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Hyperbolic Crochet - Coral Reef

Pretty technical video (pointing out the math of it all) but the coral reef is pretty amazing
Here’s the Coral reef site:http://www.theiff.org/reef/index.html 

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 […]

Vintage Crochet guipure lace

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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 […]

Vintage Lace made on Point Lace Braid

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Lace made on Point Lace braid (fig. 458).—For the rounds: 1 plain on the braid, 10 chain, then coming back, 1 single on the 4th chain.

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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 […]

Vintage Crocheted Butterfly Bow

 
Source:  Home Needlework, December, 1915