Needle Lace: Techniques & InspirationThe growing popularity of needle lace owes a great deal to Jill Nordfors Clark. Since 1975, hobbyists and fiber artists have depended on her classic directory of needle lace stitches and techniques. Now, in NEEDLE LACE: TECHNIQUES & INSPIRATION, Nordfors Clark enlarges on her original work with new stitches, new techniques, and a gorgeous gallery of needle lace from around the world. |
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aquarelle background fabric backstitch base stitches base threads beads begin bobbin lace bring the needle buttonholed bar canvas chain band chain stitch circle clockwise cloth color couched couching stitches counterclockwise Cretan stitch detached buttonhole stitch diagonal direction drawing drawn-thread edge embroidery embroidery hoop embroidery stitch even-weave Filet lace filling stitches grid Henry Art Gallery herringbone hole horizontal stitch interlacing Jill Nordfors Clark Kevin McGowan knotted buttonhole stitch laid threads layers long straight stitch loop machine machine embroidery Maltese cross Nancy Evans needle lace stitches Needleweaving outline overcasting paint pattern perle cotton Photo picot plastic pulling the needle Repeat steps return row right to left shi sha single buttonhole Single detached buttonhole slide the needle small stitch small vertical stitch square starting row stemstitch stitches Figure straight stitch return take a small techniques texture thread the needle thumb twisted bar Variations weaving weft wrap