Free Bobbin Lace Patterns

Basic Patterns	Learning the Basics
cloth stitch strip Cloth stitch strip lesson.	If you print this at full size, you will have strips for several different thread sizes to choose from. It requires 6 pairs, which do not need to be wound in pairs.
braid-plait-1 Lesson 1	At the original size the pattern uses DMC or Anchor Cordonnet 40, pearl 12, Bockens linen 35/2. It requires 6 pairs = 12 bobbins. They do not need to be wound in pairs.
braid sq tally braid leaf tally Tallies lesson	Tallies: square and leaf shaped.
circle	6 pairs, wound in pairs. In the colored parts each line represents 1 pair. Refer to the international color code for the stitches: purple = cloth stitch, green = half stitch, red = doublestitch TCTC. Light blue = braid/plait. Yellow = tally (rectangular tally). For full size pattern try pearl cotton #5. On the full size pattern I used DMC Brilliant Crochet Cotton, article 981. I don't think they make it any more. It is comparable in size to pearl 5 cotton or cordonnet #10. I also worked the full size pattern in 20/2 linen, which is similar in size to cordonnet #20. I liked it much better in 20/2. The design was clearer. For Cordonnet #30 reduce to 71%.. Reduce to 63% if you want to use # 40 Cordonnet or Pearl 12. Reduce to 41% and try tatting cotton #80. It could then decorate a pincushion. Just sew it onto the top of the pincushion.
Square3	For practicing different edge stitches. 10 pairs, wound in pairs. For full size pattern try pearl cotton #5. Reduce to 50% and try tatting cotton #80. Use it as an edging for a pincushion, or sew it onto the top of one.
Easy Patterns	Using What You Have Learned
mm1	Print the pattern at 70%. It should be 168 mm long. At that size use DMC or Anchor Cordonnet 60, Bockens linen 50/2, Moravia linen 40/2, Fresia linen 60/2. It requires 24 bobbins, not wound in pairs. This was printed in Mincoff & Marriage, 1907. But they got it from LePompe 1559.
lepompe2b3 lesson 2	Print at 125%. It should be 180 mm long. At that size use DMC or Anchor Cordonnet 60, Bockens linen 50/2, Moravia linen 40/2, Fresia linen 60/2. It requires 12 pairs of bobbins, wound in pairs. This is from LePompe II 1562, reprinted in 1879. Available online at: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books.html
Lesson 3	Pattern is from Handleiding voor Vrouwelijke Handwerken #11 (Instructions for Women's Handwork), A. W. Sijthoff, Leiden, the file is hw11.pdf . Find it at http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books.html This is in the 1st part of the list, with no authors listed. I designed the corner. I enlarged the pattern to 125% and used a 60/2 weaving linen and Moravia linen 40/2. Cordonnet crochet cotton #60 or Bockens linen 50/2 would also fit that size. The original should should work with #80 tatting cotton.
Lesson 4	I enlarged it to 150% of the original size and used 40/2 weaving linen. Bockens linen 35/2, DMC Cordonnet #40, or pearl cotton #12 would be comparable in size. 12 pairs of bobbins, or 24 singles. This is from LePompe II 1562, reprinted in 1879. This one and the LePompe2b3 pattern, above, are available online at: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books.html ---. Venetianische Musterblaetter aus dem XVI Jahrhundert - Le Pompe, Second Book. [Venetian Pattern Sheets of the Sixteenth Century], , 1879, 35 pages. Posted March 17, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.5 MB PDF
lace65 Lesson 6	Crossing 3 braids. Pattern by Lorelei Halley.
Lesson 7	Uses techniques from lessons 3 and 6, adds cloth and half stitch spot, and kiss stitch.
Braid lace B2 Edging B2	Braided Edging B2 Print at 90%. I used Bockens linen 35/2. Also works with Cordonnet #40, or pearl 12. Go to Braided Edging B2 for instructions.
Basic A	Original size 68mm. I used Fawcett's 40/2 linen. Bockens linen 35/2 is similar, as is Fresia 40/2. Also comparable are cordonnet crochet cotton #40 or pearl cotton 12. 6 pairs wound in pairs. Go to Basic A for instructions. If you have completed lessons 1 and 3 you can make this.
Basic B	17 pairs, wound in pairs, 40/2 linen, Bockens 35/2, Fresia 40/2. Cottons: cordonnet #40, pearl #12. Go to Basic B for instructions. If you have completed lesson 3 you can make this.
Basic D	Go to Basic D for instructions. Prerequisites: lessons 1, 3, and 5.

Patterns donated by Ilske Thomsen for publication here. *
	Harz
	Waterlily
	Rainbow Over the Sea
	Christmas Tree

Use flat Honiton or Duchesse technique	*
	This pattern has no photo because I never made a sample. Please see this page for explanation and full set of images.

Torchon Patterns by Lorelei Halley *
Torchon R41 designed by Lorelei Halley. This pattern is from my book TORCHON BOBBIN LACE PATTERNS, which is available from this website, at http://lynxlace.com/mybookspatterns.html		The original was dotted on 8 per inch graph paper. It will work with DMC Cordonnet #40, Bockens linen 35/2, Fresia linen 40/2, pearl cotton #12. For #80 cordonnet (tatting cotton) reduce the pattern to 67% of its original size.
R2 designed by Lorelei Halley, TORCHON BOBBIN LACE PATTERNS.	All the photos and diagrams are for the same pricking. Different interpretations are possible. Original was dotted on 12/inch graph paper.
Torchon R 47, designed by Lorelei Halley, TORCHON BOBBIN LACE PATTERNS.	R 47 The original was dotted on 8/inch graph paper.

Tape Lace Patterns -- Braid Lace Patterns *
These are motifs taken from Dillmont Die Kloeppelspitzen, DMC's book of tape lace instruction and patterns. Its copyright is expired.
DMC #65	This is a motif abstracted from the corner. On original size patter 4 /58 inches at widest, I used DMC Cordonnet #80, 6 pairs.	See Dillmont, 2nd series (below), part 8, for entire original pattern. Adaptation by me.
DMC #44	This is a corner motif abstracted from the green lace. On original size pattern 6 5/8 inches at widest part, I used 6 pairs DMC Cordonnet #80.	See below, Dillmont, 2nd series, part 4, for complete pattern. Adaptation by me.

Other online sources for free patterns: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books.html *
The ones listed here are books with many patterns. All have expired copyrights, or were donated by their authors.

De Jager-Meezenbroek, L. J. Kantklossen Techniek (Bobbin Lace Technique with Simple Examples), Eska, Utrecht, 49 pages. Posted June 2, 2010. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 2.3 MB PDF
Very basic modern

Dillmont, Thérèse de. Les Dentelles aux Fuseaux 1re Serie [Bobbin Laces, First Series ], Bibliotheque DMC, March 1921, 226 pages. Note: some pages reduced to fit. Posted December 13, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 8.5 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 13.1 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10.5 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 13.5 MB PDF.
Torchon patterns.

Dillmont, Thérèse de. Les Dentelles aux Fuseaux IIme Serie [Bobbin Laces, Second Series ], Bibliotheque DMC, November 1924, 142 pages. Note: some pages reduced to fit (scanned images provided by Sofi). Posted November 7, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. Part 1: File size 16.6 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 13.2 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 10.7 MB PDF. Part 4: File size 11.7 MB PDF. Part 5: File size 16.9 MB PDF. Part 6: File size 22.5 MB PDF. Part 7: File size 11.4 MB PDF. Part 8: File size 17.9 MB PDF.
Bobbin tape lace patterns (braid lace).

---. Handleiding voor Vrouwelijke Handwerken # 11 (Instructions for Women's Handwork), A. W. Sijthoff, Leiden, 83 pages. Note: from the publication "La Gracieuse". Posted June 2, 2010. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 6.0 MB PDF
Torchon, Cluny, Tape Lace

---. Handleiding voor Vrouwelijke Handwerken # 12 (Instructions for Women's Handwork), A. W. Sijthoff, Leiden, 67 pages. Note: from the publication "La Gracieuse". Posted June 2, 2010. SAMPLE PAGE. REVIEW. File size 6.7 MB PDF
Wide torchon

Also look for Kristina Koustouraki-Koukoulari. The original is in Greek. The pdf file is kkk-lace.pdf. The booklet has some simple tape lace patterns. Author donated book to ariz.edu. English translation is: Koustouraki-Koukoulari, Kristina. Cretan Bobbin Lace [Kritiko Kopanelli], 1985, 43 pages. Note: Translation from the Greek. Provided by Tess Parrish. Posted September 25, 2002. CD (HWDA11). CD (LDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 5.3 MB PDF
Simple elementary tape lace

LePompe 1562 --. Venetianische Musterblaetter aus dem XVI Jahrhundert - Le Pompe, Second Book. [Venetian Pattern Sheets of the Sixteenth Century], , 1879, 35 pages. Posted March 17, 2007. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 1.5 MB PDF Braided/plaited lace and some tape lace.
LePompe-braided and tape lace

Mincoff, Elizabeth and Margaret S. Marriage. Pillow Lace: A Practical Hand-Book, E. P. Dutton, 1907, 290 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted March 25, 2004. CD (LDA04). SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. Part 1: File size 8.4 MB PDF. Part 2: File size 7 MB PDF. Part 3: File size 8.2 MB PDF.
Patterns for torchon, Cluny, tape lace, 1 Maltese.

Tebbs, L.A. The Art of Bobbin Lace, Chapman and Hall, 1907, 105 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted May 9, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 6.7 MB PDF These are all part laces (freeform laces).
All are part laces: Duchesse, Honiton, Milanese, revival era imitations of old Flemish tape laces

Tebbs, L.A. and Rosa Tebbs. The Art of Bobbin Lace Supplement, Chapman and Hall, 1911, 87 pages. Note: Scanned images provided by Tess Parrish. Posted May 9, 2006. SAMPLE PAGE. CONTENTS. File size 10.3 MB PDF
Part laces (see above)

Voshage, Adele. Das Formenklöppeln [Shapes Worked in Bobbin Lace], Eugen Cwietmeyer, 102 pages. Posted September 25, 2002. CD (HWDA11). CD (LDA01). SAMPLE PAGE. File size 10.8 MB PDF
Patterns for part lace--leaves and flowers.

Woodward, Mary Eva A Text Book on Cluny and Torchon Laces 1901, Gordon Mackay and Company Limited, 102 pages. Note:downloaded from archive.org Posted March 1, 2012. SAMPLE PAGE. File size 4.8 MB PDF
Torchon and Cluny

http://artesaniadegalicia.xunta.es/publicaciones/encaixes 3 separate books. Files are very large. Mostly Cluny type, Cluny-torchon hybrids, and some torchon.
Encaixe Galego Tradicional 55.4 mb
Fios e Cores 43.0 mb
Raizame do Encaixe Galego 96.1 mb

Also see http://laceioli.ning.com/photo/albums/free-patterns.