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Some early 1900s Irish Crochet books, reprinted by House of White Birches in the 1980s, got me hooked on Irish Crochet. They told how to make beautiful and intricate motifs, backgrounds, jabots, garniture, pendants, handbags, doilies and more. The…

An off-white crochet collar created using a combination of lace techniques, including filet and Irish crochet. 

An elaborate floral lace collar created using Irish Crochet techniques to depict flowers and vines. Some light discoloration on the raised flowers. 

A small crochet bag, measuring approximately 6 inches at its widest point, and 7 inches tall. The bag features an open lace netting with 10 floral embellishments created using an Irish Crochet technique. The sides of the bag are joined together with…

My life-long fascination by Irish Crochet began in the 1980s. I wanted to try making an Irish crochet project in the traditional way:
• using fine crochet cotton to crochet padded motifs,
• basting the finished motifs right-side-down onto a stiff…