The Secrets of Successful Irish Crochet Lace

Anyone who can knit can certainly learn to crochet - in many ways crochet is a more easily mastered needlecraft. This book includes the basic crochet stitch techniques. And anyone who can make simple crochet chains and work a double crochet stitch can make 'Baby' Irish Crochet Lace - one of the easiest, as well as one of the daintiest, of the different types of this delightful form of lace. Increase your crocheting skills by mastering trebles of various heights, add the Clones Knot for special effects, and you're equipped to make the finest laces your imaginative talents can create. Use this book to discover Tessa Lorant's own methods for adapting modern materials and modern techniques to overcome the more laborious aspects of making and finishing Irish Crochet Lace. You will readily create some of the most delightful, individual and absorbing forms of the art of lace making that can be found, and without taking long to learn the skill.