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WHY IS THE NEEDLE LACE OF KISKUNHALAS UNIQUE

The world-famous Halas Lace is a 100% hand-made needle-lace. The delicacy of the fine thin-like-breath linen thread, and the effect created by the wide variety of stitches used between the strong contour lines of the motifs make the Halas Lace unique.

Preparation of the Halas Lace is incredibly labour intensive. The lace is sewn by extra thin twisted linen thread with needles so delicate, that they are more felt than seen. The value of the Halas Lace per gram competes with the price of gold. The design is outlined by an unbroken contour thread, which holds the lace together. After this the motifs are sewn in by a number of the 60 different stitches generally used. The preparation of the Halas Lace is similar in technology to the Venetian lace, but this latter one uses thicker threads and a lesser variety of stitches.

It is astonishing how long it takes to make a hand-sewn Needle Lace of Halas. For example, the “Julianna Cloth,” weighing only 34 grams(1.2 ounce), required 3,900 hours to complete.

By 1935 the uniqueness and inimitability of the Halas Needle-Lace was worldwide recognized and its registration took place. Since that time the trademark of three fishes laid across one another are part of even the smallest pieces (2,5 cm – 1 inch) of the magical Halas Lace.

The following pictures show two original Halas Laces and close-ups of the same, which illustrate a large variety of the used stitches and de design of their Registered Trademark.

Emese Kerkay