Tape lace · Advanced
Bruges Lace
Regional lace tradition
Narrow crocheted tapes that curve and loop back on themselves, joined at the turns to enclose open shapes.
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Lace Traditions
Crochet lace covers several distinct traditions, some native to crochet and some adapted from needle or bobbin lace.
Where a tradition began elsewhere, we say so: an honest adaptation is more useful than a false claim of equivalence.
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Ground lace · Beginner
Chain Mesh Lace
Filling structure
The plain net of chain loops used as the background that carries motifs in every joined lace tradition.
Read entryRound lace · Intermediate
Doily Lace
Lace format
Flat circular lace worked in rounds from the centre out, finished with a decorative outer edge.
Read entryTrim · Beginner
Edging Lace
Finishing technique
Narrow lace worked directly onto or sewn along an edge — the smallest, most useful lace of all.
Read entryGrid lace · Intermediate
Filet Lace
Charted lace style
Pictures and lettering formed by filling or leaving open the squares of a regular chain-and-double-crochet grid.
Read entryTool-assisted lace · Intermediate
Hairpin Lace
Tool-based technique
Long loops wound around a two-pronged fork and secured with a central spine, then assembled into airy strips.
Read entryMotif lace · Expert
Irish Lace
Regional lace tradition
Raised floral motifs worked separately over padding cord, then joined with a fine net of chains and picots.
Read entryMotif lace · Intermediate
Pineapple Lace
Lace motif family
The classic fan of chain loops rising from a shell base, repeated to build shawls, doilies and edgings.
Read entryOpenwork · Expert
Shetland-Style Lace
Adapted knitting tradition
Crochet interpretations of Shetland knitted lace: fine wool, geometric openwork and gossamer weight.
Read entryRelief lace · Expert
Venetian-Style Lace
Adapted needle-lace tradition
Heavily raised, sculptural motifs on a minimal ground — the look Irish crochet was invented to imitate.
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