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How to Join Teneriffe Lace Motifs and a Little Housekeeping

7 small teneriffe lace motifs joined into a doily with 6motifs sewn around a centre motif.

Today’s new tutorial teaches a simple technique on sewing teneriffe lace motifs together. You can use this technique to sew any sized mat, from a small doily like the one in the photo, all the way up to a full size tablecloth or bed cover.

Joining Teneriffe Lace Motifs.

Housekeeping

After redesigning the website earlier this year (and upgrading the server again), I lost the list of instructions that automatically sent the old links from Ravelry to the correct page. I made a general one that sent everyone to the knitting page, thinking that was sufficient, but unfortunately I just made a large number of visitors think the pattern they were looking for didn’t exist any more. (Yikes).

Because I can’t use Ravelry for more than a few minutes at a time (it still gives me migraines), the awesome Sooper Editors over on Ravelry are currently sorting them all out. It will take a while because there are 600 links to check, but I’m very grateful they were willing to take on the challenge. There’s no way I could have done it.

I hope you’re enjoying the teneriffe lace tutorials. I have many more teneriffe lace, and plush template embroidery (aka Amish stumpwork) tutorials to come, and hundreds more knitted lace edging patterns! Here’s to another 30 years(-ish)!

Sarah (signature)

The Beginning of a New Tutorial Series

Two simple teneriffe lace motifs

I’ve started a new “how to” series on making Teneriffe Lace. Beginning with the absolute basics, each lesson will build on your skills until you can make any lace you can think of!

Teneriffe lace has been one of my favourite techniques for many years, and I’ve done an enormous amount of technique research and experimentation that I’d like to share with everyone.

Lesson one covers the absolute basics, from tools (including how to make a very simple cushion), to winding and knotting your very first motif. If you’ve ever been interested in trying Teneriffe Lace, this is your chance to give it a go!

I hope you enjoy Teneriffe Lace Lesson Number 1.

Sarah (signature)

Long Time, No Post!

Hello! It’s been a LONG time since I’ve posted, but I finally have something new to show you!

Over the past couple of years I’ve been gathering up all of my embroidery and teneriffe lace samplers, samples and any bits and pieces I like and making them all into fabric books so I can look at them without risking damage.

I’ve made seven so far, and made a flip-through video of them all to share with you! I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I enjoyed making them!

Sarah (signature)

Teneriffe Lace Instructions Update!

After using them to make lots of lacy bits and stalking the blogs of people who make them, I have updated the instructions for making a teneriffe lace pad (cushion or pillow).

The updates are basically this:

  1. Stuff the inner pad until you can’t stuff it any more and then stuff it some more anyway.
  2. If you like to change templates a lot, cut them smaller and use the pins in your design to hold them in place instead of sewing them on.

I like to sew on a favourite template on one side, and leave the other free for using any others.

Don’t forget to come back tomorrow for this week’s free knitting pattern. It’s a good one!

Sarah

Make Your Own Teneriffe Lace Pillow, aka Koppo Cushion

This week’s favourite things Thursday comes with a tutorial for making your own teneriffe lace cushion!

One of my favourite types of needlework is any textile for which the major tools needed are a needle and thread. Whether it is needle lace edgings such as oya ignesi with it’s stunning floral and geometric designs, needle lace (I’m a fan of the more colourful and modern pieces), or teneriffe lace, if it’s portable I’ll give it a go.

Many years ago I bought a teneriffe lace cushion called a Koppo cushion and was flooded with requests to buy it or to tell people where they could get one. Unfortunately, since they were made in 1955 that wasn’t going to be possible. Even worse, I seem to have lost mine when we moved house, so I made a replacement and you can too. (I’m hoping it will still turn up but considering how organised most of my gear is, I doubt it).

My poor lost, beloved Koppo cushion

I’ve written a full tutorial on sewing the cushion with two options on how to make the top (leather or paper), what to fill it with and a link to an amazing book that will teach you all you need to know about making your lace. Thanks to some notes I kept and the patent online, I even managed to recreate the top of the Koppo cushion accurately so I have my favourite piece of needlework gear back!

Check out my new tutorial on making a teneriffe lace pillow, aka Koppo cushion.

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Sarah