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Crochet Traditions

28 Timeless Projects Explore Vintage finethread crochet A treasury of techniques:

Irish, Filet, Lace & More Make Amazing

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E X Q U I S I T E LY

S E A M L E S S LY

KRISTIN OMDAHL

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revolutionary, one-of-a-kind seamless motif joining crochet technique in Seamless Crochet. Let one motif flow into the next, creating secure joins and beautiful geometric patterning. You’ll get 18 “tail-free” constructed projects plus a bonus 1-hour DVD exploring the technique.

Seamless Crochet Techniques and Designs for Join-As-You-Go Motifs + DVD by Kristin Omdahl $24.95, 152 pages, 8½ × 10¼ 1-hour bonus DVD ISBN: 978-1-59668-297-9

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Stories, Projects & Techniques

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48 IRISH 8 When Famine Ravaged Ireland—Kax Wilson 12 An Irish Crochet Bedspread—Nancy Nehring An Irish Crochet Butterfly—Nancy Nehring 19 Irish Crochet in Europe in the 19th Century—Máire Treanor A Burano Clones Lace Mask—Máire Treanor 27 Irish Crochet: The Original Freeform Crochet—Gwen Blakley Kinsler Preservation Art: A Vintage Motif Freeform Necklace—Gwen Blakley Kinsler

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LACE 34 A Vintage Auto-Cap 36 The Crochet Patterns of Elizabeth Hiddleson—Doris Chan Pretty Baby Doily—Elizabeth Hiddleson (Original Design) and Doris Chan (Revised Design)

Pretty Baby Skirt—Doris Chan 48 A Vintage Venetian Border 50 Great-Grandmother’s Baby Blanket—Pattie Graver Baby Blanket Lace Square—Dora Ohrenstein 54 Vintage Imitation Armenian Lace 57 Bewitched by Broomstick—Karen E. Hooton A Christening Bag to Knit and Crochet with Broomstick Lace—Karen E. Hooton Broomstick Lace Workshop—Karen E. Hooton 63 Raindrops Broomstick Lace Shawl—Jill Wright

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EXOTIC 67 Amazing Technicolor Tapestry Socks— Sarah Read

74 Myrtle’s Tobacco-Twine Bedspread—Marcy Smith Myrtle’s Square—Marcy Smith 80 A Crocheted Holed-Anna Coin Purse— Chitra Balasubramaniam

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82 The Bamum Tapestry-Crochet Hats of Foumban—Carol Ventura A Hat in Tapestry Crochet—Carol Ventura 87 Berit Westman and Swedish Traditional Textile Crafts—

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Carol Huebscher Rhoades

Slip-Stitch Mittens—Carol Huebscher Rhoades

FILET 94 Mary Card: Prolific Australian Crochet Designer—

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Barbara Ballantyne

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An Arabesque Tablecloth—Mary Card 99 Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Doily 101 Collars and Cuffs in the Early 20th Century: Dressing for the Occasion—Ava T. Coleman Turn-of-the-Century Filet Crochet Collars and Cuffs— Ava T. Coleman

106 Vintage Teddy-Bear Lace 19

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108 The 1940s Motifs-for-Crochet Fad—Karen C. K. Ballard 112 A Vintage Crocheted Bag for Knitting 113 Why, Oh Why, the Doily?—Janice N. Harrington A Vintage Donkey Mary Hoyer: Crochet, Knitting, Sewing, and Doll Designer—Karen C. K. Ballard A Sweetheart Dress for a Mary Hoyer Doll—Karen C. K. Ballard A Victorian Cat and Lamb—Meg Grossman A Vintage Fruit Basket in “Cut-Glass” Pattern A Pansy Necklace—Donna Druchunas

TRIMMINGS 135 Vintage Needlework Publications

Departments 4 From the Editor

138 Abbreviations & Techniques

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141 Sources for Supplies

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