bobbin lace

With "needle lace," one of two primary types of handmade lace. It is characterized by being made by intertwisting threads that are wound on spools or bobbins and worked over a pillow on which the pattern is marked out by pins; the lace is worked with both hands moving the bobbins from side to side to form a twist, a braid, or a fabric called "toile." Lead or bone weights are used. It probably was developed in the early 16th century in Flanders. Early bobbin lace was often used for ruffs and collars and is characterized by rows of deeply angled points on a narrow band.