Books on Irish and vintage crochet

[Daydreamer-girl]

...irish crochet, and vintage crochet. Do you know of any good books for these topics?

[magiccrochetfan]

Harmony Guides 220 More Crochet Stitches has about 10 pages of Irish crochet grounds and motifs. There are several grounds and motifs in Crocheting School a Complete Course, though they are not necessarily identified as such. I don't own a book that is just on Irish crochet, sorry.

 

What are you thinking of as far as vintage crochet?

 

J Leinhauser and R Weiss have a fairly new book, Crochet Lace, that has some really beautiful things in it--tablecoths and bedspreads made from motifs and filet...I can't remember exactly what all the projects are now...all home decor I think, no garments. My only complaint about this book is that it has no diagrams.

 

One book i really love and check out from the library frequently is Old-Fashioned Crochet by Eunice Svinicki.

[Thread Junkie]

Why of why doesn't someone produce a Magazine like Decorative Crochet anymore with doily,& tablecloths with diagrams??? :-(

[Daydreamer-girl]

Thanks

 

I have looked in several vintage pattern books, but I haven´t been happy enough with any of them to buy them.

[Granny Square]

Have you seen this website?

http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org/completelist.htm

 

Some wonderfull stuff here...warning it's a little addicting, I've spent hours looking in here. You will also need a PDF reader, and some of the files are rather large. The books are alphabetical by author, and some books are a mix of crafts, so you may have to do some digging. Also, the instructions may be a little funky. At least it's free!

[Daydreamer-girl]

Have you seen this website?

http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org/completelist.htm

 

Some wonderfull stuff here...warning it's a little addicting, I've spent hours looking in here. You will also need a PDF reader, and some of the files are rather large. The books are alphabetical by author, and some books are a mix of crafts, so you may have to do some digging. Also, the instructions may be a little funky. At least it's free!

 

Yes, I have spent many hours there I actually have made some items from some of the patterns. I think it´s great that they make old patterns available for everybody...for free!

[Thread Junkie]

Have you seen this website?

http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org/completelist.htm

 

Some wonderfull stuff here...warning it's a little addicting, I've spent hours looking in here. You will also need a PDF reader, and some of the files are rather large. The books are alphabetical by author, and some books are a mix of crafts, so you may have to do some digging. Also, the instructions may be a little funky. At least it's free!

 

I've been there also, & sometimes stay for hours..opps I'd never do that, it was only a few minutes.