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

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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

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Vologda lace - a type of Russian laceSoviet Life
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