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isbn: 978-1-58923-472-7 (soft cover)
I really like this book. It is very thorough. I loved reading about the history of crochet and I want to visit the Lacis Museum of Lace and Textiles in Berkeley CA. The only bad thing about the book is that the pages are not bound very well and the pages are wanting to fall out.
The stitch patterns are written both in American abbreviations and European symbols. Nice color pictures of final fabric. I like the organization of the stitch patterns.
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Dedication, Acknowledgments
Table of contents
Introduction to crochet p. 6 Overview of book and contributors
crochet: developing a craft p. 8 by Nancy Nehring
- as documented by Lis Paludan no pieces found or written about before 1800
- The Memoirs of a Highland Lady by Elizabeth Grant 1812, sl st crochet
- 1824 earliest instructions in an article of Dutch magazine "Penlope"
- "Crochet started out with sl st used with wool in colder norther climates from Scotland through Scandinavia and into europe, turning southward through Estonia and down into Bosnia..used to make warm, weather proof [wool] clothing... Mittens, underwear and vests... mittens...fulled or vigorously rubbed, to make water proof."
- "early 18000s, slip stich used to create personal accessories...miser bags, purses and tobacco pouches, in the warmer southern areas of France..Netherlands...Germany... warmth...not required...solid fabric was needed so items would not fall from the bags....worked in multiple colors...in rows or in the round in the back loop only....done on right side"
- "Within 10 years....earliest published miser bag patterns [1835] patterns for collars and babies' and women's caps were also published in German and Dutch....Chain stitch and the single crochet stitch had been added....more decorative...more variety in shape and pattern ...crochet...no longer limited to solid tubes and straight pieces.... Chain meshes... collar patterns..simple, consisting of mesh stitches for the body and chain "ladders".... for edging. Caps equally simple. Single crochet... chains..."
- "In 1846 & 1847 Mlle. Riego de la Branchardiere published patterns in England to reproduce Spanish needle lace. .. three dimensional....worked forward and backward, included taller stitches, andd was worked through both of the top loops."
- "Industrial Revolution gave working middle-class women free time to use as they pleased.... Crochet became a hobby of choice...because stitches were fast and easy to learn and crocheting only required an inexpensive crochet hook and yarn/thread. Combining that with women's desire to be fashion conscious, crochet took off."
- "Before 1855..good-quality needles were hard to make and expensive. By 1858, a single piece crochet hook... was being made from tempered steel rod...in a matter of few hours. Hooks were now cheap and readily available."
- "Manufacture of yarn and thread underwent its own changes... mercerization was invented in 1844...made cotton thread stronger, lustrous, resistant to mold and more like linen.
- "As a hobbyist, the crocheter needed to complete an entire accessory or garment herself. the product was more complex than a single motif and a written patern became necessary. The crocheter needed to be able to read....From 1850 to 190, there was an increasing number of publications directed toward women.
- Mlle. Riedgo de la Branchardiere of London, "The Crochet Book, First Series."
- "As crochet continued to gain in popularity, the demand for materials and patterns kept growing. thread companies...viewed publishing patterns as a great marketing tool to increase thread sales....In additions to using already-published patterns, thread companies hired women to travel around Europe to study local needlework and then produce patter books based on these needlework techniques.... spanish needle lace... Cluny lace (bobbin lace), reticella (needle lace), Armenian lace (knotted lace), torchon lace (bobbin lace), princess lace (needle lace), tatting (knotted lace) were imitated in crochet."
- Lis Paludan, Crochet History and Technique, 1995, Interweave Press, Inc., Loveland Co
- Mlle. Riego de la Branchardiere, The First Twelve Crochet books of Mlle. Riego de la Branchardiere 1847-1852, 2007 Lacis Publications, Berkeley, CA
- Boucherit, Edouard, editor, Nos. 1-10 Grand Album de Modeles pour Filet, circa 1880, Paris, France.
- www.lacis.com
- Lacis Museum of Lace and Textiles, Berkeley CA
Crochet basics p. 14
crochet hooks and other tools
techniques;
- sl knot, ch, sl st, sc, hdc, dc, tc, double tc, working through back loop, inc/dec,
- no ch foundation, sc, dc,
- front post / back post dc/tc
- reverse sc, cross st
- shell, bobble, popcorn, bullion, picot, puff st, loose puff st,
- How to read patterns, American abbreviations and European symbols,
- rows, rounds, invisible join
- gauge
- button holes
- seams; backst, sl st, whip st, weave, sc,
- pockets; patch, set in, zippers
- edges, reverse sc, sl st, ruffle,
- picking up stitches for borders; 1 st every other sc row, 1 st every dc row
Stitch patterns p. 40
Basic stitches p. 41
Shell stitches p. 53
Bobbles, popcorns, and puffs p. 69
ripple stitches p. 81
lace stitches p. 92
mesh stitches p. 106
color combinations p. 116
heavy textures p. 131
unusual stitches p. 142
motifs p. 164
edgings and trims p. 204
tunisian stitches p. 216
- simple, mesh, seed, knit, purl, rib, clusters, cable, mock popcorn, entrelac, chevron
Specialty crochet methods p.228
Tapestry Tunisian (Julia Bryant) p. 229
One Piece, Top Down p. 233
Bruges Lace (Tatyana Mirer) p. 238
Intermeshing Crochet p. 242
- "Double filet intermeshing consists of two layers of traditional filet mesh that are crocheted at the same time, one row of each alternately. The stitches are intermeshed so that the two grids become woven together into one fabric." Looks very cool.
- (Brought to England from Poland by Mary Davies "prior to removal of the Iron Curtain".)
Freeform Crochet p. 254
- 1970s....movement...Freeformers did not want to follow patterns; they liked to do their own thing."
- James Walters and Sylvia Cosh "scrumbles" "small pieces used in making a freeeform garment."
- Mesh Method - embellishing a mesh backgournd
- Template Method
- Lining Method
Broomstick Lace (Jennifer Hansen) p. 264
About the author p. 268 Margaret Hubert
Contributors p. 268 Julia Bryant, Jennifer Hansen, Melody MacDuffee, Prudence Mapstone, Tatyana Mirer, Nancy Nehring, Pam Shore, Pauline turner, Myra Wood
Index p. 270
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