In the comment section on this post on this blog some one said there are 7 types of lace
knitting, crochet, weaving, bobbin lace, tatting (knotted laces such as netting are here too), hairpin lace and needle lace
OK I do crochet, bobbin lace, tatting, hairpin, needle.
Trying to learn knitting and weaving.
What laces do you make
The nice lady who runs the site on Turkish crochet has agreed to let me use her stuff (crochet images); in trade, she gets to use my stuff (patterns and tutorials for this type of lace pulled from her images), as well. So in my spare time I'll be doing that. Ha ha, like I have that; but, I am going to try real hard to find some so I can work on this.
Below are the first set of posts on her blog;some are not lace edgings. Those with stars I will be skipping. The images below are hers, not mine, to show you what I will be working on. I will work on some that are not edgings if it is a simple enough pattern. Because I am not able to hold the lace in my hand, my stitch count may not be the exact as hers because I cannot move the stitches around to see the hidden chains and things of that sort. But, the look will be similar and just as useful.
I was left a comment on one of my oya/turkish lace posts from a lovely person who has a blog all about this type of lace. The patterns are passed down visually, so her patterns are posted in the form of pictures. This means you have to know how to do crochet and special stitches first. I think I can duplicate all of them and make patterns, if the owner of the other blog is willing to let me do this. I will work on this in what little spare time I have to save these patterns into a written language for those who don't know how to pull a pattern visually. I am hoping she will let me. If not, sorry, but please look at her site as there are a lot of lovelies there.
In case the link breaks, here is the site address below:
http://www.turkishcrochet.com/
I crochet but don't drink soda ,so I wouldn't be able to make this project. For those who do, here is something to do if you are bored, but first you have to drink six sodas. Not sure how anyone could crochet on that sugar rush, wink wink. So, if you want to do this, go here. This was sent to me by Maven, a friend in search of oya patterns.
Photo to left not taken by me but from the link above.
Fairy I embroidered late Saturday night for a swap. Skin, wings and branch use size 30 crochet thread; rest is size 5 embroidery thread. I was experimenting with thickness of thread for depth and softness. Don't know if it worked well.
More Oya links:
The first one actually shows the knot stitch up close for a second ,and you can replay that part to learn it. The second is eye candy.
My flash hasn't worked in months, so today my husband fixed it for me. So had a few minutes and watched a few videos; you can, too.
Found another site that sells oya needle lace. I have emailed all kinds of people, and they all tell me the patterns are in peoples' heads and not written down anywhere. I have offered to write patterns if I could see samples, but the answer is always the same: Well, we don't need them written because we know them in our heads. I try to explain they could use them to make a book to sell, but they don't seem to understand that when the person who has them in their head dies, so does the pattern unless it is passed down, and this doesn't always happen if people in the family don't want to learn the skill. This is so sad and frustrating to me.
The hunt continues. Here is another book I have on needle lace. This is Mediterranean Knotted Lace By Elena Dickson isbn 1-86351-346-9.
A lovely book, it shows how to do needle stitches, but it was intended to make doilies more than edgings. Yes, I can use the techniques, but I wanted to start off making the lace edgings I like so much. I am not interested in doilies so much, but the lace that dangles with decorative lace flowers that blow in a soft breeze -- that is the look I want. I know the books I want to buy, but they are out of my price range at the moment.
Still looking for lace patterns. So I went looking through my books, and I already have these books on Armenian lace because I went looking a few years back on this subject, too. All mine are on the needle lace version of the lace; I am also looking for the beaded and crochet and tatted versions. I think I have a few more books around here, too, but I think they may still be boxed up. 
The top two I think are the same book; I can't find the top left one right now. 
I think they are just different editions and didn't realize that when I bought them. The PieceWork is the July / August 1996 edition. I think there is another PieceWork with this type of lace, or so I have been told. 
The nice person who said this is checking her books; if so, I may order that one too the more references the better. The middle left book I know I have, but it is one of those I can't find at the moment.
update
The bottom left book is the other PieceWork magazine that has this type of lace in it.
Just so everyone knows, I do know that Turkish lace and Armenian lace are different and not the same. I am intereseted in both of them because they give a similar look and feel, and I am saddened about how hard it is to find this information. Because when I do have this much trouble, it usually means it is a dying art form and makes me want to learn about it all the more and sooner, so if any one can help me I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks Sunshine
Photos on this page are from the Turkey set by ralmonline on flickr so please check out her photos on flickr
I am on a search for Turkish and Armenian Lace books. I am specifically looking for pattern books on Oya, Oyasi and Oyalari lace, sometimes called Bebilla lace in Greece. 
This can be beaded, crochet, knotted, or tatted patterns; it comes in all those styles, and I do make those types of laces. So if anyone can help me, I would appreciate it. For all I know the page links I have given here may say how to get pattern books but, since I can't read that language, I do not know. Any help would be appreciated.
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