Saturday, January 31, 2009

Onaree's Chrysanthemum ...

... pattern on Ravelry and photo on Irish Crochet Lovers Yahoo page, memberships required

- 4 sections done, 7 petals and center ball to go

- a back view of sections crocheted together as-you-go without cutting thread

- petals started with no padding cord and ended with a padding cord loop on one edge only

- used sl st, hdc, dc and tc in addition to sc

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Irish Crochet Motifs



Priscilla Irish Crochet Book No. 1

Fig. 34 - Thistle, an abbreviated version using padding







Fig. 43, Scroll
Fig. 42 Leaf
Fig. 41 Rose

More Holiday Delights ...



... from previous years, also from talented DSIL.

Friday, January 23, 2009

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Clones Knot

eta: better method at this YouTube link.

Today, I learned another way to make a Clones Knot
(... like the two bottom ones in the photo)
eta: I like Eithne D'arcy's version better

- make the ch





- temporarily 'park/anchor' the tip of the crochet hook into the work to facilitate wrapping







- start wrapping the hook to the ch,
NB: loosely, not snug








- keep sliding wraps up against loop on hook








- 'unpark' tip of crochet hook and pick up a loop through center of ring
- yarn over hook, hold wraps and loops on hook with left thumb and index finger and pull yarn through all loops on hook

Some Irish Crochet and other motifs

Fig. 19
Fig. 14/15 without picot loops
Fig. 18
Fig. 17

Sources;
- Priscilla Irish Crochet Book No. 1, 1912, The Priscilla Publishing Company, Boston Ma.



- Crochet World Magazine December 2008

Monday, January 19, 2009

RoErin, unblocked


19 1/2" unblocked, sb 18"
- size 30 Cebelia, 1 x 50g ball
- size 10 Milward steel crochet hook

Saturday, January 17, 2009

ROErin - Pinwheels done


- on Round 2 of edging with little left of the first ball of Cordonnet size 30 thread, size 10 steel crochet hook

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Rose of Erin, wip

- a pattern from 1945





- hate cutting and weaving in threads so am making cluster/filler stitches as I make the outer pinwheels

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Saturday, January 03, 2009



Summer Sun






Vanity Fair, Favorite Doilies, 1945
size 30 thread - 3 1/2", steel hook 10 size 10 thread, steel hooks 6 - 5 1/4"; 4 - 5 1/2"; 0/1 - 6 1/2"