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Collared
My fascination with crocheted lace continues. While researching petticoat edging, I’ve come across so many collar patterns from the 1840s and 50s that I finally gave in. For my first attempt, I chose a...
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Completed Collar
Here’s the correctly sized collar, crocheted “in imitation of Brussels lace.” You may recall that I made this collar last week too — but didn’t trust the original pattern (from 1846) and ended up with...
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Grecian Pattern Collar
I’ve finished another one. Also from Cornelia Mee’s 1846, this is the “Grecian Pattern” collar. This is definitely better looking overall than the last — though I think I might like the first collar a...
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Condensed Collar
Last month, a young friend admired my crocheted lace collars, so I made one in her size. Here it is, all pressed and ready to go. Only she did ask for a rainbow colored collar…which I haven’t quite...
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More Old Lace
I mentioned a few days ago that I’d been knitting lace patterns from the 1880′s onto the bottom of a modern pencil skirt design. Here’s another. This pattern is also from Weldon’s Practical Knitter —...
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