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Torchon Bobbin Lace patterns for beginners

Click here to find out about equipment for lace making, and how to set up your pillow, wind bobbins, and make lace.

These patterns are for people who want to learn how to make Torchon bobbin lace. There are different styles and traditions of bobbin lace. Torchon lace is geometric and logical, which makes it a good lace for beginners.

The patterns have numbers on them. These are in the order that I designed the patterns, and have no other significance!


Starting out

These are not proper pieces of lace. The plait will start you using bobbins. The samples give you practice in some stitches.

Plait Picture of lace 2 pairs

Cloth stitch Picture of lace 6 pairs

Torchon ground Picture of lace 6 pairs



Learn techniques

Footside Picture of lace 6 pairs

Cloth diamondPicture of lace 10 pairs

Cloth fan headside Picture of lace 9 pairs

Scallop headside Picture of lace 11 pairs

Other ways of starting and finishing Picture of lace 12 pairs

Rose groundPicture of lace 12 pairs

Spider Picture of lace 12 pairs

Half stitchPicture of lace 9 pairs

Heart Picture of lace 12 pairs

Triangle Picture of lace 10 pairs

Winkie pin footside Picture of lace 12 pairs

Zigzag Picture of lace 12 pairs

Triangular ground Picture of lace 12 pairs

Chevrons Picture of lace 12 pairs

Mat edge Picture of lace 10 pairs

Mat Picture of lace 11 pairs


Extra patterns

Coloured Torchon ground Picture of lace 12 (or 8) pairs

Coloured diamonds 1 Picture of lace 12 pairs

Coloured diamonds 2 and 3 Picture of lace 12 pairs

Scallops and diamonds Picture of lace 12 pairs

Framed rose ground Picture of lace 10 pairs

Scallops and rose ground Picture of lace 12 pairs

Rose path Picture of lace 16 pairs

Five gold rings Picture of lace 10 pairs

Diamonds and rose ground Picture of lace 12 pairs

Big spidersPicture of lace 14 pairs

Mixed diamondsPicture of lace 14 pairs

Half and half diamondsPicture of lace 12 pairs

Spiders and different headsidesPicture of lace 8 pairs

Strips Picture of lace 16 pairs

Different types of fanPicture of lace 8 pairs

Rose bed Picture of lace 14 pairs

Hearts and scallops Picture of lace 15 pairs

Hearts and diamonds Picture of lace 13 pairs

Triangles with ordinary footsidePicture of lace 14 (or 16) pairs

Zigzags Picture of lace 14 pairs

Torchon samplerPicture of lace 12 pairs

Double zigzags Picture of lace 16 pairs

Two tone zigzags Picture of lace 16 pairs

Diamonds with holes in Picture of lace 12 pairs

Lace in a square Picture of lace 14 pairs

Christmas bauble Picture of lace 12 pairs

Christmas Angel Picture of lace 14 pairs

Christmas Star Picture of lace 10 pairs

Lace in a round Picture of lace 14 pairs

Intertwined zigzags Picture of lace 20 pairs

Uneven intertwined zigzags Picture of lace 21 pairs

Lesley's pattern Picture of lace 22 pairs


More Torchon lace patterns

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Index to all my bobbin lace patterns