Irish lace crochet

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an intricately designed piece of fabric with blue and green accents

Russian crochet artist Asia Verten has taken the art of Irish crochet to another level. This wonderfully organic looking dress incorporates about a dozen different colors of crochet cottons worked …

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a white necklace with flowers and leaves is shown on a black surface in the dark

Irish crochet lace dates back to the the 19th century famine in Ireland, where it was a way for women to make money. It used several weights of thread, and motifs were made separately, tacked to paper, and the spaces filled in with mesh. Specific patterns and designs were often closely guarded secrets, and the finished lace was highly valued! Today, Irish crochet lace has evolved and expanded a bit, but the mesh and the rose are still iconic facets of the art. And luckily, it's no longer a…

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