Elena Kanagy-Loux
Elena Kanagy-Loux
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How I Learned to Make Lace
A brief introduction to me and my lace obsession! Where I learned to make bobbin lace, the most important piece of lace I've ever made, and some goals for the future. I made this video for Create Day as part of London Craft Week 2020.
Want to try your hand at bobbin lace? Here are some resources!
The Lace Museum has online classes in all different kinds of lace:
thelacemuseum.org/workshops.html
I teach bobbin lace online and in person at the Textile Arts Center:
textileartscenter.com/
Snowgoose lace sells affordable kits:
www.snowgooselace.com/product-category/bobbin-lace/beginner-bobbin-lace-kits/
And here's a video on how to DIY affordable tools for lace:
ua-cam.com/video/yN8uVEHwXdE/v-deo.html
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  • @ShesChic
    @ShesChic 20 днів тому

    So beautiful. Thank you for your scholarship.

  • @sleepingdogslie
    @sleepingdogslie 20 днів тому

    You have such a beautiful collection of bobbins. It's inspired me to get mine out of the closet.

  • @vivianabalbuena
    @vivianabalbuena Місяць тому

    Girl, you are awesome. 👏 May Jesus continue to provide you with that creative and inquisitive mind. 🩷

  • @Kh4irun
    @Kh4irun Місяць тому

    Also in NYC! I'm hooked and really wanna learn but don't know where to start

  • @veegeebrew3695
    @veegeebrew3695 2 місяці тому

    Kudos to you for keeping alive old ways of doing things like lace making. Beautiful.

  • @safiremorningstar
    @safiremorningstar 2 місяці тому

    Thank you for putting this up on you and the others who have because back in the 80s I only need one woman who knew how to do Bob and lace and she was not interested in sharing her knowledge and I had to guess at just by observation on how she was doing it and while I made one or two things that I now realize were of the bobbin lace variety it wasn't really because I had no bobbins to make it with. I refer to it as weaving because that's basically how I treated it like the way a weaver does because I had no idea how to stick the pins or how to make the threads attached to the pins so I was guessing and that's pretty much what I was doing based on the bits of observation that she didn't notice that I was looking over her shoulder at the time like I said she was not interested in teaching anybody anything she considered a form of that she was the only one to be a lace maker,the least that I used to make was more like what my grandmother used to make via crocheting which is a totally different way of doing things although I think my grandmother may have done Bob and Lace I don't think she taught my mother any of it because my mother was the kind of person who you couldn't teach anything to.

  • @showman139
    @showman139 2 місяці тому

    Where is your email? Not instagram, an actual email. I'd like to ask you a few questions. Plus request a video.

  • @coolchameleon21
    @coolchameleon21 3 місяці тому

    i would love to learn how to do this, i might have to take your class sometime

  • @judygroom6918
    @judygroom6918 4 місяці тому

    Can anyone suggest a shop or web site in the US ? Thank you!!

  • @lindasimons691
    @lindasimons691 4 місяці тому

    Very interesting, thanks.

  • @VetsrisAuguste
    @VetsrisAuguste 5 місяців тому

    I was first introduced to bobbin lace when I was a child through demonstrations at a reenactment festival. I was immediately captivated and anticipated visiting that particular booth year after year till I went away for college. That was 40 years ago, during which time I had not encountered bobbin lace making again… until recently that is. Thanks to UA-cam and content creators like yourself, I have been reintroduced to bobbin laced and inspired to learn the technique. I have been fiddling around for a couple of weeks now and am loving every minute of it. Once my second set of bobbins arrives in the mail, I plan to attempt a genuine “project”. I have been in love with your RBG “25” collar (and yourself) since the first time I saw it in the 500 Years of Lace interview. I have looked it up several times to admire it. I would love to see it in person some day.

  • @mistywoof
    @mistywoof 5 місяців тому

    you rock.

  • @nievescabrera
    @nievescabrera 6 місяців тому

    Hello Elena. I love this video and I want to ask you something. Where can I buy a pillow like yours? It seems great to me. I already have similar ones, but not exactly like this. Thank you for your answer from a bobbin lace maker from Spain.

    • @elenakanagy-loux3846
      @elenakanagy-loux3846 6 місяців тому

      Hello! Thank you for the kind words. I bought the pillow in Le Puy en Velay, France from the lacemaker Didier Barry (he also makes pillows). His website is lacebook.net

  • @Samantha-qj9wq
    @Samantha-qj9wq 6 місяців тому

    . . . Nothing two years later? How sad, I would love to watch videos from another creator on this subject.

  • @coastaf
    @coastaf 6 місяців тому

    pun’s right out the gate

  • @marivelweidner755
    @marivelweidner755 6 місяців тому

    This is so amazing!!

  • @danicatempleton6745
    @danicatempleton6745 7 місяців тому

    I just thrifted a Battenburg lace pattern from the 80's and oh boy am I surprised by how little information there is online about this technique.

  • @HasidicHomeboy
    @HasidicHomeboy 7 місяців тому

    I wish I loved anything as much as this chick loves lace.

  • @ae2948
    @ae2948 7 місяців тому

    Your 25 collar is beautiful - done so evenly too.

  • @hannahstraining7476
    @hannahstraining7476 8 місяців тому

    I love everything about this video! The story of your journey and amazing dedication to your craft, the fabulous lace collar you made for the incomparable RBG, to learning that the craft is growing.

  • @debralittle1341
    @debralittle1341 8 місяців тому

    How do you possibly do that. There's so many pins and it looks confusing.❤

  • @ChakraPowers
    @ChakraPowers 8 місяців тому

    Excellent work love!🎉❤

  • @bentleestarr1575
    @bentleestarr1575 8 місяців тому

    More videos please

  • @moonpiemoonpie
    @moonpiemoonpie 8 місяців тому

    Wow! What a beautiful craft to fall into. This is absolutely incredible art.

  • @maryannarobinsonn1199
    @maryannarobinsonn1199 8 місяців тому

    Yay!!!

  • @MINI-ME666
    @MINI-ME666 9 місяців тому

    it is so primitive compsre to thisvologodsky lace www.google.com/search?q=vologodsky+lace&client=firefox-b-e&sca_esv=80979d232755066a&sca_upv=1&udm=2&biw=1696&bih=765&sxsrf=ACQVn08wAvitpCqEAgq-wsAvHEVjQprEMg%3A1712517364457&ei=9PASZrm4G5uYptQPxoGPiA4&oq=&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAaAhgBIgAqAggAMgoQIxjqAhgnGIsDMgoQIxjqAhgnGIsDMgoQIxjqAhgnGIsDMgoQIxjqAhgnGIsDMgoQIxjqAhgnGIsDMgoQIxjqAhgnGIsDMgoQIxjqAhgnGIsDMgoQIxjqAhgnGIsDMgoQIxjqAhgnGIsDMgoQIxjqAhgnGIsDSJYfUIQPWIQPcAJ4AJABAJgBAKABAKoBALgBAcgBAPgBAZgCAaACCKgCCpgDCIgGAZIHATGgBwA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp

  • @stevezytveld6585
    @stevezytveld6585 11 місяців тому

    The video you made with Mister Rajiv was the final push I needed to start my own attempts at lacemaking. Thank you. I've found some vintage bobbins and my lace roller pillow is on it's way from England. I took up sewing just before lockdown hit - slowly creating my wardrobe from vintage patterns that stretch across the last century. My thinking is any janky thing I'm able to come up with on the pillow will be more interesting than the mass-produced acrylic lace that can be found at the store. Is the guild open to Canadian members or has everything gone back to in-person? - Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi

  • @gillstephen7973
    @gillstephen7973 11 місяців тому

    There is a wonderful International Lace Camp held for a week in July in Gore Bay on Manitoulin Is., Ontario, Canada. All levels of lace makers are welcome in this group.

  • @user-xx2mk7vu7y
    @user-xx2mk7vu7y 11 місяців тому

    SUPER ESPECTACULAR. FELICITACIONES.

  • @InkSlash
    @InkSlash Рік тому

    Incredible journey, how wonderful and inspiring.

  • @NatahPerrin
    @NatahPerrin Рік тому

    00:03 " its hard to pin point" lol i see what you did there

  • @willich123
    @willich123 Рік тому

    I want to learn this so bad

    • @hamraismail
      @hamraismail Рік тому

      ua-cam.com/video/3s8LYo8yQ1M/v-deo.htmlsi=J-T2AY9goJ1DT-i5

    • @hamraismail
      @hamraismail Рік тому

      Watch this video

  • @rosy_ranirani4865
    @rosy_ranirani4865 Рік тому

    I am from India and very keen on learning Bobbin lace making .Seeing your determination and eventually acquiring the skill ,I am inspired to learn the same .

  • @adulcich8197
    @adulcich8197 Рік тому

    Where did you get your pretty lace pillow?

  • @theverbind
    @theverbind Рік тому

    Do you have a link to your graduate thesis? I would love to read it if it's available.

  • @jillianlea9690
    @jillianlea9690 Рік тому

    Thank you !

  • @kizzykhajiit
    @kizzykhajiit Рік тому

    I started te teach masel' bobbin lace fae a kit & books & the internet in late 2020 🤔 I was meant te be continuin' te learn Irish crochet, but I snap't the heid aff ma 0.50mm Clover Japan lace hook mid stitch & it was oot of stock everywhere durin' the lockdoons. So, I thought "let's see whit Torchon Lace is, that name that's describes ma Lolita brand knee high socks?" & after a lot of time on a search engine,,,I found info on bobbin lace making & look't up some second hand books te get 😺 then became awfy determined te make ma own torchon lace. This year, I've come on in leaps & bounds(but caused masel' Crafters Wrist), since gettin' UA-camr J'aime la dentelle's first beginners bobbin lace book. It was brilliant, cause it teaches via less bobbins, an' is awfy visual & very clear patterns & instructions(although only available in Japanese). At present, the Crafters Wrist is startin' te return(so, ma rest time is now crochet time), but I've got 19.5cm done of a 57cm length of lace, te become a garter fir the top of knee high socks.

  • @soniahazy4880
    @soniahazy4880 Рік тому

    🧩💎🎼🛸🪷🧚🏼‍♀️🧞‍♀️🌈🧜🏽‍♀️🧜🏿

  • @Wakeuptomakeup1
    @Wakeuptomakeup1 Рік тому

    Nice!!! 😊

  • @mollymahnke6734
    @mollymahnke6734 Рік тому

    I have always wanted to learn bobbin lace making. I wonder which pillow is best for beginners.

  • @6VJ9
    @6VJ9 Рік тому

    My respect for laces jus sky rocketed

  • @evarodriguezalequin5705
    @evarodriguezalequin5705 Рік тому

    Thank you for promoting and educating through this channel. I learned years ago in Puerto Rico where I actually live. Throughout years and decades it has been taught. However, there are less people lacing. It is our interest of continuing to promote it here through a group that is known Internationally and the governor just signed a new law that it takes effect in May 2023 where every year it will be the lace day to celebrate. There will be exhibition, demonstration, lace materials, lace to sell and etc. I was a member of the Boriquen Lacers association but unfortunately it disappeared due to former members passing. Now, we have "Lideres Puertorriquenos de Puerto Rico". Lace is known here as "Encajes de Mundillo".

  • @ladytinter-AlleyKat
    @ladytinter-AlleyKat 2 роки тому

    Amazing.

  • @BeppyCat
    @BeppyCat 2 роки тому

    This video is so great. I hope you plan more videos for your channel!

  • @lokinokaizoku
    @lokinokaizoku 2 роки тому

    You are a true artist. Thank you for keeping this art alive. 💘

  • @mischelepentz3613
    @mischelepentz3613 2 роки тому

    I had the happy accident about 15 years ago of stumbling upon a neighbor who trained in lacemaking while living in the Midlands of England. Of course I took her up on the offer to teach me lacemaking.

  • @beyondthesnail
    @beyondthesnail 2 роки тому

    How cool! Real-world magic. I've always wanted to see this done.

  • @TheFrawlina
    @TheFrawlina 2 роки тому

    I just started learning how to make bobbin lace, since it is a traditional way how to make lace in Malta and Gozo. Only a few people know how to make lace. If you're in Europe, you should definitely visit Malta and Gozo to view their lace. In Maltese it's called "Bizzilla". There's also a book: "Maltese lace, mystery and history".

  • @friedasorber1653
    @friedasorber1653 2 роки тому

    How fun to find you again through a youtube search for Idrija lace. I am in Gorizia for a few days and drove to Idrija today. Nice film.

  • @romystumpy1197
    @romystumpy1197 2 роки тому

    Beautiful , but the plethora of bobbins is confusing to me so ill just be an admiring spectator