Irish crochet
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Irish crochet is a type of lace, which has its origin in the famine years of the 19th century in Ireland. It has been conducted by nuns from the Venetian needlepoint lace, which is also a raised lace like Irish Crochet. Compared to other crochet laces Irish Crochet is padded with a thicker cord to give it a three dimensional look. There are some different types of Irish Crochet like Rosslea and Clones Lace, which shows up huge snowflake knots in its netting.
There are five more types of Irish laces beside Irish Crochet
- Carrickmacross lace
- Youghal lace
- Kenmare lace
- Limerick lace
- Inishmacsaint lace
| Lace types | |
|---|---|
| Needle:
| Punto in Aria > Point de Venise | Point de France | Alençon | Argentan | Argentella | Hollie Point | Point de Gaze | Youghal | Limerick Embroidered: Reticella | Buratto | Filet/Lacis | Tambour | Teneriffe | Needlerun Net Cut Work: Broderie Anglaise | Carrickmacross |
| Bobbin:
| Ancient: Antwerp_lace>Antwerp | Pottenkant | Ecclesiastical | Freehand | Torchon Continental: Binche | Flanders | Mechlin | Paris | Valenciennes Point ground: Bayeux | Blonde | Bucks point | Chantilly | Tønder | Beveren | Lille Guipure: Genoese | Venetian | Bedfordshire | Cluny | Maltese Part laces: Honiton | Brugges | Brussels Tape: Milanese | Flemish | Russian | Peasant |
| Tape:
| Mezzopunto > Princess | Renaissance | Romanian point |
| Knotted:
| Macramé > Tatting |
| Crocheted:
| Irish crochet > Hairpin | Filet Crochet |
| Knitted:
| Shetland_knitted_lace>Shetland | Estonian | Icelandic | Danish | German |
| Machine-made:
| Warp knitting>Warp Knit | Leavers | Pusher | Barmen | Curtain Machine | Chemical Hand Finished: Hand-run Gimps |
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