Irish Crochet.
Updated version for modern clothes.

This Irish Crochet set of pages is inspired by the amazing works of Ukrainian designer Antonina Kuznetsova, regularly presented in crochet magazine "Duplet". Antonina created her own version of Irish crochet. Loving to experiment and being a creative person by her nature, she were looking for some designs which would look similar to Irish, but at the same time would be more practical for our modern life.

In her designs Antonina still uses classical crochet motifs similar to those which you can see in antique Irish lace techniques, but she "corrected" them and made more practical for making every day casual cloths. She's brought completely new feel to Irish crochet technique designs using combination of different yarns, rich color palette, and her original vision of the modern women style.

As in classical Irish lace, separate motifs are assembled into a mesh background or connected to each other with a thin thread and needle. This technique works equally perfect for a warm wool dress and a light summer top. Just use a proper proportion of crochet motifs and mesh.

Tonya's favorites are natural fibers: cotton, linen, wool. She tries to use not very complicated crochet motifs for her designs. As they say: "The most glamorous and festive garments are made with basic techniques." Keeping this in mind, and remembering Tonya's major principle of life - If no one ever did it, I will be able to do it!-, let's go through this amazing technique step by step. A couple of her works can be seen at Crochet Magazine page.

In the table below I presented a few simple classical Irish motifs. Each of them has a clear and easy readable chart. Check Crochet in Rounds page about reading crochet patterns in charts if necessary.

Here is a list of pages related to Irish style of crocheting which are coming soon:

1. How to assemble Crochet Motifs.
2.Creating of Motif Pattern with a help of a crocheted net.
3.How to crochet a skirt of Irish motifs
4.How to make a lace sweater of motifs.

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Related Pages:

Crochet Motifs: How to join them.

Motif Patterns: Connecting motifs with a crocheted net.

Irish Motifs: How to crochet a skirt.

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