Limerick lace
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Limerick lace is an embroidered needle lace formed on a mesh using one or both of two techniques...
- Tambour – where chain stitch is created using a hook.
- Needlerun – where stitches are darned onto the ground using a needle.
This is associated with the town of Limerick in Ireland.
When President Kennedy visited Limerick in 1963 he was presented with a lace christening robe.
Lace types | |
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Needle: | Punto in Aria | Point de Venise | Point de France | Alençon | Argentan | Argentella | Hollie Point | Point de Gaze | Youghal | Limerick Embroidered: Reticella | Buratto | Filet/Lacis | Tambour | Teneriffe | Needlerun Net Cut Work: Broderie Anglaise | Carrickmacross |
Bobbin: | Ancient: Antwerp | Pottenkant | Ecclesiastical | Freehand | Torchon Continental: Binche | Flanders | Mechlin | Paris | Valenciennes Point ground: Bayeux | Blonde | Bucks point | Chantilly | Tønder | Beveren | Lille Guipure: Genoese | Venetian | Bedfordshire | Cluny | Maltese Part laces: Honiton | Brugges | Brussels Tape: Milanese | Flemish | Russian | Peasant |
Tape: | Mezzopunto | Princess | Renaissance | Romanian point |
Knotted: | Macramé | Tatting | Armenian |
Crocheted: | Irish crochet | Hairpin | Filet Crochet |
Knitted: | Shetland | Estonian | Icelandic | Danish | German |
Machine-made: | Warp Knit | Leavers | Pusher | Barmen | Curtain Machine | Chemical Hand Finished: Hand-run Gimps |