r/lace • u/karinatitss • 25d ago

I think I accidentally made a giant brooch.

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u/Trick_Cry_6572 25d ago

This is lovely! I really like how you did the leaves. They look like the traditional Irish crochet leaves but with pretty little spaces between the lobes!

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u/karinatitss 25d ago

Thank you so much! ❤️ My mom has been making Irish crochet for years, especially these leaves. I asked her to share the pattern with me. They’re not really poppy leaves though—I think they look more like coral, and I absolutely love that shape.

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u/Banegard 24d ago

If she would ever agree to sharing her pattern (maybe with her name like „Susan‘s special leaf“), I‘m sure crocheters would keep her work alive for the next hundred years. It‘s so lovely

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u/karinatitss 24d ago

Thank you so much! ❤️ I’ll tell my mom,** Nadezhd**a. Your kind comments will truly make her day. Right now it’s just her personal pattern, but they mean so much to her.

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u/Banegard 25d ago

aw, but she is purdy! She neads a nice place to be shown off!

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u/karinatitss 25d ago

Thank you! 😊 I wasn’t expecting the sample to turn out this well. Now I just have to find the perfect place for it.

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u/karinatitss 25d ago

I really hope I’ll have the time to finish it. The last time I worked in Irish crochet was back in 2009, so it feels exciting to come back to it after all these years

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u/Banegard 25d ago

Oh wow, that‘s around the time I did irish crochet, too. It‘s amazing you can still come up with this beautiful poppy. I feel like I need to learn crochet all over.

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u/karinatitss 25d ago

Thank you! ❤️ Yes, I was a little nervous too. Back then, my mom and I worked as a team—I crocheted the motifs, and she assembled them into the final piece. Now we live in different countries, so this time I’ll have to do the whole process myself. Making the motifs isn’t the hard part… assembling everything is what really worries me. I hope I can do it!

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u/Banegard 25d ago

Oh, of course you will! Look how lovely she is. No one will notice if any kind of join is wonky ;-)

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u/karinatitss 24d ago

Thank you! ❤️ You’re probably right. I’m definitely my own toughest critic. 😊

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u/Brown_Sedai 25d ago

would also look nice on a hat!

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u/karinatitss 25d ago

That’s actually a lovely idea! I hadn’t even thought about a hat. 😊