Bobbin Lace

In the article Bobbin Lace in the Schwalm (1) you saw the different garments and linens that included bobbin lace. Now please enjoy a closer look at the different bobbin laces.

The finest and smallest bobbin laces were those found on knitted baby caps.
Four bobbin lace edgings were tightly gathered and sewn at the edges of knitted baby caps.
2 cm wide bobbin lace found on a baby cap
1.5 cm wide bobbin lace found on a baby cap. It seems that picots were added after finishing the lace.
5 cm wide bobbin lace with tulips found on a dyed-to-blue Schwalm bodice
4.5 cm wide bobbin lace with flowers found on a dyed-to-blue Schwalm bodice
3.5 cm wide bobbin lace with a free-form pattern found on very old dyed-to-blue Schwalm bodice sleeves
3.5 cm wide bobbin lace found on a dyed-to-blue Schwalm bodice for a girl. The bodice was made from linen cambric and finely embroidered. In contrast to the fineness of the fabric and embroidery, the bobbin lace is rather dense.
4 cm wide bobbin lace found on a dyed-to-blue, and later decolorized, very fine Schwalm bodice from 1849
3.5 cm wide bobbin lace found on dyed-to-blue, and later decolorized, very fine Schwalm bodice sleeves
3 cm wide bobbin lace found on a dyed-to-blue Schwalm bodice from 1925
4 cm wide bobbin lace found on a dyed-to-blue Schwalm communion cap
5 cm wide bobbin lace found on a dyed-to-blue Schwalm communion cap
5 cm wide bobbin lace found on a dyed-to-blue Schwalm communion cap
5 cm wide bobbin lace found on a dyed-to-blue Schwalm communion cap
5 cm wide bobbin lace found on a dyed-to-blue Schwalm decorative handkerchief
3.5 cm wide bobbin lace found on a dyed-to-blue Schwalm decorative handkerchief
3.5 cm wide bobbin lace found as bands for tying on a pillowcase
3.5 cm wide bobbin lace in combination with sprang technique found on a Schwalm bed covering (A)
A second bobbin lace – also 3.5 cm wide – found on the Schwalm bed covering (A)
And a third bobbin lace – 4 cm wide – combined with the sprang technique, found on the Schwalm bed covering (A)
Also interesting here is how the lace band was attached with Plaited Insertion stitch (also known as Interlaced Insertion stitch).
5 cm wide bobbin lace found on two edges of a Schwalm bed covering from 1832
Wide bobbin lace bands in combination with needle-weaving bands found on a Schwalm bed covering

There are a wide variety of different types of bobbin lace and bobbin lace patterns used in Schwalm.

Here is a publication that shows even more bobbin lace patterns and provides the matching schematics for working them:
Freihandspitzen in Schwälmer Textilien
Ingrid Hick, Christa Röhr, Marianne Stang

Purchase from:
Forum Alte Spitze GbR
Am Tomberg 18
52531 Übach-Palenberg

The area in and around Neukirchen, in the Schwalm, was a hotspot for making bobbin lace. So it is not surprising that bobbin lace is found on both different garments and different linens.
As already mentioned in the article Historical Schwalm Whitework and Lace, bobbin lace, in combination with Schwalm whitework, is found at the sleeve cuffs of the blue bodices and at the edges of the dyed-to-blue decorative handkerchiefs.
Bobbin lace is also found on bed coverings, door hangings, and at the front edges of the dyed-toblue communion caps. It is also found on knitted baby caps.

Here are some examples of all these:
Very elaborately embroidered dyed-to-blue bodice sleeve with bobbin lace
Dyed-to-blue decorative handkerchief with whitework and bobbin lace
Parts of two different bed coverings with crowns, openwork pattern bands, needle-weaving bands, and bobbin lace
Pillowcase with bobbin lace as bands for tying
Dyed-to-blue old Schwalm “Ziehhaube” (communion cap) with bobbin lace at the front edge
Knitted baby cap with bobbin lace at the edges
Contemporary Schwalm whitework on a tablecloth with bobbin lace at the edges