This is not crotched. Its needle lace Penny, if you look at the right corner above the medallions, you can see some round loops on each center bar. Either this, or it could be a combination of crotched and needlelace.
Bjarne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Penny Ladnier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 8:45 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Catching up >>> 2. Image: http://www.costumegallery.com/temp/P1030429.jpg . These >>> medallions are borders on a three-tiered net dress. My question: What >>> is >>> the name of the type of hand-crochet around the medallions? It is a >>> cotton thread very similar what is used on doilies. I am so embarrassed >>> that I can't remember this term. I have made this type of crochet so >>> many >>> times. It is made by using a double or triple crochet, then chain two >>> or >>> three and then repeat. There are three rows of this type of crochet >>> around each medallion. > > Claire, > Thank you for your answer for what type of crochet surrounding the > medallions on the dress. Your answer is correct. I checked several > websites against your answer...filet. I have seen the word spelled filet > and fillet. Are both spellings correct? I have seen these used > interchanged. > > Penny Ladnier, > Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites > www.costumegallery.com > www.costumelibrary.com > www.costumeclassroom.com > www.costumeslideshows.com > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
