Graceful needle lace. Ancient art of embroidery in stories, techniques, and masterclasses

The book of a wonderful master and author of many bestsellers on needlework Anna Zaitseva invites the reader on an exciting journey through such an unusual type of embroidery as a needle lace. You will get acquainted with his history, learn how the types of needle lace have developed and transformed in different countries and at different times. And finally, plunge into the modern world of this wonderful art, getting acquainted with the necessary materials, tools, devices and having mastered all the main techniques, seams and stitches:

35 seams and stitches: basic, connecting, filling, grilles
I needle lace on the covered fabric on the example of riticello embroidery
lace on a wicker grid on the example of Venetian lace
Richelieu, Hardanger, Hedebo, Sila Ort, "Salt"
Combined (frame) lace: ribbon and cord
Each type of needle lace is described in such detail, with exhaustive instructions, schemes, examples that in your hands there will be an invaluable tool for independent creation of real works of embroidery