Latitude and longitude
The simplest wire ball, worked without sewings; it is very light and airy, almost invisible.
6 cm styrofoam ball
14 pairs stainless steel wire, 0.125 mm
Latitude and longitude in copper
The same ball "Latitude and longitude"
but worked in copper wire.
6 cm styrofoam ball
14 pairs copper wire, about 0.2 mm
Plaits
The ball "Plaits" is also worked on the pricking for the ball "Latitude and longitude" but with two pairs of bobbins and sewings at every intersection of the lines.
6 cm styrofoam ball
2 pairs stainless steel wire, 0.125 mm
Whole stitch and twist ground
This ball is worked with two pairs copper
wire and a clever method of making sewings (see Unsichtbar - Invisible by Martina Wolter-Kampmann, 2011)
6 cm styrofoam ball
2 pairs copper wire, 3x0.071 mm (Z�rcher Stalder)
Steel spiral
Needing only three pairs of bobbins and
few sewings, this ball is easy to work.
6 cm styrofoam ball
3 pairs stainless steel wire 0.125 mm diameter
Lace pricking published in the book
Gekl�ppelte Kugeln - Bobbin Lace Balls
Steel and silver
With only three pairs of wire, one of silver plate and few sewings the ball "Steel and silver" is easy to work too.
6 cm styrofoam ball
3 pairs stainless steel wire 0.125 mm diameter
1 pair silver plate 1 mm wide
Lace pricking published in the book
Gekl�ppelte Kugeln - Bobbin Lace Balls
Steel dodecahedron
With only three pairs of bobbins and few
sewings this ball is easy to work.
5 cm styrofoam ball
3 pairs stainless steel wire 0.125 mm diameter
Steel diamonds
This ball too is worked with only three
pairs but - because of the many sewings -
is not very easy to work.
8 cm styrofoam ball
3 pairs stainless steel wire 0.125 mm diameter
Copper
This ball within a ball is worked in copper wire and copper band, the inner ball being
placed inside the outer and suspended on
two crossed wires before the opening in the outer ball is sewn up.
3 cm styrofoam ball
6 pairs copper wire, 0.2 mm
7 cm styrofoam ball
2 pairs copper wire, 0.2 mm
1 bobbin copper band (plate), 0.8 mm
Whirls
Worked with just three pairs of bobbins but needs many sewings.
8 cm styrofoam ball
3 pairs stainless steel wire 0.125 mm diameter
The lace pricking was published in Spitze im Raum (Deutscher Kl�ppelverband e.V., 2010).
Babette
The ball for Babette is worked with three
pairs of bobbins wound with copper wire,
with beads added on the sewings.
6 cm styrofoam ball
3 pairs 2-ply copper wire,
0.2 mm beads
Steel checks
The ball "Steel checks" is worked with only three pairs of bobbins but - because of the sewings - is not easy to work.
7 cm styrofoam ball
5 pairs stainless steel wire 0.125 mm diameter
Lace pricking published in Lace No. 137
(January 2010), worked in copper wire on a
4 cm styrofoam ball as a Christmas tree bauble.
The instructions for making this ball were
published in Die Spitze 3/2014 and in Kantbrief
2/2015. One lace pricking was
used for all three Quirl-balls.
used for all three Quirl-balls.
6 cm styrofoam ball
7 pairs copper wire, 0,2 mm
The lace pricking for the
ball Golden Quirl was published in 2014 in the booklet Spitzen Kugeln -
eine Form, viele M�glichkeiten (Gr�ne Reihe, Deutscher
Kl�ppelverband). One lace pricking was
used for all three Quirl-balls.
6 cm styrofoam ball
5 pairs copper wire, 0,2 mm
5 pairs copper wire, 0,2 mm
This third Quirl-ball was published in the
pattern booklet (Kongressmappe) at the 33rd congress of
the Deutsche Kl�ppelverband in Saarlouis (2015). One lace pricking was
used for all three Quirl-balls.
6 cm styrofoam ball
6 pairs copper wire, 0,2 mm
6 cm styrofoam ball
6 pairs copper wire, 0,2 mm
Steel
Dandelion clock
The Steel Dandelion Clock is worked on the same lace pricking as the white Dandelion Clock in the book Gekl�ppelte Kugeln - Bobbin Lace Balls. However, here the course of the threads is different.
8 cm styrofoam ball
6 pairs stainless steel wire, 0,125 mm
Golden
Dandelion clock
The golden Dandelion Clock was worked like the Steel Dandelion Clock; it was then gold-plated by Weinbrecht & K�cherer in Pforzheim, Germany.
8 cm styrofoam ball
6 pairs stainless steel wire, 0,125 mm