E-book The Liptov Bobbin Lace in Current Use

Book title: The Liptov Bobbin Lace in Current Use
Language: English (Slovak version is available here, Russian version is available here)
Number of pages: 96 pages, A4 format
Format: pdf file, 390 MB, patterns published as vector drawings
The book includes: 78 pattern drawings including 36 patterns never published before

Book demo version: available here

Brief book description:
This e-book explains in a clear way the variety and beauty of the Liptov bobbin lace. All patterns are drawn at high detail level, accompanied by photographs of finished lace. The pin distance along the lace edge is uniformed. This permits to combine the patterns at will, taking advantage of the typical multi-pair feature of the Liptov lace. The photographs bring various applications of the lace not only as a application for caps patterns, but also for contemporary clothing and other items for daily use.

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The Liptov Lace phenomenon:
Those uninvolved may wonder why such care should be spent on historical lace from an obscure Slovak region. The answer is that the Liptov lace, due to its advanced character, is an example of top technical skill. The particular effect of the archaic bobbin lace had been achieved by a combination of intricate pattern stitches mastered by the old lace makers. In the last quarter of the 20th century, the original lace patterns could have been mastered only by a few old ladies.

What we consider today as expertise in lace making proficiency, in the old days was a common craft of every country woman. Working the lace was passed down in families, from one generation to the next. There had been no written recordings whatsoever, until the second half of the 20th century, when the regional lace patterns were first documented nationwide. Yet, due to its complexity, the Liptov lace was left aside. Our Liptov lace books fill this gap and apprehensibly introduce the art of the trade to the modern lace maker.

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