I have always been interested in the making of lace, whether it is in the form of knitting, crocheting, tatting or Bobbin Lace.
Romantic legend has it that lace began with a rose and a woman's love.
Before riding off to war, a gallant knight would present his lady with a full-blown rose. Day by day, she would watch and pine for him as the rose faded and its petals dropped. Each fallen petal would be stitched to the rose-till all dried and fell away, and the knight's lady was left with a bit of lace in her hand. As early as the twelfth century, needleworkers learned to draw out a few threads from a bit of cloth, then embroider and decorate the remaining threads to create fanciful patterns. This drawn-work, also known as Hamburg point, Dresden point or Indian work, was especially popular among Victorian women, who found it especially useful for decorating fancy towels and table linens.