Ann has now handed over to Lies who will be our new courses co-ordinator, Lies will no doubt provides us with an excellent and varied programme of Saturday/weekend courses throughout the year. We are lucky that a number of our excellent tutors are also members of the group. Lies will bring in other tutors for courses our member tutors are not experts in.
Our current course fees for a 2 day courses are as follows:
| Member | Non-NCLG member* | |
| Tutor a (local) NCLG member (2 days) | £45 | Members fee + £5 surcharge |
| Claire Bonito’s course (2 days) | £65 | Members fee +£10 surcharge |
| UFO’s working day (1 day) | £15 | Members only |
All places on courses are for the full course, we will only consider part places such as one day if there are still spaces once all those wanting a full weekend place have a place. The maximum number of students on all our courses is 14..
| Date | Course | Beginners |
| 20 & 21 September 2025 | Milanese etc with Claire Bonito, Claire’s YouTube channel. Not open for confirmed booking yet, please let Lies know if you are interested in attending | The laces Claire teaches for us are not suitable for beginners to lacemaking, Claire is happy to accept those with some lace experience to start working the laces she is covering in the course. |
| 25 & 26 October 2025 | Beading with Susan Roberts. This course will include the new technique of circular peyote through snowmen and needle cases. If looking to work an existing needle case pattern please ensure that it is worked in the round not worked flat and zipped (normally those worked in the round have the top and bottom beaded). Lies is currently confirming if people as still interested in a place on this course, the course is looking like it will be full/over subscribed currently. | There is no limit on the number of beginners to beading in this course, beginners will need to start with peyote pods rather than Christmas presents, bauble bands and jumpers |
| 22 November 2025 | UFOs working day with Sally Wylde. Not open for confirmed booking yet, please let Lies know if you are interested in attending. | |
| TBA | Bedfordshire lace with Denise Vickery, date to be confirmed | No bobbin lace beginners but existing lacemakers who want to learn Bedfordshire are able to attend. |
| 31 January 2026 | Beginners (and Improvers) Day. Following the success of last years beginners day Susan Roberts will be repeating this 1 day course. The course is open to adults interested in trying bobbin lace for the first time, all equipment needed for the day will be provided, poster with more details to follow shortly | This course is for beginners, however there will need to be a limit on the number of people who have never made lace before. |
| 21 March & 25 April 2026 | Russian Lace with Ingrid LeCount. You must be able to attend both Saturdays of this course | No bobbin lace beginners, existing lacemakers who have worked plaits, picots (and leaves) are able to attend if they haven’t worked Russian lace before. |
| xx April 2026 | UFOs working day with Sally Wylde. Not open for confirmed booking yet, please let Lies know if you are interested in attending. | |
| 2 & 3 May 2026 | BHT (Belgian, Honiton and Torchon) with Susan Roberts. The laces on offer will be The Belgian laces of Brugge Flower, Chrysanthemum, Flanders and Binche, as well as Honiton and Torchon (this includes people who want to work versions of Susan’s Garden which was previously a lockdown course and intended to run over 2 sessions). | Susan will accept a maximum of 3 beginners to bobbin lacemaking on this course Brugge Flower is suitable for beginners (its easier than Torchon!) and Susan will accept bobbin lace beginners to do Honiton lace. |
To register and interest in a course members should first contact Lies (details in Pillow Talk) to be added to the list of interested, when a course is approximately 3 months from running Lies will contact everyone on the interested list and see if they are still interested and able to attend, up to 14 people will be invited to confirm their places by paying their full fee to, if payments are not received by the deadline (normally 2 NCLG meetings before a course) places will be offered to those not offered a place in the initial place allocation. Non NCLG members interested in attending: please fill in the form on the Contact us page and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
As of courses from March 2023, we have moved to a one off full payment for each course after this date as this makes the course secretary’s job some much easier, we will treat the first £15 of this as a deposit, our refund policy is linked here. Payments to the bank – please e-mail Susan and Lies to confirm you have paid money into the bank, Susan will confirm safe receipt by e-mail once she’s checked the group bank account.
Payments are due 2 NCLG meetings before a course takes place unless otherwise stated.