12 different types of lace with pictures

A filet lace is a mesh made with mesh needles. It uses lace thread to form the corners of the eye. And then, it creates an embroidery pattern in the middle.

This is developed from fishing nets and hunting nets. It is an ancient handmade lace. And then mechanical mesh fabric replaces it.

Tulle lace is a mesh lace made in TULLE, France. It was later transformed into mechanical textile lace.

Net/mesh lace has cotton, silk, viscose, nylon, and other materials. They are lace-like textiles with a uniform mesh. Or the mesh becomes hexagons like a tortoise shell.

Also, we can call it tortoiseshell fabric, Raschel mesh pastry, Daimaru mesh pastry, etc.

Crochet lace is lace with an open hole pattern crocheted. It uses cotton thread as the main raw material. We can also call it hook flower. Crochet lace has metal, bamboo, wood, bone, etc materials. It is also a kind of cotton thread lace, cotton edge, gold lace, and small lace.

Crochet lace is ideal for fringe belts, elastic belts, trimmings of clothing, hats, tablecloths, etc.

Knotted lace is hand-knotted yarn or braid to make open-hole patterned lace. We use it as a treatment for selvage, string, and braid before the start of knotting. It developed from fishing nets and hunting nets. Then, it becomes the mother of bobbin lace. The more popular fringed lace is a kind of knotted lace.

We call Torchon lace beggar’s lace in the 16th century. It is a simple narrow rib knot lace. Also, people often use torchon lace for edge trimming and embedding. But now, it has become the mainstream of mechanical lace.

A torchon lace is a pure cotton edge. Its pattern is clear and neat and easy to change. Moreover, there are not too many restrictions on mass production. So it has a wide range of applications in clothing. The early pure cotton edgings were mostly handmade products. Such as shuttle lace, mallet lace, and so on.

Embroidery lace is an open-hole pattern made on fine muslin, hexagonal mesh fabric, etc. It adopts carving embroidery, net embroidery, drawing embroidery, intarsia, etc. And we can make it mechanically. Embroidered lace is suitable for textiles or clothing. Because the embroidered lace shows the product a unique 3D sense. So it also suits wedding dresses. A wedding dress with embroidery lace will have a feeling of being surrounded by layers.

As one of the different types of lace, embroidery lace can change at any time. And there is no uniform pattern. We can embroider our favorite patterns on the gauze.

Moreover, it has no limitation on the thickness of the gauze. Then, it is also easy to clean.

And this kind of lace gives people a light and thin feeling. So, wearing it in summer brings a cool feeling.

People first embroider Chemical lace on silk or water-soluble vinyl on fabric with an embroidery lace machine. Then, use chemicals to dissolve the base cloth. At last, only leave the heavy mechanical lace of the embroidered part.

Leaver lace is a mechanical lace that imitates embroidered lace. It looks slender and thin. And also, it is famous for the name “Rolls-Royce of lace”. It is a Lima lace machine developed in 1813 by the Englishman John Leaver.

Leaver lace is one of the most widely used mechanical lace. In addition, it is very suitable for use in such as light underwear, dresses, etc.

Rashel lace is a mechanical warp-knitted lace trim. It is thin and flat. But, it is thicker and stiffer than the Leaver lace. A Rashel lac is manufactured by Rashel warp knitting machine. Because its needles are thicker. So, the patterns are rich and it uses perforated base fabrics. There are lace, mesh cloth, hexagonal mesh fabric, beaded yarn, etc. And it uses nylon, polyester, or cotton thread to weave. Of course, it is a kind of wider use of mechanical lace for daily clothing.

Needlepoint lace replaces the base cloth with patterned paper. Then it uses linen or cotton thread to fix the pattern outline with slub needles on it. Use an overlock stitch to create the mesh without removing the paper.

After removing the paper, use a needle and thread to create the lace. Needlepoint hand-embroidered lace declined due to the influence of the Industrial Revolution. Then it gradually evolved into mechanically woven lace.