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Vintage crochet Baby woollen shoes
Astarte, in the Qustions and Answers section of an 1884 magazine, Little Folks A Magazine for the Young,
sends the following directions, in answer to W. M.’s question as to
how to make a pair of baby’s woollen shoes, suitable for a bazaar:—
“One ounce of white Berlin wool.
A chain of thirty-four stitches;
double-crochet into this for […]
Posted: June 1st, 2009 under Baby, Free Crochet Pattern, Crochet Pattern, Vintage Crochet, Crochet.
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Vintage Crochet guipure lace
Crochet guipure lace (fig. 459).—This charming little lace makes a very good substitute for real guipure. It can be made on a row of trebles, just as well as on point lace braid, or on a mignardise, after you have raised the picots of it by single and chain stitches.
Fig. 459. […]
Posted: May 25th, 2009 under Crochet Lace Patterns, guipure lace, Crochet Lace, Vintage Crochet, Crochet, Crochet Instructions.
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Vintage Lace made on Point Lace Braid
Fig. 458. Lace made on point lace braid.
Materials: Fil d’Alsace D.M.C Nos. 30 to 50, or Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C No. 80, white[A] and Point Lace braid.
In this first round you make: 1 chain, 1 half-treble, 12 trebles *, 1 half-treble, 1 chain, 1 single on the 4th chain; 3 chain, 1 […]
Posted: May 18th, 2009 under Crochet Braid, Crochet Lace Patterns, Crochet Lace, Crochet Pattern, Crochet, Vintage Crochet, Crochet Instructions.
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Fringe made with lacet or soutache (braid)
Fig. 457. Fringe made with lacet or soutache (braid).
Materials: Lacet D.M.C No. 4 or Soutache D.M.C NO. 2½ in red. Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C Nos. 3 to 10. Fil à pointer D.M.C Nos. 10 to 30, écru.[A]
Begin with a foundation chain, in coarse écru twist, the light stitch in the middle of the heading of […]
Posted: May 11th, 2009 under fringe, Crochet Braid, Vintage Crochet, Crochet.
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Vintage Crocheted Butterfly Bow
Source: Home Needlework, December, 1915
Posted: May 4th, 2009 under Free Crochet Pattern, Crochet Pattern, Vintage Crochet, Crochet.
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Vintage Crocheted Tumbler Doily
source: Home Needlework, December 1915
Posted: April 27th, 2009 under doily, Free Crochet Pattern, Crochet Pattern, Vintage Crochet, Crochet.
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