I was
delighted to come across this book of gothic crochet designs from 1964.
Unfortunately they are based on gothic architecture rather than the spooky kind
of gothic, which would have been really exciting, but they are interesting none
the less. They are all in the same style and seem to have been designed by the
same person but sadly his or her name is not given. They are all worked in
Coats Mercer-Crochet no 20 using a no 3 crochet hook. Most of the designs are
for round mats based on such exalted sites as the Rose window of Chartres
Cathedral and the fan vaulting of King’s College Chapel Cambridge. However
there are also some edgings based on the West Front of Lichfield Cathedral and
tracery at St Lorenz, Nuremburg. What impresses me is that the Coats Sewing
Group had the commitment to design, in the early 60s, to commission crochet
mats based on a theme like this.
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