The Alban Lacemakers
For more information please contact us via the email link below.
For further information please click here to send us an email using our contact form.
To join the Alban Lacemakers or renew your membership; please click here for application form. Print out the application form and send it with your payment to The Alban Lacemakers c/o Madge Carey, 6 High Firs Crescent, Harpenden, Herts. AL5 1NA
Our next meeting is on Friday 15th May at
Jersey Farm Community Centre, 3 Brelades Place, St Albans
AL4 9RG 1930-2130
This meeting will be a Part 1 of a lace workshop to make a card with an insert of beaded lace. Please bring an empty lace pillow, pins, covercloth and something to hold down your bobbins at the end of the evening. If you have one, bring a lazy susan or 0.4mm (or smaller) crochet hoock. The pattern and wound bobbins will be provided.
We will have tea and coffee (please remember to bring your own mug) and the usual raffle.
Visitors are always welcome at our meetings. There is a £5 charge for non-members which includes refreshments. If you want further information about our meetings, please contact us using the contact form link further down this page.
Upcoming meetings (all at Jersey Farm Community Centre, 1930-2130)
June 19th : Lace workshop Part 2. Those who missed Part 1 are still welcome and can start making the lalce
July 17th: Summer Social. A change to meet people and catch up/exchange ideas. Bring a current craft project to work on.
Sept 18th: Mini craft workshop (details TBC)
Oct 16th: Lace Christmas dectoration workshop
Art on the Common, Harpenden Common, Saturday 4th July 1000-1700
Alban Lacemakers will have a stall at Art on the Common this year with a display of ‘Lace to Use’, lace making demonstrations and ‘have a go’ pillows. We are at this event to raise awareness of lace-making in the area.
The Patricia Bury Pattern Collection
Now available from https://bit.ly/3WFIH9x
The Patricia Bury Pattern Collection. A selection of historic mainly Beds and Bucks patterns collected by Tricia over many years. Price £25 for nearly 200 downloadable patterns. Amongst them are patterns marked Lester, Marshall, Hornsey and Sergeant. We would love to hear back from anyone who makes the lace or has any further information about the people named on some of the patterns. Please click on link for further information.
For more information please contact us via the email link below.
For further information please click here to send us an email using our contact form.
To join the Alban Lacemakers or renew your membership; please click here for application form. Print out the application form and send it with your payment to The Alban Lacemakers c/o Madge Carey, 6 High Firs Crescent, Harpenden, Herts. AL5 1NA
VISITORS WELCOME AT EVERY MEETING
We are a group of around 50 lacemakers who meet up once a month to share our love of bobbin lace. We make both traditional and modern lace, using a variety of patterns and techniques. Together we provide a wealth of knowledge and experience of regional styles up and down the country, as well as techniques used around the world. Join us to learn more about this very specialised craft that’s steeped in history.
Our next meeting is on Friday 15th May at
Jersey Farm Community Centre, 3 Brelades Place, St Albans
AL4 9RG 1930-2130
This meeting will be a Part 1 of a lace workshop to make a card with an insert of beaded lace. Please bring an empty lace pillow, pins, covercloth and something to hold down your bobbins at the end of the evening. If you have one, bring a lazy susan or 0.4mm (or smaller) crochet hoock. The pattern and wound bobbins will be provided.
We will have tea and coffee (please remember to bring your own mug) and the usual raffle.
Visitors are always welcome at our meetings. There is a £5 charge for non-members which includes refreshments. If you want further information about our meetings, please contact us using the contact form link further down this page.
Upcoming meetings (all at Jersey Farm Community Centre, 1930-2130)
June 19th : Lace workshop Part 2. Those who missed Part 1 are still welcome and can start making the lalce
July 17th: Summer Social. A change to meet people and catch up/exchange ideas. Bring a current craft project to work on.
Sept 18th: Mini craft workshop (details TBC)
Oct 16th: Lace Christmas dectoration workshop
Art on the Common, Harpenden Common, Saturday 4th July 1000-1700
Alban Lacemakers will have a stall at Art on the Common this year with a display of ‘Lace to Use’, lace making demonstrations and ‘have a go’ pillows. We are at this event to raise awareness of lace-making in the area.
The Patricia Bury Pattern Collection
Now available from https://bit.ly/3WFIH9x
The Patricia Bury Pattern Collection. A selection of historic mainly Beds and Bucks patterns collected by Tricia over many years. Price £25 for nearly 200 downloadable patterns. Amongst them are patterns marked Lester, Marshall, Hornsey and Sergeant. We would love to hear back from anyone who makes the lace or has any further information about the people named on some of the patterns. Please click on link for further information.
For more information please contact us via the email link below.
For further information please click here to send us an email using our contact form.
To join the Alban Lacemakers or renew your membership; please click here for application form. Print out the application form and send it with your payment to The Alban Lacemakers c/o Madge Carey, 6 High Firs Crescent, Harpenden, Herts. AL5 1NA