My favorite thing about crochet is this: no matter where they go, no matter how many times, the stitches in crochet remain the same! This makes it really fun and interesting to learn new techniques, such as crocheted lace. Even though you may be skipping stitches or spaces, putting your hook in a completely unfamiliar looking space, or cramming more stitches into the same hole than you ever thought would fit, the single crochet remains the single crochet, and the double crochet remains the double crochet.

What crochet lace truly is made up of is a rearrangement of the basic stitches into an unusual construction or sequence. Since there are no truly new stitches to learn, a lot of emphasis can be put on unique construction techniques, such as a pattern we work through in which the rows are worked sideways and then linked as you go!

Similarly to knitted lace, crocheted lace does incorporate both increasing and decreasing within the same row – the increasing is generally executed as groupings of stitches; common increases you may have seen are the shell stitch and cluster stitches. The decreasing is almost always done by skipping things – be it stitches or spaces in the work. This is how the “holes” in the lace are formed.

Come give lace a try and learn more about the construction of your crochet than you ever thought you’d know!

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