Making Slovene bobbin lace

Bobbin lace-making refers to the production by hand of lace by crossing, twisting and weaving threads fastened to a bobbin. Slovene lace made a name for itself between the two World Wars, in what was then Yugoslavia.

Bobbin lacemaking in Slovenia was on November 29th listed on the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

The bearers of the element of the intangible cultural heritage are (8): 

1. Čipkarska šola Žiri (Osnovna šola Žiri),

2. Društvo klekljaric Koroške, 

3. Čipkarska šola Železniki (Osnovna šola Železniki),

4. Neformalna skupina klekljaric Nitke, predstavnica Milojka Gregorčič,

5. Društvo rokodelcev – Rokodelski center Moravče,

6. Klekljarsko društvo Cvetke Žiri,

7. Klekljarsko društvo Deteljica Gorenja vas,

8. Klekljarska sekcija pri Turističnem društvu Železniki.