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bobbin lace

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bobbin lace [′bäb·ən ‚lās]
(textiles)
A lace made by hand from thread wound on bobbins by following a pattern denoted by pins, usually worked over a fabric pillow. Also known as pillow lace.


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Celeste Perrino-Walker--author, wife, mother, and editor of Listen magazine--keeps her stresses at bay in Rutland, Vermont, by making bobbin lace with imported English thumpers (what the British call the bobbins).
Sunday, the Elverhoj Museum at 1640 Elverhoy Way will feature demonstrations of Old World Danish crafts such as bobbin lace making, weaving and paper-cutting.
 
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