Our History

We originally met as a group in the Methodist Church hall in Alresford, then moved to the Christy Hall in Old Alresford and as membership numbers increased, we now meet in the Itchen Abbas Village Hall.

30th Anniversary - 2019

We celebrated our 30th anniversary and obviously there was cake!

Alresford Show

We provide a display and demonstrations of lacemaking each year, which is very popular with the visitors.

We have won awards for the best display in the Craft Tent.

Jane Austen House Museum

We have regularly demonstrated lacemaking at the Jane Austen House Museum in Chawton, in Hampshire.

Gilbert White & the Oates Collections

We have demonstrated at the Gilbert White & the Oates Collection Museum in Selborne.

We reworked the pattern of the lace seen in Gilbert White's bedroom.

Lockdown 2020

We all continued to make lace during lockdown, getting our supplies from our local supplier Claire's Lace.

During the Covid-19 lockdown period we gave ourselves a special commemorative bobbin.