Irish crochet lace - diagram, master class on how to crochet Irish lace

Irish lace napkins always look charming. Do-it-yourself lace products have an unsurpassed and sophisticated look. The interweaving of various plant elements, interconnected by an openwork mesh, forming an original composition, fascinates and conveys the good mood of the sorceress.

Napkins knitted using the Irish lace technique look very beautiful and fascinating. These beautiful guipure pieces decorate your home interior. To knit a unique guipure with your own hands, you need to have patience, concentration, desire and a well-developed imagination.

Possessing all these qualities and golden hands, any beginner will quickly move into the category of skilled needlewomen. The main thing is not to stop, but to work on your wish!

Preparatory stage

Before you start knitting, you should prepare the necessary material:

hook corresponding to the chosen thread
yarn at the discretion of the craftswoman
scissors
schematic images of flowers
darning needle
bobbin thread
beads, beads or rhinestones to decorate the center of a flower plant

Symbols of knitting elements

Having prepared everything to complete the work, you need to study the symbols so that there are no problems reading the diagram. Below is educational educational material.

How to read Irish lace patterns?

several patterns of Irish lace motifs for crochet
At the stage of mastering this knitting technique, questions often arise regarding the correct reading of the patterns. Especially if you decided to knit branches with leaves or a flower with several petals.

To figure it out, use a number of tips:

Open the diagram you like.
Take a piece of paper and a pen and start drawing it, imagining that you are moving with a hook. At this point you will find the starting point for knitting.
Pay attention to the Japanese ready-made schemes. There are more often arrows indicating the direction of knitting.
Look for ready-made master classes, where an experienced needlewoman shares her secrets and best practices in implementing the elements of Irish lace.
If there is a ring or semi-ring on the diagram, then in the vast majority of cases this is the starting point for work.
Knit several fragments of the pattern you like, starting from different points. Often, only your personal experience is the key to learning to correctly understand the characteristics of Irish lace.

Master class on step-by-step knitting

Make 6 loops and close them into a ring
We knit 6 chains. loops, 1 double crochet, 3 air. loops and so on.
Above each air arch knit 6 loops with one crochet
We knit 8 chains. loops, 1 double crochet and so on
Above each air arch knit 9 loops with one crochet
Just like in point 4, we form arches from 6 loops
We knit 9 double crochet stitches

Having completed the working procedure, we cut the thread and hide it between the posts. It turns out to be a very interesting lush flower. Its core can be decorated with beads or seed beads. The proposed pattern can be used for knitting three colors, different sizes and pomp. The first element ends after the third point, the second - after the fifth point. These fragments can be used to decorate clothes, a bag, or a hairpin.

Motifs with diagrams

When creating Irish lace motifs, the flower always looks more advantageous and unique than other details. Let's consider the step-by-step knitting of a five-petal representative of the flora.

Five petal flower

For a unique creative creation, we will need two different shades of yarn: dark and light. Let's start creating with a dark color.

We dial eight air. loops and connect them into a ring
We rise, having done four and one aerial. loops, knit a double crochet stitch, one double crochet. loop and so on until the end of the row
In the next row we knit all the connecting loops. Having finished the row, cut the dark thread and connect the light fiber
One chain stitch, two chain stitches, six chain stitches, two with three yarn overs, six chain stitches, four chain stitches are knitted. loops. And so on until the end of the row
Knit one chain, two connect, three with one yarn over, six with two yarn overs, two with three yarn overs, six with two yarn overs, three with one yarn over, four will connect loops
One aerial one is knitted, five will be connected. loops, six single crochets, two chain stitches, six single crochets, five will connect. loops, etc. Having completed the row, we cut the light thread with sharp scissors, and attach the dark yarn. We knit the edging of our lovely representative of the flora
We knit eight connectors, five with one cap, picot, five with one cap, eight connects. loop. Finish knitting and trim the fiber

We got this wonderful flower with pointed petals:

little daisy

Let's try to create a beautiful flower creation from five round petals according to a hand-drawn pattern:

To make a daisy, use a knitting tool to cast on 6 stitches, closing them into a ring.
We rise 2 sts and perform 15 tbsp. b. n., fixing the first and last link.
We make 7th century. p., skipping one from the underlying row and knitting 1 p. st. in the third loop, 1 p. st. in the next loop. and 6th century p., skip one stitch of the bottom row and make 1 st. Then the procedure is repeated.
Between the two half-columns of the underlying row, one half-column is knitted, then the looped arches are tied with two single crochets, six double crochets and two single crochets, in the middle we make a half-column and repeat the steps done again.
Having finished the work, we cut the thread with sharp scissors and hide the tip between the tied posts.

When knitting a product, pay attention to the thread - it should not be overtightened and should not dangle.

Crochet flowers Irish lace

Crocheted flowers deservedly occupy their niche in Irish lace, in addition to being used as decoration for various products. Openwork flowers of small, medium and large sizes create a simply unique lace that will not leave anyone indifferent.

Flower motifs vary from simple to complex, patterns can be found in large quantities in magazines, books and of course on the Internet. There are also many designer flowers, which were born in the creativity of knitters. It is convenient to knit floral motifs according to patterns, but there are also negative aspects, sometimes the patterns are not very clear, some connections are not indicated, there is no start to knitting, this creates difficulties, especially for beginner knitters. There are video tutorials where channel owners tell in detail what to knit from, what to knit with, what to pay attention to, the lessons take place in detail loop by loop and a flower is born. I suggest looking at several floral motifs.

Crochet flowers

A flower with six petals, the beginning of knitting begins with a mesh, the mesh center of the flower is knitted easily according to the pattern. The knitting pattern is a simple one. The flower is knitted in one whole fabric, the petals are formed on the basis of a mesh of air loops, lifted with connecting loops, and tied in a crawfish step.

Flower with a mesh center

A large flower with a diameter of 12 cm at the center of the petals. The middle is made in the usual way, from air loops connected into a ring, the middle is tied with lush columns. The petals are formed from a caterpillar cord, tying the petals with double crochets, and finally tying them with a crawfish step. The petals are filled with an irregular mesh of three loops with one crochet, a thin thread with lurex. There is no diagram of this flower, it is the author's.

Large flower based on caterpillar cord

The flower is based on lush columns, the large flower in the center is 11 cm. Six petals, complex knitting. Is the author's.

Large flower made of twisted columns

The flower is a knitted rose bud. A complex knitting method, convex lines create an imitation of rose petals. Many columns with different crochets. The pattern is complex, but you can link it using a video tutorial.

rosebud

A large flower, with nine petals, in the center is a large half-bead, tied with hematite beads. Three tiers of petals tied with a crawfish step; such a flower is not difficult to come up with yourself. This flower does not have a diagram, it is the author's.

Large flower with beads in the center

A very interesting flower, 4 cm in diameter, six petals in three tiers, the binding of each petal consists of single crochets alternating with one air loop. Volumetric flower. The flower pattern can be found in the book “The Irish Pattern Bible” by Catherine White, published by Content.

small three-tiered flower

An interesting flat flower that looks beautiful in floral arrangements. This flower is often used by Irish lace knitters in their products. I suggest watching the video tutorial.

Group of flowers

Not a complex flower of ten petals, tied in a crab step. This flower can be knitted according to the pattern, follow the link. And if you knit only two tiers, there will be an interesting composition that can be well used in Irish lace fabric.

Color schemes

I suggest studying the diagrams attached below and knitting unique fragments for the desired item.

With six petals

Simple flower

Flower - fan

six petal flower

Volumetric flower

dense flower

Various color schemes

Having learned how to professionally use a knitting tool, you will be able to create any desired product - from a lace napkin to the most fashionable blouse. To do this, you will only need to connect the parts together with a network.