There’s a huge backlog of completed projects that I never got to post, and the plan is to get them all posted before I embark on the next project.
This project was completed in May of 2024, when I was visiting my parents in Serbia. My mom has a huge collection of yarn, and I usually just can’t help myself but keep those hands busy. The couch we sit on in the lounge area upstairs has cushions that are not affixed to the frame, and I thought to myself that those were just perfect for making Irish lace: pinning the crocheted motifs and crocheting the webbing between them.
OK, I have to do something about that itch, it’s getting bad! I started by finding a YT video to crochet along (I believe from Elena Rugal, in Russian) of a pretty flower and a leaf, and there was a nice set of six different pastel colors of cotton yarn on the cone, which was just slightly thicker than size 10 crochet thread, although not mercerized. I only used one larger bead for a small flower, since my mom is making jewelry and has a bit different beads that those I’d use in my crochet projects. When I completed several pieces, I tried to find the thinnest thread that isn’t going to easily break: therefore it would likely not be cotton. I found some shiny soft red and gray likely poly thread, and used that. It was very thin, so it produced rather nice, fine webbing. It made me think of using shiny polyester embroidery thread for webbing in future projects, as it seems hard to find size 30 crochet thread in any color but white and cream. What you see below is the work in progress, with motifs facing down for easier crocheting of the web.
I want to say that it took me about a week to complete this, and it was fun, of course. I’m not sure what it could be used for, though. Perhaps it could be sown onto or integrated into the piece of clothing, or a tote, or attached to a panel and hung on the wall. I left it to my mom to do whatever she wants with it – I had my fun. Here’s the final result, right side up:
