{My Lace Crocheted Handkerchief #6}

Showing you here my Lace Crocheted Handkerchief #6, this one also was a Bridal Hankie given to Erika in 2000 for her wedding day. Hers I crocheted in Indonesia, on the patio of our bungalow. Below this post you find links from e.g. Crochet Edging on Antique French Knotted Filet Lace where you actually can see the fine DMC Cordonnet Spécial in a size 80. That's right, I use this very fine thread with a steel crochet hook size 0.75 mm.

This very fine hand crocheted lace is done in about 12 hours.

Labour of LOVE.

Using our gardenia and roses for making it look even more perfect...

Such a bridal hankie I loved to recreate for myself as well.

It is a beautiful Swiss cotton batiste embroidered handkerchief with hemstitched edging. That is the hardest part to count those openings and getting your stitches right for the pattern.

Lace pattern is from a German Neue Mode.

Would you have loved to have such a hand made crocheted lace bridal hankie?

Related links: All are previous posts by me.
{Crochet Edging on Antique French Knotted Filet Lace}
{My Lace Crocheted Handkerchief #5}   
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{My Lace Crocheted Handkerchief #3}
{My Lace Crocheted Handkerchief #2}
{My Lace Crocheted Handkerchief #1}

{My Lace Crocheted Handkerchief #5}

Since you all know now about the very fine DMC # 80 thread from my fore last post, why not showing here My Lace Crocheted Handkerchief #5? I make them with the very same thin and pointed crochet hook of 0.75 mm as used for doing the Crochet Edging of that Antique French Knotted Filet Lace... Links you find as usual below my post.

Here is another little treasure made with fine crocheted stitches...

Those photos are from May 25, hence the beautiful roses and gardenia blossom.

Do you like this fine crocheted lace pattern?

Showing more of Rebecca's 'A Gathering of Thoughts' hand painted train case.

Her blog you find on my sidebar or you just type in the words at the top of my blog in that search bar... That is very handy for finding ANY word.

A closeup of the hand crocheted lace work... done around this fine linen hankie.

Creating Heirloom Pieces indeed.

Pattern 58 from this German Neue Mode, crochet magazine I used.

Of course, this hankie would make a lovely lace pochette as well!

Related links: All are previous posts by me!
{Crochet Edging on Antique French Knotted Filet Lace} Showing the actual DMC thread used...

{My Lace Crocheted Handkerchief #6}

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{My Lace Crocheted Handkerchief #2}
{My Lace Crocheted Handkerchief #1}

{Crochet Edging on Antique French Knotted Filet Lace}

Yesterday I did write about my new SUPER POWER READERS for Fine Needlework. Here I show you how I painstakingly finished off the Crochet Edging on an antique French Knotted Filet Lace embroidery with cherubs. Only using my +2.00 reading glasses. This was in the end of February while on vacation in Curaçao.

Using the DMC Cordonnet Spécial with a VERY fine crochet hook.

How would I have loved to use my SUPER POWER READERS here!

DMC Cordonnet Spécial in a size 80. It is a mercerized 6-cord cotton and one of the very finest.

Used for tatting and lace crochet around linen batiste handkerchiefs.

The crochet hook is only 0.75 mm. You do pinch yourself with it, as it is that sharp and fine.

 The reason that I did add a crochet edging on this antique French knotted (by hand, like knotted fishing nets!) filet lace is to have it framed between acrylic sheets.

Sheltering it from getting soiled and thus preserving a nice heirloom.

From Milan, Italy came my transparent acrylic bolts & nuts.

You will see the finished project in another post!

Yeah, for doing the linen stitch on such knotted net, I definitely would have needed my SUPER POWER READERS. One can only admire the woman's hands that created this in the previous age(s)...

Such fine work in the linen stitch!

Below this post is a link to a blogger friend who owns a tablecloth with cherubs, done on machine made net. Have a look at it!

Closeup of the knotted net and the embroidered linen stitch + my minor accomplishment of the crochet edging all around...

Laundered and pressed it is now ready to be framed. 

You will see that in another post!

Does any of you have some antique filet lace pieces?

Related links:
{TIP for Fine Needlework SUPER POWER READERS} | previous post by me
Filet Lace also known as Embroidery on Knotted Net, Lacis, Filet Brodé and Point Compté) is a needle lace created by darning on a ground of knotted net or netting. Shown on this link is the linen stitch on knotted net.
Filet Lace is... some history and info
Mezza Mandolina and Embroidered Netting very clear example of hand knotted netting in excellent photo
Netting shuttles see the needle and shuttles used for knotting

{My Lace Crocheted Handkerchief #4}

Today is time for showing you my Lace Crocheted Handkerchief #4. This one I made just for personal use, from a German Neue Mode magazine. As always I used the finest DMC cotton thread from France.

Very delicate lace work around a double hemstitched batiste handkerchief.

In Rebecca's hand painted vintage train case with roses, I do keep my lace heirlooms.

Rebecca's painting work from A Gathering Place, is also a prized possession.

Our roses from the garden match it beautifully and also the large gardenia flower adds romance to the setting.

Top right is the handkerchief # 61 that I did crochet after the Neue Mode pattern.

Lovely photo for the magazine, I admire more and more those professional photographers!

Do you keep heirlooms like that? 

Handmade by a loved one or by yourself...

Just would love to know!

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A Gathering Place
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{My Lace Crocheted Handkerchief #3}

{My Lace Crocheted Handkerchief #5}

{My Lace Crocheted Handkerchief #6}

{My Lace Crocheted Handkerchief #3}

Love to show you another Lace Crocheted Handkerchief that I'd made as bridal handkerchief for Marion, the adopted daughter of Pieter's eldest brother. After completing hers, I made one for myself and here it is for you to see. This time from a pattern found in Anna Burda and I used again very fine DMC thread from France.

Very delicate lacework around a hemstitched batiste handkerchief.

Our Gardenia adds to the romantic look of lace.

Shown again with my prized vintage train case, hand painted by Rebecca from A Gathering Place.

Again with our gardenia and fresh cut roses from the garden.

This is the Dutch Anna Burda magazine from where I got the pattern.

Top left is the one I made for Marion as bridal handkerchief and one for myself...

Related links:

A Gathering Place

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{My Lace Crocheted Handkerchief #6}

{My Lace Crocheted Handkerchief #2}

Another hand crocheted lace handkerchief from my private collection I love to show you here. They are all looking so different with their delicate lace pattern. Again I made my Lace Crocheted Handkerchief #2 out of very fine French DMC thread and with the thinnest crochet hook. Have you, your Mother or Grandmother done any of this work? Like to know if you also are holding on to such lace heirlooms.

Against a backdrop of my highly prized vintage train case. Painted by the talented Rebecca from A Gathering Place. As usual, you will find links related to this post, below.

Some of our own roses and a gardenia...

A detail of the Swiss cotton batiste embroidered handkerchief with my crocheted lace edge.

Before adding the crocheted lace, the handkerchief looked already very feminine and elegant with its hemstitched edges.

Our Aimee Yoshioka Gardenia goes perfect with it...

The selection of the lace edging is quite tedious as one needs to COUNT the hemstitched openings, that are in the purchased batiste hankie. Counting and checking IF the pattern will work with it. Once the first round is done, in about seven more tedious hours you usually finish such a bridal handkerchief.

It sure feels great for creating such romantic heirloom pieces...

Related links: 

A Gathering Place

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This is a replica from my original bridal handkerchief. It got stolen when I once gave classes at the Teaching Museum in Hapeville, Georgia where I also had several pieces of my lace work on display for: "THREADS OF LIFE: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S TEXTILE ART" for Georgia State University.

Not a pleasant experience, especially for such a sentimental piece of work... But I did have the Burda pattern and made one again. Over the years I've done several bridal handkerchiefs for loved ones. A labor of love one might say. Very fine DMC thread and a thin crochet needle is being used for this type of lace work. 

Do you like it?

Somebody else must have liked the original too, as it was snatched from the table where I had my display during my day of classes... Below this post you find a link, you just scroll down to: "THREADS OF LIFE: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S TEXTILE ART"

Georgia State University

Showing you a better closeup view.

With of course an added Gardenia blossom and some perfect pink rosebuds in a French Baccarat perfume bottle.

Roses, Gardenia and Lace make up for some very romantic items...

These lovely home grown roses are in a French crystal Baccarat perfume bottle.

This is the Burda pattern, the number 307/54 is the one I made...

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{My Lace Crocheted Gloves}
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{My Lace Crocheted Gloves}

Proudly I show you my crocheted lace gloves; yes I made them myself. Not an easy lace pattern, from Magic Crochet, as the center was done around a thicker thread, but I managed. So please have a look here below as how they turned out. The last photos do show me wearing them, so you get a view of that as well. The lovely train case, in which I do store all my precious self made crocheted lace, is artfully done by no one less than our sweet artist Rebecca, from A Gathering Place. Below this post you find a link for checking it out.

Those flowers were all done individually, over a thicker thread of the same quality DMC thread.

They are very feminine accessories...

More in detail you can now see the individual flowers and also the other pieces of lace done in longer strips.

Have you done something like this?

Would love to hear from you.

My vintage train case from Rebecca's, A Gathering Place, does keep all my precious crocheted lace work. It is the perfect way to store it. Below the post you find a link about the train case.

Of course, romantic lace goes well with Roses & Gardenia in a French Baccarat crystal perfume bottle. 

Going to a wedding in my self made silk brocade sheath dress and self crocheted lace gloves.

Sewing and crocheting combined...

In our front porch...

Wearing my white Chanel purse and white Charles Jourdan pumps.

This was the example in Magic Crochet...

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LOOK My Vintage Train Case Arrived!

{My Lace Crocheted Placemats}

Today I've set the table for you, using my handmade Lace Crocheted Placemats. They're done in a French DMC Cébelia thread in white, using a Neue Mode pattern. Cébelia is a 3-ply 100% combed cotton and double mercerized for a smooth and silk finish, which makes it easy on the crochet hook as well. For the inside I have used a Swiss cotton damask in a woven stripe pattern, bought in St Gallen, Switzerland. The table is set for serving a yummy spicy corn and lentil soup, using a recipe from Tammy, from T's Daily Treasures blog. Link to the recipe on her blog you will find below. I also used floating candles with fresh gardenia, jasmine and rose blossoms for center pieces. Will show that more in detail in my next posts. Now my crocheted lace...

This is the placemat with the crocheted lace edging that I did hand crochet. 

Inside is made out of Swiss striped cotton damask and the napkin is also from striped cotton damask.

French Baccarat crystal Piccadilly glasses and Wedgwood cream color on cream color Gardenia bowl for the floating candles with flowers.

Four placemats and three Gardenia bowls with floating candles and gardenia, jasmine and rose flowers. Replacements often has them available, see link below.

Does any of you use floating candles with flowers? 

Detail of crocheted lace edging, using the flash of my camera for better view.

Anyone reading my post, who also crocheted placemats in combination with fabric?

No flash used but I turned the light above the table on for a more yellowish and soft light.

But you get the idea...

More in detail...

My version of the spicy corn and lentil soup, using lentils from Trader Joe's and sweet golden corn instead of creamed corn. 

Recipe follows below...

 These lentils are perfect for this recipe! 

TIP: For easily separating those Trader Joe's Steamed Lentils, use this SUPER Rösle® Turner for Nonstick Pans (Rösle® Pfannenwender für beschichtete Pfannen). Using the end side of it for breaking up, than hash it with the flat side. Works like a gem and fast. One of my most favorite kitchen tools!

Below I will provide a link for this Rösle® item #10680 

This is the placemat in the Neue Mode magazine. 

Instead of striped fabric I used woven striped damask.

That was a Dutch version of the Neue Mode magazine.

Now, let's eat the soup as it is no longer piping hot and the smell of the fresh cilantro is calling us to the table. Delicious and healthy soup and rather easy to make. I find the plucking of the cilantro the most tedious of all. But I do use the entire bunch of it as we both LOVE it.

Cilantro (Coriander or Chinese parsley) functions as a natural diuretic and is a great detox herb as well.

Related links: 

Spicy corn and lentil soup recipe from T's Daily Treasures blog

Setting a Pretty Table Learn from Mariette 

Creating Heirloom Pieces Learn from Mariette
Rösle® Round HandleTurner for Nonstick Pans

Wedgwood Cream Color on Cream Color for 10 Inch Gardenia Bowl Replacements Ltd.