Archer Lace Bobbins

25/09/2026

Bright blue, royal blue, soft blue, deep blue, turquoise....you name it, we just love the blues!💙🩵

19/09/2026

We hope you all had a great day last Saturday celebrating National Lacemaking Day 2026 💫
Since 2020 we have been marking this special day with a commemorative bobbin however this year we're sorry to have missed the celebrations. This was due to family matters throwing a bit of a googly in the works during the week leading up to September 12th which is when Ben would have been making this year's bobbin.
For 2023 we offered the commemorative bobbins in the photo. They are inscribed with the date and 'National Lacemaking Day' and are decorated with Queen Anne's Lace flower heads and have lacey carved ruffles at the top & the bottom of the bobbin.
If anyone wishes to order one for 2026 we will be making them in this same design with either a 🩷deep pink inscription or a 💜lilac inscription.
To order, comment below or message us or send us an email and please state your colour preference with you order😊
NLD 2026 £36.50
Free delivery in the UK

13/09/2026

There's a Pot of Gold at the end of every rainbow, so the folklore tale goes. The Irish legend tells how the fairy Leprechauns unearthed a pot of treasure that had been buried deep in the ground following an Irish invasion by the Vikings, which they then reburied in a secret location.
According to folklore, the rainbow acts as a magical marker hiding the hidden treasure's location - which can never be found!
Our Pot of Gold bobbin has rainbow coloured raindrops and a pot at the bottom for the gold coins that are inside the bobbin🌈

Apologies for the delay in replying to your messages on this post but we've been out on an early road trip collecting bobbin bones this morning🚗 Back at bobbining now!

11/09/2026

No prizes for guessing when Janet has her birthday!
June's Birth Flowers are Rose & Honeysuckle which together symbolize love, devotion, affection and happiness.
Thank you very much Janet for sending a great photo of your very happily-spangled June Birth Flower bobbin! 😍

Photo credit Janet McGoldrick

05/09/2026

We love a Sweet Pea and we still have a few blooms going in the garden!
They are great inspiration for making pretty lace bobbins and pins and this fresh mix of colours along with the Sweet Pea Bouquet bobbin (2nd from left) were new for 2026💜🩵🩷💙🤍

29/08/2026

Everybody begins at the beginning. Including Tony as a bobbin maker back in the 1970's! He had a gentle sense of humour and this 'L Plates' bobbin was one of his early designs.
These bobbins were popular with the lacemakers starting to learn lacemaking, with the guidance and support of their teachers. Let's hear it for the lace teachers 🙏🌏🌎🌍

24/08/2026

Winnie has been busy in New Zealand 🌏 Many thanks for the photos Winnie; there are freshly-spangled new arrivals in the bottom centre photo next to the pretty earrings and the pillow photos show a piece we shared last year, not long before before the gremlins took it away so we're sharing it again! It's called HOOP (HOPE) and Winnie says "There are 11 pieces laced by 11 people. Brugge Master class by Kant Centrum" Just beautiful. Thank you Winnie😊

Photo credit Winnie Hood

18/08/2026

Bobbin A Month Club bobbins. August 2025 Bobbin Club bobbins lined up on the left, August 2024 filling the top box on the right with August 2026 in progress below - this box isn't full just yet!

13/08/2026

Work in progress. Early starts to beat the heat - we're not used to so much sunshine here in the west of the UK - but we're getting there!

10/08/2026

Fantastic 😄

The London Lace Club's members are mostly under 30, after a social media revival sparked interest.