My students were talking about this in class last night, so thanks for the link to the picture. Someone thought it might be Irish crochet.
Then as I was driving home, listening to the news, the BBC described it as "hand embroidered". >From what I can see it's not either, or needlelace. Looking at the motifs on the hat where you can see them more clearly, the "fillings" or structure of the leaves looks woven and could be made from a bias tape of some sort. The petals are less clear, but I suspect chemical lace motifs. I guess that applied by hand would count as hand embroidered to the uninitiated, in the same way as Kate's dress was hand made lace. Very attractive though, and certainly in keeping with the spirit of Irish crochet. Jacquie in Lincolnshire. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
