I saw a lovely piece of crochet lace and decided to look into how it was made. I discovered that particular style is called “filet crochet.”
It turns out that it is rather simple to do and, best of all, inexpensive.
I had $6 left on the Michael’s gift card that my parents-in-law gave me for Christmas, and I was able to buy every thing I needed to get started with that.
The Beginner’s Guide to Filet Crochet was $3.50, but I used a 40%-off coupon, so it was only $2.10. The string was only $1.99, as was the steel hook. Total cost: $6.08 + tax. (Okay, so I had to chip in a bit.)
There is enough string there to make a few practice pieces and a complete project.
And the only expense for future projects will be the string.
Not bad!
Here is my first practice piece. It is not crooked, that is the angle of the couch cushion that it is on. It actually came out pretty well for my first try.
5:52 pm on February 26th, 2008
Very nice. I have always liked this form of crochet, but had no idea it had a special name.