Editing Crocheted lace

{{Short description|Application of the art of crochet}}
[[Image:Irish crochet.jpg|right|200px|thumb|19th century [[Irish crochet]]]]
'''Crochet lace''' is an application of the art of [[crochet]]. Generally it uses finer threads and more decorative styles of stitching, often with flowing lines or scalloped edges to give interest. Variation of the size of the holes also gives a piece a "lacy" look.

Originally crocheted lace was not regarded as true lace. Crocheting was considered an easy, and less time-consuming, but otherwise clearly inferior surrogate for "true" lace such as [[bobbin lace]], [[needle lace]] or [[Net (textile)|netting]].<ref name="Lace a History">{{cite book |last1=Levey |first1=Santina M. |authorlink=Santina M. Levey|title=Lace: a History |date=1983 |publisher=Victoria & Albert Museum |location=London |isbn=090128615X}}</ref> The first examples of crocheted lace try to reproduce the products of other lacemaking techniques as faithfully as possible. Over time, the many possibilities and inherent beauty of crocheted lace became more widely appreciated.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Paludan |first1=Lis |title=Crochet: History & Technique |publisher=Interweave Press |location=Loveland CO |isbn=1883010098}}</ref>

Main styles of crocheted lace include [[filet crochet]], [[Irish crochet]] and its modern derivatives, pineapple crochet. Freeform crocheted lace also exists, examples of which are pieces striving to imitate [[reticella]] lace.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bronstein |first1=Zelda |title=Art That Saved the Irish From Starvation |publisher=Berkeley Daily Planet |date=April 19, 2005}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
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File:Filet all'uncinetto ( uncinetto, crochet ).jpg|Italian Filet lace, crocheted
File:Coat, lace (AM 2002.81.1-12).jpg|Irish crocheted lace coat with cutwork
File:Table-cloth 2008-1.jpg|French crochet lace tablecloth detail
File:Crochet doily.JPG|English crochet lace doily
File:Csetneki Crochet Lace from Slovakia.jpg|Csetneki crochet lace from Slovakia
</gallery>

== References ==
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