandmother.
    www.catalinalace.com
    97.Slovakian Bobbin Lace
     Scroll down and click 'patterns' to find Jana's drawings. Click 'photographs' for a gallery of contempory and traditional pieces.
    www.ds.psg.sk
    98.Guild of Irish Lace Makers
     Irish Laces are this group's specialty. Carrickmacross, Irish crochet, and Limerick laces can all be found in their gallery.
    www.irishlace.org
    99.Lace Exhibitions
     This comprehensive well maintained list, sorted by country, lists lace events all over the world.
    digilander.libero.it
    100.Gloria Valli
     Gloria's laceworks include multiple contest entries. She specializes in modern lace jewelry.
    digilander.libero.it
    101.Lace Design
     Three lace artists encourage bobbin, and needle, lacemakers to give designing a try by offering case studies, tutorials, patterns and galleries.
    www.lace.nildram.co.uk
    102.Suffolk Lacemakers
     Based in Suffolk, England, this guild shares news, events and photos of their meetings.
    www.suffolklacemakers.org.uk
    103.Rustyx Lace
     This lacemaker combines different lace forms. Bobbin lace, needle lace and tatting, can all be found in one piece.
    www.geocities.com
    104.CD 2000 GALLERY
     This unusual collection of over 400 laces was exhibited in England and the USA.
    freespace.virgin.net
    105.Bobbinburg
     Directory of links for personal pages, shops, and chat.
    www.tat-man.net
    106.Light house Lacers
     Based in Racine, Wisconsin, this group meets bi-monthly at a local library, and holds an annual workshop.
    www.lighthouselacers.org
    107.Bobbin Lacers in CZ
     Jaroslava Jedlinska and Dana Mihulkova, both from Czechoslovakia, share examples of their bobbin laces.
    www.lace.cz
    108.Celtess Tats
     This site shares a pattern for a doily, egg, frame and flower.
    www.celtess.net
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