Kniplings-festival i Tønder/Lace/Festival in Tønder/ Klöppel-Festival in Tondern
Date: June 3-5, 2016
Times:  June 2 18:00 to 20:00 (opening)
June 3, 9:00 to 17:00
June 4, 9:00 to 17:00
June 5, 9:00 to 14:00
Place: Various places in Tønder 
Website: http://tinyurl.com/jche7p5 with pull-down menus
Information and registration: Kniplings-Festival I Tønder
Postboks 35, DK-6270 Tønder
Lene Holm Hansen, +45 74 66 97 03  kniplingsfestival@gmail.com
See http://tinyurl.com/hmgrlj9 for ticket information.
Application form: tilmelding til festival 2016 engelsk, Duie by April 2, 2016

The Tønder Lace Festival is held every third year for three days, the first week in June. The first festival was in 1989, making this the 10th event.  See http://tinyurl.com/hj6y2vn for the entire program.

Courses are held in conjunction with the festival, but after outside the main event.
K1 Marianne Geißendörfer, “Sun Catchers”, May 31-June 1
K2 Karen Trend Nissen and  Helle Schultz “Tønder Lace”, June 6-June 10
Workshops are held during the main event.
W1 Karen Trend Nissen and  Helle Schultz “Tønder Lace”,  June 3 15:00-18:00
W2 Kirsten Ploug and Annie Westphael, “Lace in Willow Bark” June 3 15:00-18:00
W3 KirstenKock, “Lace Brooch with glass”, June 3, 15:00-18:00
W4 Karen Trend Nissen and  Helle Schultz “Tønder Lace”,  June 4 13:00-16:00
W5 Kirsten Ploug and Annie Westphael, “Lace in Willow Bark” June 4 13:00-16:00
W6 KirstenKock, “Lace Brooch with glass”, June 4, 13:00-16:00

Lectures 
“Anna Botilla Winther, – a female lace merchant at the beginning of the 19th c.”
Inger Lauridsen, “Kniplingshandelens fabrikker I og omkiring Tønder”
Elsemarie Dam-Jensen “Dørns and Diele”, ;Building culture in West Schleswig at the time of the lace makers.

Exhibitions:
The Tønder museum is open from 10:00 to 17:00 each day
There will be a fashion show each day.

Vendors
See http://tinyurl.com/h9u87za for a list of vendors.
Opening hours are 10:00 to 17:00 all three days.