James Norbury in 1952 wrote:
"Of its first beginnings little is known, and the earliest record I
have been able to discover of crochet as an accepted craft was of an
exhibition held in Dublin in 1672, at which there was a special class
for crocheted articles"
James Norbury's Crochet Book. Brockhampton Press Ltd 1952
http://www.white-works.com/Irishlace.htm
quotes the Royal Dublin Society as awarding prizes for outstanding
examples of Irish crochet in 1743
Brenda
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