On a recent visit to Bruges I enjoyed visiting the traditional lace shops selling a wide array of handkerchiefs, collars, ...

Lace is an ornamental openwork fabric created by looping, twisting, braiding or knotting threads either by hand or by machine. The main categories of handmade lace are needle lace, bobbin lace and ...

Faile explained that nearly all lace was created using one of two techniques: needle or bobbin. “Needle lace, the oldest, is an offshoot of embroidery using a single needle and thread,” she said.

When the design is finished, the pattern and cloth are pulled away, leaving a delicate piece of lace. One 45-centimeter piece of needle lace takes the women here about 200 hours to create.

Production of needle lace has declined, in no small measure because of the time it takes to finish even a small piece; a tablecloth can take 30 workers and three years to complete.

Production of needle lace has declined, in no small measure because of the time it takes to finish even a small piece; a tablecloth can take 30 workers and three years to complete.

Lace also fits into a broader shift toward gender-fluid ... needles and shuttles at the Bard exhibition on weekends through December. The guild’s motto, Ms. Kanagy-Loux noted, is, “Lace ...

Lace is an ornamental openwork fabric created by looping, twisting, braiding or knotting threads either by hand or by machine. The main categories of handmade lace are needle lace, bobbin lace and ...