Discover the Excitement of Hairpin Lace is an instructional booklet introducing the distinctive needlecraft of hairpin lace, worked on a slender frame to produce delicate looped strips and patterns. It teaches the basic technique and offers designs for garments and accessories.
Hairpin lace enjoyed periodic revivals as a fashionable handcraft, and this guide captures its method and appeal for the home needleworker. The patterns reflect the style of their period. A handy introduction to a charming lace technique, it is available here as a free EPUB download. For collectors of vintage handcraft patterns, it preserves both the method and the period flavor of a once-fashionable lace technique worked at home.