DMC Irish Crochet

Spiral Bound Book Republication™

Originally Published in c1910!

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Up for bid, is another marvelous Dakota Prairie Treasures Spiral Bound Book Republication™ of PRECIOUSLY RARE ORIGINAL DMC Irish Crochet Book! This SCARCE information was put into book form by experienced Irish crochet thread artists from the late Victorian and early Edwardian era. This information was originally published in c1910! (Original source is NOT for sale)

Our new line of Spiral Bound Book Republications™ oh-so-conveniently lie flat while in use!

This is a unbelievably nice touch if you have every tried to read a pattern's instructions while your hands are full of your in progress project. As an avid needleworker myself my personal experience prompted my choice of spiral binding for it's ease-of-use alone. I bet you'll love it too!

This HISTORIC item contains 66 pages of illustrations (115!), instructions, diagrams, designs and fundamentals for creating a variety of Irish crochet motifs for purses, curtains, home furnishings, caps, bonnets, linens, collar and cuff sets, fancy work and other needlecraft items. This type of original crocheting needle art information is seldom found on Atomic Mall or elsewhere!

These instructions are characteristic of the crafts done by our lady ancestors! This is the perfect opportunity to purchase your own version of another wonderful item revealing our heritage from early America and European!What a historically educational and delightful art instructional piece this is!

Scarce and intriguingly useful information jam-packed in its pages just waiting for your creative muse and touch!

An excerpt:

"Irish crochet lace is an invention of rather recent date, first produced in Ireland about the middle of last century in imitation of old Venetian point. It was first used like Venetian point for trimming articles of dress and household linen. Later on it came into favour for curtains, bed-spreads and dress-skirts.

For a time the making of Irish crochet lace remained a domestic industry confined to the neighbourhood of Dublin and Belfast, then as the demand for it increased and the Irish supply no longer sufficed, it found its way about 1900 to the Eastern departments of France, where it has undergone so many changes and improvements as to rival in all respects the most beautiful laces of modern days..."

Contents

Directions for Making Irish Crochet Lace

Implement

Materials

The Making of Irish Lace

The Pattern

Execution of the Crochet Figure

Various Subjects in Irish Crochet Lace

First Wheel

Second Wheel

Third Wheel

Fourth Wheel

Fifth Wheel

Sixth Wheel

Seventh Wheel

Fan

First Floweret

Second Floweret

Third Floweret

Fourth Floweret

Fifth Floweret

First Bud

Second Bud

First Leaf

Second Leaf

Third Leaf

Fourth Leaf

Fifth Leaf

Sixth Leaf

Branch

Spray

First Calyx

Second Calyx

First Tendril

Second Tendril

Ring with Stalk

Cluster

Scallop with Rings

Groundings for Irish Crochet Lace

Irish Crochet Lace

Plain Picot

Small Upright Picot

Small Drooping Picot

Double Picot

Double Open Picot

Triple Picot

First Ground

Second Ground

Third Ground

Fourth Ground

Fifth Ground

Sixth Ground

Seventh Ground

Eight Ground

Ninth Ground

Tenth Ground

Eleventh Ground

Twelfth Ground

Subjects Surrounded by Grounds in the Shape of a Square or a Scallop

Rosette Surrounded by a Square-shaped Ground

Semi-circle on a Ground in the Shape of a Scallop

Footing for Irish Crochet Lace

First Footing

Second Footing

Third Footing

Scalloped Borders for Irish Crochet Lace

First Scalloped Border

Second Scalloped Border

Third Scalloped Border

Fourth Scalloped Border

Fifth Scalloped Border

Sixth Scalloped Border

How to Finish Off and Clean Pieces of Lace Work

Imitations of Irish Crochet Lace

Instructions as to the Manner of Doing the Work and the Use of Machine-made Grounds

First Woven Lace Ground

Second Woven Lace Ground

Third Woven Ground

Fourth Woven Lace Ground

How to Fix the Woven Lace Ground on to the Crochet Figures

Lace with Woven Lace Ground

Picot Braids

How to Make a Ground of Trebles with a Picot Braid

Lace with a Ground of Trebles Made with Picot Braid