Bobbin Lace Foundations ~ May 16 + 23 + 30 from 10am to 12pm

Special workshop series!
Instructor: Renown artist Sarah J. Hull

Bobbin Lace Foundations
This three-week beginner bobbin lace class at Sweet Pea Fiber will start with the essentials:

• learning how to wind bobbins,
• read simple patterns, and
• practice the core movements of lacemaking. 

From there, we’ll move into learning to read working diagrams and expand on the knowledge from the first class. In the final week and as your hands grow more confident, we’ll ease into small improvisational exercises that invite curiosity and play within the structure of traditional lacework.

By the end of this class you’ll have a grounding in classic techniques and a feel for how to let your own sensibility emerge through thread, rhythm, and pattern. This class is designed to be welcoming and allow participants to work at multiple speeds.

The class fee includes your pattern and informational kit, which is required for all students. This kit includes: 

• Lace patterns and informational material used through the classes
• 3 Beads
• Micro crochet hook

All participants will need a bobbin lace pillow and a minimum of 24 bobbins along with a few other supplies. You can rent or purchase an Introductory Bobbin Lace Pillow Kit (not required if you already have a basic bobbin lace setup that includes the items listed in the kit). Please feel free to contact Sarah sarah@sarahjhull.com if you have any questions:

Bobbin Lace Pillow Kit: 

Kits, specially prepared by Sarah, are available for rent or purchase through this link. Be sure to come ready with a kit secured!

• 12” x 12” Bobbin Lace pillow
• 24 Bobbins (9 pairs of bobbins will be wound with DMC Perle 8 for the first session prior to class)
• 2 Crochet Bobbin Holders
• 26 x .65 yellow brass Lace Pins

Please come prepared with the following additional supplies:

• 6 balls of Perle 8 cotton in different colors
• 2, 12” x 12” pieces of cotton cloth to protect work
• Empty pin cushion
• 2- 4 Glass head/pearl head Sewing pins
• Embroidery Scissors (or other thread scissors)
• 3” 3 ring binder (optional)

Instructor Bio:

Sarah J. Hull is a Washington, DC based artist whose background in architecture, science and visual arts come together to inform her work – each piece is a dialogue between the materials and “the hand.” She is a recipient of multiple District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities Fellowship Grants. She is active in her local art community through various organizations, nationally through the National Association of Women Artists (NAWA) and the Brooklyn Lace Guild and internationally through the Society for Embroidered Work (S.E.W.) and The Adventurous Lacemakers. She has completed her Certificate in technical embroidery from the Royal School of Needlework (RSN) with merit and is currently pursuing her Diploma in technical embroidery. She regularly demonstrates lacemaking at the George Washington University Textile Museum and George Washington’s Mt. Vernon. She organizes and hosts a monthly lace study group at the MLK Library in Washington, DC that is free and open to the public.