ladydragon76:

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forevernoon:

This is really nice work……..                                                                                via Art LOVER

THAT’S how you make lace??

And THIS is why lace was a worn primarily by royalty and aristocracy for so many centuries..  It was expensive and time-consuming to produce.  Wearing it, and wearing LOTS of it was a blatant show of wealth and excessive consumption.  

Mechanically-produced lace wasn’t really a thing until well into the 20th century, but there remains a wide gap between the quality of  mass-produced and hand crafted

… holy crap… @ladydragon76 this reminds me of you

LOL!  I’ve never attempted spool lace, but it’s farking gorgeous.  There are tutorials on youtube that I’ve watched, and the sheer skill of the artists is amazing!