The business is possible as a small scale Home based
business or large scale. You could make the product or selling wholesale or
retail.
Start by writing a lace making business plan and carry
out a feasibility study. Choose a good location close to raw materials.
Secure startup funding, hire appropriate staff and
register the business. Incorporate the business as a Limited Liability Company,
partnership or proprietorship company.
Make sure you find a regular source of raw materials and
apply effective waste management and marketing strategy.
How
to Start a Lace Business
- Decide on business structure
- Write a business plan.
- Carry out a feasibility study
- Choose a good location
- Secure startup funding
- Hire staff
- Register the business
- Purchase Machinery
- Find a ready source for raw materials
- Management Waste
- Effective marketing strategy
Categories
of Lace
The delicate fabric is produced manually or through the
aid of machines. Materials in the production process are wool, silk, polyester
and linen. Others include synthetic fibers, cotton, fine silver wire and fine
copper threads.
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Common
Lace Fabrics
- Wool
- Silk
- Linen
- Synthetic fibers
- Cotton
- Rayon
- Polyester
- Fine silver wire
- Fine copper threads
Types
of Lace
The versatile lace is generally classified according to
manufacturing process. We have the tape lace, knotted lace, needle lace, and crocheted
lace.
Others include chemical, machine made, bobbin lace, and cutwork
lace. Tape lace is a designed fabric strip embellished though intricate needle
work.
Knitted lace is fine fabrics while needle lace is
produced using button hole stitching techniques.
- Tape lace
- knotted lace
- Needle lace
- Crocheted lace
- Chemical
- Machine made
- Bobbin lace
- Cutwork lace
Lace
Making Tools
Although machines have taken over lace production there
are many hand tools. The machinery and equipment depends on the category of
lace.
Common tools/equipment is pricker, pin pusher, pin
lifter, and bobbin slides. Others include scissors, crochet hook and knipling.
Bobbin lace are sewn using crochet hooks, scissors
snipping, bobbin slides used for stacking, aligning. Pins are removed with the
pin lifter and pin pusher the opposite. Pricker is used to prick the patterns
through a pricking card.
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Hand
Tools
- Pricker
- Pin pusher
- Pin lifter
- Bobbin slides
- Scissors
- Crochet hook
- Knipling
Lace
Making Machines
Lace making machines are the standard in manufacturing companies.
The awesome machine was first invented in 1808 by John Heathcoat and adaption
from the stocking frame weft knitter.
A year later came the old Loughborough, predecessor to
modern machinery. Modern lace machines are the straight bolt, stocking frame
and traverse wrap.
Others are levers machine, Nottingham lace curtain
machine and jacquard lace machine. More are the embroidery machine, barmen,
pusher and bobbinet machine.
Modern
Lace Machines
- Straight bolt machine
- Stocking frame
- Traverse wrap
- Levers machine
- Nottingham lace curtain machine
- Embroidery machine
- Barmen
- Pusher
- Bobbinet machine
- Jacquard Raschel Lace-making Machine
Machine Manufacturing
Lace
making machines come with different applications, needles and are computer
driven. They are automated or semi automated depending on the brand.
The
manufacturing process begins with the design which is then fed into the computer.
The computer instructs the machine to carry out the intricate stitching.
The
lace is dyed, dried, cut and hemmed. Each product goes through standardization
and quality control measures.
Build a Website
If
you are going into manufacturing, retail or wholesale you need a website. Make
sure your site is user friendly and easy to navigate.
Introduce
images of your products, description and prices. Sell your products through an
e-commerce site with a shopping cart.
Use
classified websites and social media to drive traffic to your site. Target your
customer demography and advertise on newspapers or local publications.
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