Bobbin Lace, Form by the Twisting of Cords, published in 1973 was the first
English language bobbin lace book I bought and I loved it at the time. I think
the reason that it sells very cheaply now is that it has been superceded by
other books. It attempted to cover the entire subject of bobbin lace including
the history of the technique, how to make all the materials, how to do all the
stitches and tricks and how to design using all the techniques. After Kliot
broke the ground with this book other books were published which tackled only
one of these subjects and were able to cover the subject better. The Levey book
is better on history, there are better beginner books, you don't have to make
all your materials, Cook and Stott and Ulrike Lohr have done the tricks better
and there are plenty of books on contemporary design. The Kliot book was a
very important step in the Lace Revival of the Seventies, but I look at it only
for sentimental reasons now.
Devon
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