Thin cylindrical wooden bobbin (part a). The bobbin has knobs at both ends and a recessed area at one end containing white thread. The shaft has several carved grooves of varying width.

Sample of hand made maltese straight bobbin lace edging with a leaf motif and a scalloped edge.

Sample of hand made maltese straight bobbin lace edging with a floral motif separated by rectangles, a scalloped edge, and three lobes on each scallop.

Doily made of buckinghamshire lace with an octagonal centre of linen fabric and openwork at the edges.

Sample of hand made maltese straight bobbin lace edging with a scalloped edge. Each scallop has five small loops at the edge.

Sample of hand made maltese straight bobbin lace edging with a scalloped edge. Each scallop has three small lobes with three smaller loops.

Sample of hand made maltese straight bobbin lace edging with a scalloped edge. Each scallop has four small loops at the edge.

Sample of hand-made Maltese straight bobbin lace edging with heart-shaped design.

Samples of hand made off-white Bedfordshire straight bobbin lace edging with the design elements outlined in heavier thread (gimp): (a) a long band of lace with a scalloped edge and a gimp zigzag design; (b) a band of lace; (c) a short band of lace with a scalloped edge and a design consisting of a series of circles with three arms of thread extending upwards at the area where one circle joins the next.

Skein (part b) containing approximately 27 meters of two-ply off-white linen thread called gimp.