![Vologodskoe_Krujevo_Lukomore_fragment](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Vologodskoe_Krujevo_Lukomore_fragment.jpg)
Russian lace is a
bobbin tape lace
Bobbin tape lace is bobbin lace where the design is formed of one or more tapes curved so they make an attractive pattern. The tapes are made at the same time as the rest of the lace, and are joined to each other, or themselves, using a crochet ...
. The tape is made with bobbins at the same time as the rest of the lace, curving back on itself, and joined using a
crochet hook
A crochet hook (or crochet needle) is an implement used to make loops in thread or yarn and to interlock them into crochet stitches. It is a round shaft pointed on one end, with a lateral groove behind it. The point eases the insertion of the hook ...
. It was made in Russia, but similar laces made elsewhere are also called Russian lace.
The designs of Russian lace are of abstract form. The narrow tapes or trails follow a maze-like path through deep scallops to merge again and wander into the next.
Types of Russian Lace:
Vologda lace
Yelets lace
Mtsensk lace
Kalyazin lace
Torzhok lace
Ryazan Lace
Skopin Lace
Mikhailov Lace
Yaroslavl lace
Kostroma lace
Vyatka lace
Kukarskoe lace
Belevsky Lace
Odoevsky Lace
Nizhny Novgorod lace
Gallery
File:Stamp of Russia 2011 No 1551 Vologda Lace.jpg, Russian stamp showing Vologda
Vologda ( rus, Вологда, p=ˈvoləɡdə) is a city and the administrative center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the river Vologda within the watershed of the Northern Dvina. Population:
The city serves as a major transport hu ...
lace
File:Vologodskoe_Krujevo_Lukomore.jpg, Vologda (Lukomorie)
File:Vologodskoe_Krujevo.jpg, Vologda
File:Vologodskoe_Krujevo_2.jpg, Vologda
File:Stamp_of_Russia_2011_No_1552_Vyatka_Lace.jpg, Russian stamp showing Vyatka lace
File:KuprinaElenaP.jpg, Vyatskoe
File:Кукарское_кружево.JPG, Kukarskaya
References
External links
Vologda lace - a type of Russian laceSoviet Life
Bobbin lace
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