Training on line

The lessons have been done by the Rauman Museo. Your virtual teacher is: rauman.museo@kolumbus.fi

Learn to make Rauma lace. We start with Kuudenparin uddi lace, as all the lacemakers in Rauma traditionally have done. The second lace on the net is Spindelnatto. Later on there will be more lace patterns in our website www.rmlace.net

The basic stitches

The basic stitches are :

cross half stitch (cross and twist) cloth stitch (cross, twist and cross) whole stitch (cross, twist, cross and twist)

Kuudenparin uddi

Number of pairs: 6

Material: in Rauma usually linen thread is used

Pricking

For pricking Prespan-cardboard is usually used, but you
can use other good qualities too. Copy the pattern on
the cardboard, prick the holes and draw the lines onto
the pricking

Technique:

For this lace you use whole stitches. In order to get the edgings faster, you can add an extra twist, when you work the borderline on both sides. The same way you work the straight edgings on all the laces.

Spindelnatto

Number of pairs: 12

Material:

In Rauma linen thread is used, but you can do your own
choose. If you want to make this narrow lace, the thread
has to be fine.

Pricking:

Prepare the pricking. If you have plans to use the
pricking many times or for a long lace, you have to use
Prespan or other good quality cardboard. Copy the
pattern on the cardboard, prick the holes and draw the
lines as in the model. The original lace pattern is
25-mm wide.

Technique:
Ground, a whole stitch ground. A whole stitch both
before and after a pin.

Spider, the spider is made by 6 pairs, which are
connected with a cloth stitch in the middle. The "legs"
before and after the cloth stitch part are twisted about
4 times depending on the thread.

Fan, the fan is made using whole stitch. One pair is
crossing the four others, which are making the structure
lines of the fan. (If necessary you can use one more
twist after each stitch.)

Start from the edging (on the picture: the first pin hole on the left).In Rauma we always work the laces so that the edge is on the left-hand side.Make all the pairs clear, so that you can take them in the order they areneeded working the lace. Start with the ground, then follows the spider and at last the fan.When you have reached the half of the fan, you have to continue with the edging and the ground. It is easy to follow the lines on your pricking, and you always know, where you are and what is the next step.