Editing Lace (section)

==Types==
[[File:Unknown holland painter. Portrait of woman.jpg|thumb|right|Unknown Holland painter, Portrait of woman, 17th century, [[National Gallery of Armenia]]]]

There are many types of lace, classified by how they are made. These include:

* '''[[Bobbin lace]]''', as the name suggests, is made with bobbins and a [[lace pillow|pillow]]. The bobbins, turned from wood, bone, or plastic, hold threads which are woven together and held in place with pins stuck in the pattern on the pillow. The pillow contains straw, preferably [[oat]] [[straw]] or other materials such as sawdust, insulation styrofoam, or ethafoam. Also known as bone-lace. [[Chantilly lace]] is a type of bobbin lace.
* '''[[Chemical lace]]''': the stitching area is stitched with embroidery threads that form a continuous motif. Afterwards, the stitching areas are removed and only the embroidery remains. The stitching ground is made of a water-soluble or non-heat-resistant material.
*'''[[Crocheted lace]]''' includes [[Irish crochet]], pineapple crochet, and [[filet crochet]].
* '''[[Cutwork]]''', or [[whitework]], is lace constructed by removing threads from a woven background, and the remaining threads wrapped or filled with [[embroidery]].
* '''[[lace knitting|Knitted lace]]''' includes [[Shetland knitted lace|Shetland lace]], such as the "wedding ring shawl", a lace shawl so fine that it can be pulled through a wedding ring.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Magic of Shetland Lace Knitting|last=Lovick|first=Elizabeth|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|year=2013|isbn=978-1-250-03908-8|location=New York|pages=10}}</ref>
*'''Knotted lace''' includes [[macramé]] and [[tatting]]. 
* '''[[Lace machine|Machine-made]]''' lace is any style of lace created or replicated using mechanical means.
* '''[[Needle lace]]''', such as [[Gros point de venise|Venetian Gros Point]], is made using a needle and [[yarn|thread]]. This is the most flexible of the lace-making arts. While some types can be made more quickly than the finest of bobbin laces, others are very time-consuming. Some purists regard needle lace as the height of lace-making.{{fact|date=January 2022}} The finest antique needle laces were made from a very fine thread that is not manufactured today.
*'''[[Tape lace]]''' makes the tape in the lace [[Bobbin tape lace|as it is worked]], or uses a machine- or hand-made textile strip formed into a design, then [[Tape lace|joined]] and embellished with needle or bobbin lace.
*'''[[Tatting]]''' is a textile craft consisting of a series of knots and loops arranged with a shuttle or needle based process.

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File:Branscombe4.jpg|[[Needle lace]], showing button hole stitch
File:Ursuline_lace_2.jpg|[[Bobbin lace]] made on a pillow with bobbins and pins
File:Boy's Frock LACMA M.2007.211.89 (3 of 3).jpg|[[Broderie anglaise]], a type of cutwork
File:Lace-filet-hrynkiw.jpg|[[Filet lace]], embroidered on an existing net
File:Lace_knitting_2.jpg|[[Lace knitting]]
File:Nuperelle-skyttel_med_nupereller.JPG|[[Tatting]], with shuttle
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