"Hairpin" Lace | "Broomstick" Lace |
What is this lace, please? I have not seen it before. It is a long narrow shawl or table runner.8/13/2020
I don’t know the name exactly. It is somewhat like "hairpin"or “broomstick" lace - home-crafted laces. These loopy, home-made laces were popular around the turn of the last century and a variety of patterns were available. (A similar phenomenon took place in the 1960s when crafting macramé at home became very popular!) Origin is hard to guess, as they were done by homemakers practically everywhere. Usually they are on a much smaller scale, like doilies, but just like crochet, it was limited only by the size of one’s thread or cord or whatever and what was available for tools. |
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