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Carrickmacross lace is a form of lace that may be described as decorated net. A three-layer 'sandwich' is made consisting of the pattern (at the bottom), covered with, first, machine-made net and then fine muslin , through which the pattern can be seen.
The embroiderers washed their hands every 30 minutes and changed needles every 3 hours to make sure that the lace would remain immaculate until the wedding day. [24] The press release from the Royal School of Needlework [25] states that the technique used in Catherine's wedding dress "was influenced by" traditional Carrickmacross lace technique.
The new lace the women developed garnered interest with its artistic designs. From around 1820 the women taught local women and girls the lace making skill, from patterns they developed. The resulting lace, Carrickmacross lace , was successful with the local women earning extra income through their lace making.
Sample of Irish Lace in Carrickmacross lace style Irish lace has always been an important part of the Irish needlework tradition. Both needlepoint and bobbin laces were made in Ireland before the middle of the eighteenth century, but never, apparently, on a commercial scale.
New net based laces emerged, such as Carrickmacross and Tambour lace. [16] By 1870, virtually every type of hand-made lace (pillow lace, bobbin lace) had its machine-made copy. It became increasingly difficult for hand lacemakers to make a living from their work and most of the English handmade lace industry had disappeared by 1900. [17]
Embroidered lace is embroidered on a base using a needle. The base varies according to the type. Many techniques use a net, either woven or knotted. The net varies: Woven fabric with threads removed to make a grid (Reticella, Buratto) Machine made hexagonal net (Limerick, Needlerun net, Tambour)
Carrickmacross Lace - Irish Embroidered Net Lace, a Survey and Manual with Patterns, (Dolmen Press, 1985) Limerick Lace: A Social History and a Maker's Manual (With Veronica Rowe) Valentia, A Different Irish Island; Hardship and High Living (Portobello Press 2003)
Cutwork frill on a cotton petticoat. Cutwork or cut work, also known as punto tagliato in Italian, is a needlework technique in which portions of a textile, typically cotton or linen, [1] are cut away and the resulting "hole" is reinforced and filled with embroidery or needle lace.