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Of all forms of crochet lace, the form known as "Irish Crochet" is probably the best known. The Irish tradition for producing this work dates back to the 16th century when it was known as "nuns' work" from the fact that the technique and style was developed in Irish convent communities in imitation of continental lace making. The manufacture of crocket lace did not become a cottage industry in Ireland until the middle of the 19th century, after the devastation caused by the Great Famine of the 1840s, when the development of home crafts was encouraged to create some small income for otherwise destitute families. Eithne D'Arcy, who died din 1999, came from a family who were buying agents for Irish crochet lace in the area around Clones in County Monaghan. This area was one of the principal centres of the Irish lace industry. A lifelong involvement with the Irish lace makers inspired her to record her knowledge and describe the traditional motifs and patterns which were gradually being lost as the old lace makers died out. This is both a pictorial record of one of Ireland's crafts and a practical manual that sets out the steps in construction f a wider range of traditional motifs which can be built up into larger designs. This edition includes clarified instructions for: nine-looped flower; flower; shamrock scroll; wheel; horse shoe; fern; and mitred fine lace motif.
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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a nice book, it does what it says in the title - it is a book of Irish crochet motifs.
The whole book is black and white.
Each motif is broken down with a series of photographs to help along the way. It uses UK stitch notation rather than US notation and there are some abbreviations that seem peculiar to Irish crochet that take some getting used to, in fact the abbreviation p/c is never explicitly explained but I believe it to mean "Padding Cord".
The motifs included in this pattern book are;
Nine looped Flower
Half Scroll
Dahlia
4 different roses
needle point motif
flower
shamrock
three ring shamrock
shamrock scroll
wheel
horseshoe
cross
shamrock centre motif
fern
sunflower
2 different shamrock & rose sprays
wild rose spray
shamrock spray
rose and shamrock flower
marigold
square piece
rose motif for trimming
mitred fine lace trimming
2 different vandyke mitres
There is also a helpful guide to filling and creating a garment with the motifs.
I would have given 5 stars but for the confusion caused by some of the notation used, but after a bit of reading it becomes clearer.
The whole book is black and white.
Each motif is broken down with a series of photographs to help along the way. It uses UK stitch notation rather than US notation and there are some abbreviations that seem peculiar to Irish crochet that take some getting used to, in fact the abbreviation p/c is never explicitly explained but I believe it to mean "Padding Cord".
The motifs included in this pattern book are;
Nine looped Flower
Half Scroll
Dahlia
4 different roses
needle point motif
flower
shamrock
three ring shamrock
shamrock scroll
wheel
horseshoe
cross
shamrock centre motif
fern
sunflower
2 different shamrock & rose sprays
wild rose spray
shamrock spray
rose and shamrock flower
marigold
square piece
rose motif for trimming
mitred fine lace trimming
2 different vandyke mitres
There is also a helpful guide to filling and creating a garment with the motifs.
I would have given 5 stars but for the confusion caused by some of the notation used, but after a bit of reading it becomes clearer.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you have been put off by the complexities of Irish crochet, then be put off no more. This book gives an interesting history of Irish Crochet and then goes onto the exciting stuff- the projects! Althougha little bit of basic crochet knowledge is helpful, I still found the intructions fairly easy to follow. What was the biggest help for me in comparison to other Irish Crochet books, was that the author gives precise details as to how many strands of padding cord you need for each project and what lengths. She also gives information how to join the padding cord, when to join it and when to let it drop. The motifs, once you get the hang of it, are easy to follow. I would try experimenting with thicker wool at 4ply (baby wieght), double knit (worsted) or Aran. You get some amazing effects with thicker yarn which complete tobe large enough to use as throws or Afghans. Once you move to the smaller lace wieght yarn or crochet cotton (2 and 3ply gives good results)you get some real heirloom pieces.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a very nice book and very good value. Only one thing I did not like is that it did not explain how to do the filling in between motifs. But the patterns were very pretty and I liked the cross pattern as they are difficult to find in other irish crochet books.
But it was worth buying.
But it was worth buying.
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