Only the rich and noble could afford such elegance in there attire. It was used lavishly on nearly every clothing item.
The people that made the lace did so in very poor conditions often loosing their eye site at a very young age.
Your work would consist of a very small section of lace that you would repeat over and over again. So as not to learn enough of the pattern to make your own.
You also worked in dimly lit and damp work rooms, lit only by candles and bowls of water to direct the beam of lite to your work. The moisture was needed so to add strength to the fine threads so not break them.
Bobbin Lace is really very easy to learn. It is has only 2 different steps a cross and a twist done with bobbins. You use pins to hold the work to a pricked pattern, on what is called a pillow.
You would not think that such an easy lace would produce such lavish items that was much sought after and vanish so quickly that most people would not be able to recognize the bobbins now or how it was even done.
The sun catchers are in children's 2 3/4 inch bangles.
