Lisa McClure wrote:
Rose Lisa McClure Lane also wrote the Woman's Day Book of American
Needlework,
a book I have enjoyed since childhood. There are examples of both
crocheted and knitted lace in it.
In my home state, Texas, I think that crocheted and tatted lace were
more common. I don't remember seeing any knitted lace until I was an
adult, and had long left Texas.
My mother's grandmother, was born 1836 in Dublin Ireland (claimed she was
NOT Irish, as she was protestant) married in New York City in 1860, lived in
Connecticut and New Jersey, and died in 1911.
She did not crochet, as, to her, that was profession of Irish peasants. She
knitted. I have her fine knitting needles and a length of lace she knitted.
A letter from one of her other granddaughters thanked her for lace edging
that she was putting on a petticoat.
Her daughter-in-law, my grandmother 1862-1930, crocheted and tatted. I have
bedspread and fine Irish crochet edging that she made and also a tatted
collar I wore as a child. She always kept crochet in apron pocket and
would do a bit while waiting for water to boil for potatoes, etc. As she
raised 7 children, she had to find time whenever she could.
My eldest Aunt taught me to crochet when I was 6. Didn't learn to knit
until age 11 in Girl Scouts.
Only been tatting and bobbin lace for 20 years.
Louise in Central Virginia
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