Design Techniques for Modern Lace Author:Veronica D. Sorenson More and more lacemakers throughout the world have learned a wide range of techniques and stitches and the purpose of this book is to offer them new ideas for bobbin lace pieces using a range of techniques, materials and design approaches, with an emphasis on the modern and original. The book offers 38 prickings for new patterns - in some cases ... more »intended for completion by the reader, according to her own ideas. The author offers advice in the choice of colours and thread, while suggesting ways to investigate shape, texture and line. The basic techniques of Scheenberg lace are introduced for the first time in an English lace book, and some modern Bruges flower work is also here.« less