July Meeting Announcement

The Lafayette Lacemakers Chapter

of the International Organization of Lace

 

will meet on 

Saturday, July 11, 2026

9:00 a.m. 

Location:

The Arts Federation - TAF 

638 North Street 

Lafayette, IN USA 47901

765.423.2787

 

 https://theartsfederation.org/

Please enter the building through the side door that faces the alley, and use the parking lot that's between the alley and 5th street.
https://theartsfederation.org/ 

Please bring show-n-tell and feel free to bring a project to work on.   

Members are encouraged to share lace news, books, magazines, and ideas.

 Guests are always welcome. 

If you are interested in lace, 

or have met some of our members demonstrating in public, 

feel free to join us.  

Lafayette Lacemakers, Inc.,  is open to people interested in any aspect of lace

and lacemaking.  We extend our invitation to you to become better acquainted with lace.

Annual dues are
$10.00 per year

(July through June)
Lafayette Lacemakers provides support + resources for new lacemakers.  
Membership Information - Here.

Small Lace Samples are needed for 

Lafayette Lacemaker cards. (give to Carolyn).

 

Please keep on creating small lace samples, for the cards, handed out at lace demonstrations .... and turn them in at monthly meetings. 

As always, keep track of your volunteer hours and turn in those hours (give to Dagmar &/or Chris) at the monthly meetings.

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October 24-25, 2026Lace DemonstrationsFeast of the Hunters' Moon 2026

 

July Meeting + Program

The July program (following business meeting) is a Lace In.   Please bring anything you have in progress, including the June sampler (Intro to Estonian knitted lace).   Maybe create some small lace samples to share at community events.

 Small lace samples are needed for 

Lafayette Lacemaker business cards 

Please give them to Cathy --- many are needed to hand out at community events. 

Patterns and details are in the newsletter.   

Lafayette Lacemakers meet at 9 a.m.

on the Second Saturday
of each month
During the TAF renovations (probably a year),  we will be meeting at the TCHA History Center,  located at the NW corner of Columbia  and 6th Streets in Lafayette  (just 2 blocks south of the TAF building where we used to meet).  
Currently, there is no sign on the TCHA History Center.   The building is  across the street from the  Lafayette City Hall and Police Station which do have signs.
On-street parking has no time limit on Saturdays; however, keep in mind, there is a
Farmers  Market in the morning, one block west of the History Center.     
In addition to on on-street parking spaces, there is FREE parking on Saturday  at the Columbia Block Parking Facility,  (located south of Columbia Street -- one block west of the TCHA History Center)    Columbia Block Parking Facility 18 No Fifth St Lafayette, IN   
Enter the History Building on the east side, on the 6th Street side.   Doors to the building open at 8:45am, meeting begins at 9am, followed by program.  

Questions?   Comments?    Please contact Lafayette Lacemakers.

LafayetteLacemakers@gmail.com

--------------------- First photograph and  Final photograph by Cathy K

June 9: Introduction to Estonian knitted lace

Photo above:  Knitting by Anne Reaves.

Pattern:  Queen Silvia Shawl

Photo Below:  Pattern from Knitted Lace of Estonia:  Techniques, Patterns, and Traditions, 

by Nancy Bush.  

Following the business meeting on 6/9, Anne Reaves led our program:  Introduction to Estonian knitted lace.  She encouraged the members to try a 16 stitch sampler --  so, do you know what a "Nupp" is?

 Do you see the raised areas inside 3 of the four diamonds?  "Nupp".

 Do you know what to do when you have a yarn over at the end of a row -- and need to purl the next row?   Stumped?   Guess who knows .... Yes, Anne has the answer --  Just ask!

Thanks Anne for the wonderful presentation and sharing your expertise!

  (looks better after blocking).

While we are on the subject of knitting, are you a knitter that throws?   Check out Continental knitting in the video below.   No more throwing yarn!

The July program (following business meeting) is a Lace In.   Please bring anything you have in progress, including the June sampler (Intro to Estonian knitted lace).   Or create a few small lace samples for the cards we hand out at community events. 

Members -- check your e-mail for upcoming program details & guidelines for the Lafayette Lacemakers Lace Challenge.

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Comments?  Questions?

Contact Lafayette Lacemakers

LafayetteLacemakers@gmail.com

 

Announcement

 The April meeting will be the last one held at the Tippecanoe Arts Federation for at least a year while the building is being renovated.   Details and a map will be available soon for the new meeting location (beginning in MAY 2018.)

 Following the business meeting in April, members will work on small lace samples for handing out at lace demonstrations.  Patterns in newsletter.

Reminder -- Election of officers at the May meeting!

June: Knit sampler project with Anne R

Members - see newsletter + email.

Comments / Questions?   E-mail Lafayette Lacemakers
LafayetteLacemakers@gmail.com  

Reminder .....

 Small lace samples are needed for Lafayette Lacemaker business cards 

[handed out at community events].  

Please give them to Cathy --- also, many are needed for Feast of the Hunters' Moon [October].

Patterns and details are in the newsletter.   

On-Going Reminders ....

Small lace samples needed for:
Tippecanoe County Fair
Global Festival
Feast of the Hunters' Moon
Dickens of a Christmas

Items needed for the Feast:
Bookmarks
Lengths of tatting or bobbin lace for trim
Dorset Buttons
Lucet Cord

Samples for the sample book
being put together by Rosemary.

Small lace samples are needed for Feast!!!

Members:   If you have time to make small lace samples,  please do!   For Feast, need to be 'period correct', so be conscious of color [no variegated or glittery threads] and don't get too fancy w/pattern.   No spiders are needed.

September's meeting will be a Lace-In.  

Need ideas?

patterns:    Jane's Doodle Patterns, Link HERE

pinterest board:   Link HERE

spread sheet with internet free patterns:    Link HERE

Tatted lace samples

Special thx to Sheron who compiled a spreadsheet with links to doodles ...

Index of Tatted Doodle Patterns

She encourages us to share this information.   Job well done Sheron!

Sheron defines a doodle as:

What is a doodle?   To me a doodle is something that takes just

a few yards of thread, something you can make to finish off the

thread left on a shuttle after you finish a project, something that

takes 30 minutes or less for most tatters, something that can be

recognized when a stranger looks at it, something you give away.