An English translation (1997) of a 1985 Greek manual on Cretan bobbin lace by Kristina Koustouraki-Koukoulari. It covers the lace's introduction to Crete around 1906-1908, supplies, winding bobbins, pillow and pattern setup, and step-by-step instructions for the panaki (tape) with themata, ouyia and fifikaki edges. It also explains fillings (tulle, fil tiré), leaves (fylla), plaits, curves, sharp corners, circles, daisy motifs and the old-style and modern tapes, with photographs and motif designs for tablecloths. Appendices give a Greek-English glossary, definitions of edge treatments and a note on open versus closed method stitch notation.

A French translation (by Hélène Panitska) of a manual on traditional Cretan bobbin lace by Christina Koustouraki-Koukoulari, from the village of Gavalochori near Chania. It explains how to make the pillow, wind the bobbins, prepare thread, paper and patterns, and work the basic cloth stitch ("panaki") with picots and edge variations ("ouya", "fifikaki", "stylaki"). It also covers decorative motifs such as tulle, "filtiré", leaf, daisy and "koulourakia" rings, curved and pointed corners, and the older and newer Cretan lace styles. The photographs are not included; the text refers to the original Greek or the English translation.

A Greek-language instruction book on Cretan bobbin lace (kopanelli), published in 1985 by Christina Koustouraki-Koukoulari, a home economics teacher in Athens. It gives the history of the lace, which was brought to the Chania region around 1906-8 and spread from the village of Gavalochori. It covers materials (the straw-filled pillow, bobbins, DMC thread, pricked paper patterns) and winding and hanging the bobbins. The step-by-step techniques include the basic cloth stitch strip (panaki), picots (ouga), tulle, filtires, leaves, the daisy, rings, round and acute corners, and the old and new plaits. The book is illustrated with photographs of hands at work, pattern diagrams and finished lace motifs, including a blouse collar, a tablecloth and doilies.