Irish Crochet: 1st Floweret

Materials: Metal Ring (8 mm) Yarn (Lace (0) weight) Cotton Cord U.S. size 7 (1.65 mm) Crochet Hook Instructions: Crochet over the metal ring Sc 18, and Sl St ends together.  I used the metal ring in place of a triple cord foundation, but you can use a triple cord instead. Crochet over a single…

Irish Crochet: Rosace

Materials: Metal Ring (6 mm) Yarn (Lace (0) weight) U.S. size 7 (1.65 mm) Crochet Hook Instructions: Crochet around the metal ring or over a single cord. (Rnd 1) Ch 3. Dc 19. (20 Sp in total)Sl St to join. (Rnd 2) Ch 5. *Dtr 1. Ch 1.* Repeat 18x (20 Dtr in total when including…

Irish Crochet

Last winter/spring while scrolling through archive.org, looking for some creative inspiration, I stumble upon several turn of the twentieth century books on Irish Crochet.  I though to myself “now, that’s something I would like to try.”  A good year later, under 3 feet of snow, and with St Patrick’s Day right around the corner, I…

Retro Dish Towels

One of the craft items that I inherited from my Grandmother were these iron on decals.  I have yet to determine how they will do in the wash, or if I even applied them correctly, but I decided to test them out on a few tie-dyed dish towels that I dyed a few years ago….