Needle lace is characterized by the use of a needle to stitch up hundreds of little stitches to form the lace itself. The word needle has several meanings: // Sewing Needles used for sewing In sewing, a needle is a long, slender, object with a pointed tip, usually made of metal. ...
In its purist form the only equipment and materials used are a needle, thread and scissors. This form of lace making may have originated in Armenia where there is evidence of a lace making tradition dating back to the pre-christian era. Armenian needlelace (also known as Bebilla, Nazareth Lace and Knotted Lace) is a pure form of needle lace made using only a needle, thread and pair of scissors. ...
Starting in the 17th century a variety of styles developed where the work is started by securing the main, heavier guiding threads onto a stiff background (eg thick paper) with stitches that can later be removed. The work is then built up using a variety of stitches - the most basic being a variety of blanket stitch. When the entire area is covered with the stitching, the stay-stitches are released and the lace comes away from the paper.
Needlelace consists (like bobbinlace) of lots of different techniques, which have in common that they are executed by a needle with an eye.
Needlelace is the Mother of Lace, although bobbinlace and needlelace were invented about the same time.
Bobbinlace was originally an imitation of needlelace, but when certain types of bobbinlace were en vogue the same happened to needlelace: it tried to emulate bobbinlace.
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