It is very common to find the Lefkara ladies in groups working with lace. Sometimes they work for 4-5 hours per day, leaving some time to take care of their families as well. Pictured left are some of them, working outside of D. & A. Lefkara Handicraft Centre.
In this section, we undergo an effort to catalog the Lefkara ladies, who deal with lace-making. The traditional handicraft Lefkara lace making is transferred from generation to generation, from mother to daughter. Unfortunately, not many women are left today making lace at Lefkara, due to the fact that their wages are too low to encourage the younger generation to adopt this tradition.
If you know of any Lefkara lady, or any other who makes Lefkara lace, please contact the Webmaster of this site.
This is Melani, holding one of her creations. It was an order from a Welsh couple. It took 18 months to finish and costs around C.P. 900. It has three rounds of Leonardo da Vinci design.
Evdokia, age 62. She makes lace of top quality. She was among the group who made the artwork offered as a gift to the Queen of England, in 1953. (See picture in the History section.)
Maria, age 76. She works with Lefkara lace for over 50 years. She cannot see very clearly any more so nowadays she just does the “edging”, the outside trimming.
Athinoulla, age 70. She embroiders for all her life, from the age of 13. Mother of nine children, she used her golden hands to bring-up her family. Nowadays she cannot work with the same pace any more because her hands suffer from arthritis. She specializes on the Byzantine design.
Aggeliki, age 60. Embroidery is still her main job. Sometimes she even works for 5-6 hours a day. She specializes in Leonardo Da Vinci design.
Elenitsa, age 45. She is one of our youngest lace-making ladies. Her work is of very high standard. She specializes on Leonardo Da Vinci and Diamond designs.
Kate, age 40. Also one of our youngest lace-making ladies. She enjoys working on big tablecloths. Excellent work.
Melani. Very hard worker. Works with the needle most of her life to feed her family because her husband was abroad most of the times in big tanks. She specializes on Leonardo Da Vinci and the mosaic designs. Melani lived in London for 6 years when she was a teenager.
Andri, the owner of D & A Lefkara Handicraft Centre. Works only few hours a day on lace, having the responsibility of cutting, designing work for the ladies and also spending many hours with visitors. Andri was born and brought in Lefkara but lived in England for 12 years.
