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Continue reading →: New Tutorial on Torchon SpidersOnce you’ve mastered whole stitch and half stitch (see here for tutorials) one of the next techniques you’re likely to come across in Torchon lace are Spiders. They are so called because of their appearance but they don’t need to have eight ‘legs’- they can be made with anything from…
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Continue reading →: Book recommendations for Torchon laceTorchon lace is often the first style of lace that beginners try, usually because it is continuous rather than piece-lace (which means there are few tricky joins or sewings in to be made) and because it is geometric, using holes plotted on a 45° grid. You work diagonally down the…
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Continue reading →: Cottage Garden- Torchon matLast autumn, once my lacemaking time wasn’t taken up with videos for #40lacestitches, I wanted to do a pattern that wouldn’t stretch me too much, but which had enough interest to keep me engaged. I’d had the Cottage Garden mat pattern for a few years and already had the bobbins…
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Continue reading →: Lace on the go: cushion bags and travel pillowsWhen I first started making lace, and had to carry my cushion to school every Thursday (aswell as my PE kit and violin- Thursdays were a lot!) I had a huge brown carrier bag with sturdy plastic handles which fit the cushion in perfectly. Over the course of the year…
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Continue reading →: Booking now: upcoming workshops and short coursesMarch: 5-week beginners course, Juice Studios, Hull https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beginners-bobbin-lacemaking-course-tickets-1980247592857?aff=oddtdtcreator During March I’ll be running a 5-week course at Juice Studios on Humber Street in Hull. For two hours every Monday evening we’ll cover the basic stitches, equipment and techniques and you’ll be able to combine stitches into a small project such…
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Continue reading →: What’s on my pillow – January 2026Project details: Pattern: Wessex Owl Type of lace: Milanese Designer / source: Jan Gardiner, Lacewing Designs Thread used: Aurifil Mako 50, maximum 16 pairs Stitches and techniques: Cloth stitch, veins, haloed spider, half stitch, raised sewings, Milanese footside edge.
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Continue reading →: #40lacestitchesThe last in the series of 40 videos of lace stitches and techniques went live a couple of weeks ago. I’m not going to lie, this project took up more time than I thought it would (and issues with Buffer not consistently talking to Instagram nearly broke me at times!)…
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Continue reading →: Book recommendations for beginnersI was recently collating some resources for a workshop and thought it would be useful to share here some of the books that are particularly useful for those starting out in lacemaking. 1. Bridget M. Cook’s Bobbin Lace Workbook is an absolute classic. It has a section of different stitches…
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Continue reading →: Making waves on National Lacemaking Day 2025
Last Saturday (13th September) was National Lacemaking Day in the UK and my whole day was happily spent in lacemaking – the morning recording another video for #40lacestitches and the afternoon running an introductory workshop at Juice Studios in Hull. It was the first time I’d had eight people who…
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Continue reading →: Throwback- lace in Honiton and ExeterI’m not going to say that it was purely lace that drew me to book a holiday in Devon last August, but it was high on my list of priorities (being able to stay in beautiful Torcross was, of course, the main draw). One of the main things I wanted…
Cattern Lace
Hello,
I’m Catherine
Welcome to Cattern Lace, a site dedicated to a love of lacemaking. Here, I will share projects, inspiration and and tutorials to help you get started with lace and to document my own lacemaking journey.
Cattern Lace 