Designer Emilia Dugary created these wonderful collars for her granddaughter's Irish dance club. They were a smash hit! To date, Emilia has made 50 of them.

Learn Irish Crochet

The distinctive, rich, delicate beauty of Irish crochet never goes out of style. Some of the most beautiful examples of this work are done with very fine thread. The motifs vary and include flowers, shamrocks, tendrils, buds, stems, leaves, etc. The picot is used in profusion on both the backgrounds and the motifs.

Irish crochet is not worked in traditional rows; it is worked with a mesh background. The motifs are worked separately. The mesh can be worked in around them or it can be applied later to the finished background. This is a more simplified method, and one you might like to try before tackling some of the more intricate designs. Included  you will find a basic background pattern, a pattern for the traditional Irish crochet rose and one for a shamrock. Simply work your background and sew the flower, shamrock, leaf, etc., motifs in place.

Picot Mesh Background Lace

Row 1: With size 10 cotton and size 7/1.65mm steel hook, make a ch 1/2-1-inch longer...