Vologda lace history briefly. Vologda lace: folk craft. Vologda lace: patterns

Vologda lace: past, present, future

Lace is an amazing creation of human imagination, which originated as a type of decorative decoration of fabric products and over time enriched the sphere of art, striking with the luxury of openwork patterns and weaves.

Lace is divided into needle-sewn and bobbin lace. Initially, in Europe, embroidered lace belonged to the aristocracy, and bobbin lace was common among the people.

It is interesting that in the history of Russian bobbin lace there is a similar division. Some laces had an aristocratic character, while others had a folk character. The first were imitation of foreign models, and the second, which were in use among the people, turned out to be so original that it is difficult to determine the history of their origin.

The history of the appearance and development of lace is full of mysteries and contradictions.
Italy and Flanders are considered the most ancient centers of lace making. From them all other European countries learned lace making.

There is a legend that in 1725 Peter I ordered 250 lacemakers from the Brabant monasteries to teach orphans how to weave lace in the Novodevichy Convent. How long this training existed in the monastery is unknown. But what’s interesting is that in the samples of lace preserved in different parts of Russia, and in the names of these laces, many old lacemakers pointed to “Draban (i.e., Brabant) thread.”

Vologda lace

“No center of the lace industry in Russia enjoyed such great fame as the city of Vologda and its humble inhabitants,” wrote Sofya Davydova in her famous study “Russian lace and Russian lacemakers.”

It is still unknown when the art of lace weaving arose in the vast Vologda region, and why this craft turned out to be so beloved and popular in the North, specifically on the Vologda lands.

Perhaps the predetermining factors were the developed flax growing and trade routes that ran here from north to south and brought the influence of foreign fashion, which took on its national forms on Russian soil.

Lace making as a craft has existed in the Vologda province since 1820. An official study (by S.A. Davydova) established that during serfdom, in all significant landowner estates of the province there were lace “factories” that supplied lace products to St. Petersburg and Moscow.

And one of these factories was founded by the landowner Zasetskaya three miles from Vologda in the village of Kovyrino no later than the 20s of the 19th century. There, serfs wove the finest lace for finishing dresses and linen, imitating Western European patterns.

Over time, lace weaving moved from landowner workshops to the people and became one of the types of folk art that reflected the needs and tastes of wide circles of the local population.

A little later, Anfiya Fedorovna Bryantseva developed a remarkable activity in Vologda. The talented craftswoman came up with the happy idea of combining thick “Belozersky” style canvas with wicker latticework.

This is how the famous, and now fashionable, “Vologda manner” came about. Anfiya, together with her daughter Sophia, developed a whole range of original lace designs and samples, introduced small and large lace items into use, such as talmas, capes, entire costumes, etc. They also taught lace making to over 800 urban and rural girls and women.

Russian lace is original, diverse in subjects and execution techniques. But among them there are some who are special. More often than not, it is the products of Vologda lacemakers that we strongly associate with the word “lace.” And this is not without reason - the history of this fishery in the Vologda region is rooted in the distant past and has been striking us with its elegance for several centuries. So, let’s get acquainted: Vologda lace!

Vologda lace production began at the end of the 18th century, when Russian lace-making centers were formed and began to develop in various regions of Russia: Galich, Rostov, Balakhna, Kalyazin, Torzhok, Ryazan. And - Vologda!

The first lace factory here was created in 1820 by landowner V.A. Zasetskaya in the village of Kovyrino near Vologda, from where in the second half of the 19th century. lace making quickly spread throughout all the central districts of the Vologda province. And this was facilitated by... the abolition of serfdom: peasant women became more free in choosing their occupation, they were more involved in needlework and weaving lace for sale. This production brought additional income to the peasant family. Moreover, lace making does not require any special investments: both lace threads and equipment were inexpensive and anyone could purchase or make them. No special premises were required - in the summer the lace was woven right on the street. Yes, and you can engage in this craft in fits and starts, in your free time from work on earth.

Gradually, lace making became very popular: in 1893, in the Vologda province, 4 thousand lacemakers were engaged in lace making, and in 1912 – already about 40 thousand. According to statistics of those years, a significant part of them were teenage girls. They usually began learning the craft at the age of 5–7 years and by the age of 12–14 they became very experienced craftswomen. But often men also wove lace.

But how highly valued Vologda lace was in the capital’s stores! Cunning traders initially passed them off as foreign in order to increase profits. But this was unnecessary - in terms of their characteristics, the products of Vologda craftswomen were not at all inferior to European ones. In 1876, Vologda lace deservedly received high praise at the international exhibition in Philadelphia. They were demonstrated with no less success in 1893 in Chicago.

The October Revolution undermined the lace industry. But very soon, in 1920, a handicraft section of the Northern Union was founded in Vologda, the purpose of which was to develop the crafts of the peoples of the North in the new socialist conditions. All lacemakers, and by this time there were already about 70 thousand of them, were united in an artel, and a vocational school was founded, which trained craftswomen and instructors in lacemaking. It was in those years that many new patterns and weaving techniques were developed, stories were created for lace products, embodying dreams of a new country.

At exhibitions in Paris (1925) and Brussels (1958), Vologda lace was awarded Gold medals. The highest award, the Grand Prix, was awarded to him at the Paris Exhibition in 1937.

What is the secret of the success of Vologda lace? Since ancient times, lacemakers have woven it by hand, using wooden bobbins, a pin with a pattern, and a special pillow on a stand. The splinter (the pattern by which the design is woven) is the embodiment of the lacemaker’s skill.

According to the technique of execution, modern Vologda lace belongs to “coupling” lace. In this type of lace, the main elements of the pattern are woven with a long braid, and then connected to each other with special “hitches” and “lattices”, made separately, using a crochet hook. This technique is used in the manufacture of scarves, collars, capes, tablecloths, bedspreads, curtains, and panels.

But there were also craftswomen - “mernitsy”, who wove the so-called. “paired” or “measured” lace, in which the pattern was woven simultaneously with the background, which made it possible to obtain arbitrarily long strips of lace, from which sections of the required length were measured (hence the name).

It is clear that the patterns in chain lace are more varied than in paired lace. These can be geometric shapes, and motifs of flora and fauna (Christmas trees, flowers, fish, birds, deer, lions, peacocks), and fantastic creatures (Sirin birds, unicorns), and natural phenomena (northern lights), and human figures (ladies, gentlemen, horsemen, peasant women in kokoshniks and sundresses), and architectural structures (churches, towers, bridges, gazebos, palaces), and technological achievements (tower cranes, airplanes, spacecraft). Yes, yes, the products of Vologda lacemakers of the 1930s even featured tractors and airplanes - after all, just like their great-grandmothers, they wanted to embody in lace the world that surrounded them.

For a long time, paired lace predominated in Vologda; it accounted for approximately 2/3 of the total volume of production. A great contribution to the development of coupling lace was made by the masters of the lace school (VKS), which opened in Vologda in 1928. So in the 1930s, artist Anna Aleksandrovna Perova-Nikitina and industrial training instructor Kapitolina Vasilievna Isakova developed more than 100 grids for coupling lace. This invention changed the appearance of the coupling lace: it became openwork, since the lattice could now play a leading role in the design. In addition, it was in this way that it was possible to create products combined with fabric, large large objects sewn from many parts.

In 1936, an art laboratory was created at the Volkruzhevosoyuz (there was such an organization!), where numerous lacemakers and artists worked on the range, quality, and technology of weaving lace products. Techniques common to all Vologda lace acquire an individual coloring in the work of each master. Thus, the works of K.V. herself. Isakova is developing a chamber lyrical direction. Tenderness and warmth of the images distinguish her panel “Deer”, created in 1968.

A.A. Korableva, an employee of the Scientific Research Institute of the Art Industry (NIIHP), made a great contribution to the development of the craft. She created large stitched works that became landmarks in the development of the industry: the panel “House in Gori” (1949, for the anniversary of I.V. Stalin), the curtain “Jubilee” (1954, for the 300th anniversary of the reunification of Ukraine and Russia ), curtain “Russian Motifs” (1958, at the World Exhibition in Brussels it rightfully received the highest award “Grand Prix”), panel “Sputnik” (1959), panel “Aurora” (1970), panel "Moscow Construction Sites" (1970), etc.

Another well-known name in Vologda is V.D. Veselova, born into a family of hereditary lacemakers. Her mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and, possibly, distant ancestors were engaged in this trade. A family legend has been preserved that Vera Dmitrievna’s grandmother wove stockings and umbrellas for the royal court to a special order. And the granddaughter’s most famous work is the “Rook” tablecloth, in which the craftswoman embodied the poetry of the image, the completeness of the design and her skill as a lacemaker.

But the most famous product of Vologda lacemakers is undoubtedly the “Snowflake” tablecloth (by V.N. Elfin), which has become the hallmark of the entire lace industry. And it is no coincidence that the lace association “Snezhinka”, created in Vologda in 1964 and which remains the center of lace production to this day, owes its name to it. Now hundreds of lacemakers work here, continuing to create exquisite lace patterns from the finest threads. After all, even in our computer age, lace remains in demand.

The works of these craftswomen, like dozens of others, are presented in the Lace Museum that opened in Vologda. If you are lucky enough to visit these parts, be sure to stop by. You won't regret it. After all, Vologda can rightfully be called the lace capital of Russia.

Photo materials from the Vologda Folk Crafts website were used in the preparation.

"Bride of the North" 2010 Authors A.N. Rakcheeva, Yu.E. Zakharova, E.E. Marochko.

The richness and variety of patterns, purity of lines, measured rhythms of ornaments, high skill - such is his artistic originality.

Vologda lace has a special original beauty. The development of the ornamental art of lace was greatly influenced by wood carving patterns, weaving patterns, and ancient embroidery. Especially the openwork embroidery “Vologda glass” with various “snowflakes” and “spiders” on end-to-end backgrounds.

Guide to Russian Crafts, CC BY-SA 3.0

This embroidery was mainly used in the Vologda district, and it was in this territory that the craft developed especially intensively. The Vologda lace ornament is characterized by softly curved smooth lines of the design; it is always graphically clear, rhythmic and can consist of geometric figures or generalized plant forms.

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To make Vologda lace you need: a cushion cushion, bobbins, juniper or birch pins, a pattern. A typical material for Vologda lace is linen, bleached or gray.

In the 17th century, lacemakers mastered the technique of weaving lace using silver and gold threads made from drawn wire or from a silk core thread entwined with a metal thread.

A little history

Vologda lace making dates back to the 16th-17th centuries, but as a craft it has existed since the first quarter of the 19th century. Initially, it is believed that lace originated in Europe, and Italy and Flanders are considered the most ancient centers of lace making.

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According to official research (by S. A. Davydova), it was established that during serfdom, in all significant landowner estates of the province there were lace “factories” that supplied lace products to St. Petersburg and Moscow.

I. Martynov, N. Cherkasov, CC BY-SA 3.0

Over time, lace weaving moved from landowner workshops to the people and became one of the types of folk art that reflected the needs and tastes of wide circles of the local population.

In 1893, in the Vologda province, 4,000 craftswomen were engaged in lace making, in 1912 - 40,000. In 1928, a vocational school for lacemakers was created in Vologda. In 1930, the Vologda Lace Union was created. In 1935 - an art laboratory at the Vologda Lace Union.

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In the 30s of the 20th century, images reflecting Soviet reality appeared in lace. In 1960, the Vologda lace association “Snezhinka” was organized.

On November 3, 2010, the Lace Museum opened in Vologda, in the building of the former State Bank on Kremlin Square, 12. The total area of the museum is 1400 m², and the exhibition area is 600 m². The main exhibition presents more than 500 items telling about the foundation and development of this traditional artistic craft of the Vologda region.

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Vologda lace

Trim for dresses and lingerie

The beginning of the craft dates back to 1820, when near Vologda, on the estates of landowners, serfs began to weave trims for dresses and linen, imitating Western European ones.

Until the 40s. of the last century, measured lace for finishing linen predominated, later piece products became the main ones - runners, napkins, elegant removable parts of women's clothing - collars, frills, capes, scarves, ties and gloves.

Lace was also used to decorate and still decorate dresses, tablecloths, napkins and furniture.

Pattern elements

All the main images in interlocking Vologda lace are made with dense, continuous, equal in width, smoothly wriggling linen braid, “wilyushka”.

They stand out clearly against the background of patterned lattices, decorated with “patterns” in the form of stars and rosettes.

Floral patterns are dominated by motifs of flexible branches with loop-shaped leaves, trefoils, round or elongated petaled and palmate flowers, fan-shaped motifs, and horseshoe-shaped figures.

Arrangement of patterns

Patterns on products are usually arranged around the circumference with wide borders with a free or ornament-filled middle, run along the perimeter of the product, are collected in stripes of different widths, and can be distributed throughout the openwork background.

Compositions are often built from mirror-symmetrical motifs, giving the lace austerity and a special static quality. A distinctive feature of Vologda lace is the wide variety of background lattices.

Ornament

A distinctive feature of traditional Vologda paired lace is a clear division of the “structure” of the lace into a pattern and a background.

As a result, large and smooth forms of the ornament are very expressively highlighted by a continuous line, even in width throughout the entire pattern.

In early Vologda lace, stylized images of birds, trees of life and other ancient motifs characteristic of embroidery of more ancient origin varied as the leading ornament.

Today Vologda lace is distinguished by a variety of ornaments, monumental forms and a predominance of floral motifs.

Vologda Museum-Reserve

You can get acquainted with specimens of Vologda lace in the Vologda Museum-Reserve, the Vologda Lace Museum, the All-Russian Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Arts, as well as in the museum of the Snezhinka lace company.

Awards

Vologda lace has repeatedly received the highest awards at exhibitions: a gold medal at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris in 1925, the Grand Prix in Paris in 1937, a gold medal in Brussels in 1958. At the same time, at an exhibition in Brussels, awarded the highest award - the Grand Prix of the Vologda lace curtain “Russian motives”.

Photo. Fragment of the valance of a wedding sheet. End of the 18th century Vologda province.

Photo. Shroud from the throne, linen thread, coupling technique. Vologda. Con. XIX century

At exhibitions in Paris (1925) and Brussels (1958), Vologda lace was awarded Gold medals. The highest award, the Grand Prix, was awarded to him at the Paris Exhibition in 1937.

Photo. Measured lace edge "Planes and Stars", 1930s.

Photo. K.A. Vorobyov "Portrait of the lacemaker Capitalina Vasilievna Isakova", 1960s.

Photo. K.V. Isakova. Panel "Deer", 1968 Vologda. Lace.

Photo. A. A. Korableva, Panel "Space", 1969 Vologda. Lace.

Photo. V. N. Elfina. Panel "Singing Tree", 1978 Vologda. Lace.

Photo. V.N. Elfina. Tablecloth "Snowflake", 1959 Vologda, Lace Museum.

The works of these craftswomen, like dozens of others, are presented in the Lace Museum that opened in Vologda. If you are lucky enough to visit these parts, be sure to stop by. You won't regret it. After all, Vologda can rightfully be called the lace capital of Russia.

Photo materials from the Vologda Folk Crafts website were used in the preparation.

Photo. Curtain "The Tale of Tsar Saltan". 1999 Authors: G.N. Mamrovskaya, T.N. Smirnova. Bleached linen, lace, coupling technology.

Photo. Panel "Shrines of Vologda". 2003

Photo. Wedding dress "Bride of the North". 2010 Authors A.N. Rakcheeva, Yu.E. Zakharova, E.E. Marochko.

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Vologda lace- a special phenomenon in the folk art of the Russian North. The richness and variety of patterns, purity of lines, measured rhythms of ornaments, high skill - such is his artistic originality. Poems and songs have been written about Vologda lace, films have been created, and colorful booklets have been published. Vologda lace is known all over the world; for a long time it personified the glory of Russian lace.

The word “lace” comes from “to surround,” to decorate the edges of clothes and other fabric items with elegant trim. Lace making has been known in Rus' for a long time. Women of all classes practiced it. The dresses of kings, princes and boyars were decorated with lace made of gold, silver and silk threads; In folk clothing, lace made from linen yarn was used, and from the end of the 19th century - from cotton threads.

The artistic features of Vologda lace developed already in the 17th-18th centuries. Until the 19th century, lace making had the character of a home artistic craft. In the 20s of the 19th century, a lace factory was founded in the vicinity of Vologda, where dozens of serf lacemakers worked. In the middle of the 19th century, lace making on Vologda soil turned into a craft that was practiced by thousands of craftswomen in different counties. This craft was especially developed in the Vologda, Kadnikovsky and Gryazovets districts. Each of them has developed local features of patterns and weaving techniques, its own range of lace products, but only a subtle connoisseur of this art can distinguish them. The lace industry in the Vologda province reached its peak in the second half of the 19th century. If in 1893 four thousand craftswomen were engaged in weaving, then in 1912 there were almost forty thousand. The fame of Vologda lace has crossed the borders of the country. The fashion for it has spread to many European countries.

A distinctive feature of traditional Vologda paired lace is a clear division of the “structure” of the lace into a pattern and a background. As a result, large and smooth forms of the ornament are very expressively highlighted by a continuous line, even in width throughout the entire pattern. In early Vologda lace, stylized images of birds, trees of life and other ancient motifs characteristic of embroidery of more ancient origin varied as the leading ornament. Today Vologda lace is distinguished by a variety of ornaments, monumental forms and a predominance of floral motifs.

The Vologda fishery has received wide recognition both in Russia and abroad. The talent and skill of Vologda artists and lacemakers have been repeatedly noted at many international and domestic exhibitions. In 1937, at the international exhibition in Paris, the Vologda Lace Union was awarded the highest award - the Grand Prix - for the novelty and artistic execution of lace products; at the Brussels exhibition in 1958, Vologda lace was awarded a gold medal. And in 1968, the leading artists of the Snezhinka production association were awarded the State Prize of the RSFSR named after I.E. Repina. The oldest lacemaker K.V. put a lot of imagination, creative work, and high skill into her work. Isakov, famous masters of their craft E.Ya. Khumala, V.V. Sibirtseva, Honored Artists of the RSFSR V.D. Veselova and V.N. Elfina. Many of their works are kept in the country's largest museums.

The features common to all Vologda lace in the work of each master acquire an individual coloring. Thus, the works of K.V. Isakova is developing a chamber lyrical direction. Tenderness and warmth of the images distinguish her panel “Deer”, created in 1968. It depicts spruce trees and galloping deer. Measured repetitions of figures, their arrangement in rows, a clear pattern with a relief outline against the background of a light through lattice, like flying snowflakes and the white color of linen threads - all this gives rise to the image of a winter forest immersed in silence.

The creativity of V.D. is diverse. Veselova. A hereditary lacemaker, she perfectly knows all the secrets of lace making, which allows her to create small household items and decorative panels at an equally high artistic level. One of Veselova’s unique works is the “Rook” tablecloth. It combines all the best features of the artist’s work: the poetry of the images, the nobility of the design, the wealth of developments in detail, the refinement of the technical execution of the lace, its indispensable conditioning by the content and nature of the ornament.

The Vologda association received its name in 1964 after the tablecloth “Snowflake” by another outstanding lacemaker, V.N. Elfina. Her work gravitates towards monumental compositions and large forms of ornament. In 1978, Elfina performed the panel “The Singing Tree”. It symbolizes spring and the flowering of nature associated with its arrival, the awakening of life, and the polyphonic singing of birds. The lush Tree of Life is dotted with flowers and birds sitting on it. The dense pattern is contrasted with a light openwork background. The combination of gray and white threads gives the panel a silvery tint.

Vologda lace today is primarily the Snezhinka lace company, where professional lacemakers and experienced artists work; this is a vocational school where future lacemakers are trained, as well as additional education institutions where young Vologda residents get acquainted with the history of lacemaking and learn the basics of this skill. The Vologda lace company “Snezhinka” is a regular participant in international and Russian exhibitions. The company cooperates with domestic and foreign partners. The most important aspect of the creativity of craft artists is the creation of works for museums and exhibitions. These are mainly panels, curtains, tablecloths. Today we can rightfully say that Vologda lace deserves to be included in the world treasury of lace making.

Lace has long ceased to be a common decorative element. It is perceived as a kind of metaphor for everything light and transparent, weightless and fragile. There are many techniques and varieties of weaving, but if we are talking about its production in Russia, then it is Vologda lace that comes to mind. Thanks to him, lacemakers became famous all over the world.

If you want to learn how to create lace masterpieces with your own hands, remember that Vologda lace, like Vyatka lace, from the very beginning of its existence, is woven using bobbins, which means that the first thing you need to do is find and purchase them. Pictures with sample patterns, training courses and master classes are available on the Internet for free - you can view and download them. There you can also find pins for collars or vests, the main motif of which will be incredibly beautiful lace flowers. And by the way - if you want to involve children in the process - you can not only weave lace, you can draw it! Lessons on decorative drawing are also easy to find on the World Wide Web.

Lace has long ceased to be an ordinary decorative element.

While it will be difficult for beginner lacemakers to master complex patterns, weaving a simple mesh string bag will be possible. No special patterns are used here, and accordingly it will be much easier to deal with bobbins.

What is needed:

bobbins;
threads;
roller filled with sawdust;
braid;
foam;
graph paper;
chip;
needles;
hook.

Work progress:

Cut out the base from polystyrene foam.
Draw a grid on graph paper.
Fix the resulting drawing on a foam base.
Wind the threads onto the bobbins and begin weaving.
Insert needles into the upper ends.
Visit them with a pair of bobbins.
Tie the top of the future string bag and hide the ends of the threads in the weaving.
Based on the diagram, determine the location of future handles.
Secure at the bottom of the handle.

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How Vologda lace is woven (video)

Vologda lace pins for beginners

A splinter is a picture that represents a weaving pattern. It is on this basis that lace is woven.

The easiest way to create a chip is to print it on a printer. In the future, you will need to attach it to the cardboard and put tracing paper on top. Thanks to such manipulations, it will be possible to extend its service life and preserve the original whiteness of the threads.

The chip must be made in full size. The pattern on it is depicted in the form of dots and dashes. Additionally, the needlewoman can draw a drawing of a running pair.

The dots on the pins indicate where the pins should be placed. It is these points that are used in the weaving process.

It is simply impossible to create a lace masterpiece without a splinter. Each lacemaker carefully preserves each of them in order to pass them on to inheritance. For beginners, the simplest of them are suitable.

It is simply impossible to create a lace masterpiece without a splinter

Imitation of Vologda lace crochet: easy pattern

The technique of making Vologda lace is complex and quite labor-intensive. This is the main reason that many knitters are afraid to resort to weaving. If you master the art of crocheting braid, you will be able to create equally beautiful products.

Work progress:

First, nine chain stitches are cast on.
In the second row, four double crochets are knitted.
Five air loops are made for the scallop.
After this, the work is turned over and stitches are knitted over posts, five air stitches are cast on for the scallop.

The technique of making Vologda lace is complex and quite labor-intensive

In all subsequent rows, the actions are repeated, which is why a braid with double-sided scallops is created.

DIY lace scarf

Even an inexperienced needlewoman can sew a light, elegant snood scarf made of lace. Despite the ease of manufacture, this unusual accessory looks elegant, beautiful and noble. Thanks to the combination of textiles and lace, it is possible to create a real masterpiece.

Even an inexperienced needlewoman can sew a light, elegant snood scarf made of lace.

What is needed:

a piece of any fabric;
lace;
threads;
scissors;
needle.

Work progress:

Cut out identical rectangles from fabric and lace, the length of which should be exactly a meter and the width – sixty centimeters.
Place the rectangle cut out of fabric on the work surface, face up.
Place lace on top and secure immediately with pins.
Baste the workpiece from all sides.
To create a pipe, sew together a pair of long sides.
Sew a pair of open ends of the product to each other with right sides, but leave a small hole.

Turn the scarf inside out and sew up the remaining hole.

Vologda lace: history of art

Vologda lace making appeared in the sixteenth century, but this art grew into a craft only at the beginning of the nineteenth century. It is generally accepted that it originated in Europe, namely in Italy and France.

Imitating European masters, serfs in the vicinity of Vologda began weaving lace only in 1820. Historians have established that during this period lace production was located in all large provinces. It was from there that products were regularly supplied to the capital and St. Petersburg.

At the beginning of the 19th century, such a factory was founded in the village of Kovyrino by the landowner Zasetskaya. The serfs used it to weave very thin lace intended for finishing linen and dresses.

After a while, they began to make lace not only in workshops, but also at home. It was at this moment that art became truly popular. Lacemakers began to perform work that fully satisfied the needs of a wide range of local residents.

Vologda lace making appeared in the sixteenth century, but this art grew into a craft only at the beginning of the nineteenth century

If at the end of the nineteenth century there were only four thousand craftswomen near Vologda, then just twenty years later their number increased tenfold. A decade later, a vocational school was created, where future craftswomen were trained in this art.

In the thirtieth year of the twentieth century, even a lace union was created in the Vologda province, and five years later - an art laboratory under it. During this period, images appeared on lace that fully reflected the realities of Soviet times. In 1960, the association of lacemakers “Snezhinka” was founded.

In 2010, the Lace Museum was even opened in Vologda. It presents more than five hundred objects, thanks to which everyone can learn about how this artistic craft was founded and developed.

Technique for winding threads on bobbins: instructions for beginners

Bobbin weaving requires a lot of patience. Beginning needlewomen first of all need to master the technique of winding threads. It is this process that will be the main training for this quality. In this case, paired bobbins are used, on which the thread is wound.

Work progress:

Take one of the pair of bobbins in your right hand, and place the thread in your left.
Press the tip of the thread against the neck of the bobbin with your finger and make a couple of turns around it. In this way, securely fix the thread.
After securing the thread, it needs to be wound by simple rotation. Be sure to hold the thread so that it is distributed evenly throughout the bobbin.
Wind about three meters of thread and secure it with a loop.
Unwind the same amount of thread from the skein and only after that it needs to be cut.
Wrap the free tip in the same way around the second of the pair of bobbins and secure with a loop.

Leave about twenty centimeters of free thread between the bobbins.

Imitation of Bruges or Vologda lace: crochet (video)