[Nfb-krafters-korner] lace

[Slery]

Wow,Amy, this was very detailed and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. You
should consider teaching a class. We have had an instructor in the past
that taught color theory for us and it was very well received.
Cindy


On October 11, 2017 11:34:41 AM Amy Herstein via Nfb-krafters-korner
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi, guys.
>
> I have read a lot about crocheted lace, in partifcular the Irish
> crochet, which is most well-known for the Irish rose motifs that are
> used in, among other things, bedspreads and tablecloths. It was
> apparently invented as a way for women to help support themselves and
> their families during the potato famine. That said, there are several
> types of crocheted lace.
>
> There is also knitted lace, dominant during the "white knitting" era
> when ladies made bedspreads, lace ball gowns, collars, edgings, and
> doilies from muslin or cotton thread. Shetland lace and Orenburg lace
> are types of knitted lace that were made famous. Barbara G. Walker's
> books, which you can find on Bard, contain entire chapters about
> knitting lace patterns, and there is a book up there called Folk
> Shawls that contains lace shawls. Another book that has some lace
> patterns in it is The Art of seamless Knitting, another Bard download.
> I should add that all its charts have been transcribed into
> line-by-line instructions (see below).
>
> A note on knitted lace, probably other kinds, too. A lot of the time,
> the stitch patterns are shown in charted forms, annoying because
> scanning programs can't scan it, and you can only read it if it's
> written out in line-by-line instructions. Well worth trying, though.
> So in short, even if you have all the instructions, you'll find them
> useless unless the chart is converted into writing, or some patient
> soul is willing to help you go over it--knitters, you'll probably have
> found that this is a problem in other patterns, too, but particularly
> in laces.
>
> I also know that tatting is a kind of lace usually used to edge
> different articles like collars or handkerchiefs. I have also seen a
> very brief and basic demo of making bobbin lace.
>
> I have also heard of something called hairpin lace.
>
> Last one: I've heard of but know nothing about rose point lace.
>
> An interesting side note that I read: Lace was once associated with
> impurity. Those who made it were once very highly frowned upon,
> especially when crocheted lace was used to simulate the very intricate
> and, therefore, pricey, types of lace purchased only by the upper
> classes.
>
> I'd love to learn about any good, helpful books anyone knows on any of
> these crafts and would love even more to learn how to do them and
> where to use them. I knit lace at times, and I love working with the
> fine yarns and needles, and one of the reasons I want to crochet is to
> learn to make Irish crochet.
>
> Amy
>
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