Contains step-by-step instructions to all aspects of Bedfordshire lacemaking, supported by a collection of 60 traditional patterns. The book looks at how to tackle patterns and prepare prickings and materials and includes a look at the techniques of plaited and Cluny laces - footside, picots, plaits, leaves and crossings. Introductory edgings and insertions, together with a range of more advanced edgings and insertions, are included, as well as patterns with point ground and honeycomb fillings and a choice of collars, cuffs, yokes and edgings. A section on the use of antique pattern drafts, including 60 patterns with working instructions, is also included.