Shellin Museum

Modern Lace--Olgemini's Blue Dress

Many of you are already fans of Olgemini, a modern Irish crocheter from Moscow. She contributes to Zurnal Mod magazine, a Russian publication filled with amazing work and patterns. This year, Olga attended Maire Treanor's Summer School in Clones, and brought some of her garments for up-close inspection. Were you one of the lucky ones who met her there?

Olga's inspiration comes mainly from antique motifs. She has a beautiful antique Irish Crochet collection and examines the pieces to learn about construction and motif design. She has also purchased some Irish Crochet books on Amazon, and then learned the patterns by studying the photos, as her English is not fluent. She says she loves the antique motifs, and regarding creating new motifs, "My hands do crochet as they want :=) I try to add elements of freeform in traditional motifs."

Her Blue Dress took two months to create, a long time for her, she says! Only two months! I think it's safe to say that most of us could work for a year and not come close to completion of something so beautiful. She used 100 percent cotton Yarnart Violet thread for the motifs, with a 1mm hook. For the joining, she used Nilo thread and a .75mm hook.

Enjoy!

-Kim

front of dress

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Our trip to Ireland in June 21-30.

Scrumble "Megrim"

С самого утра ужасно болела голова. Из-за этого состояния и потере трудоспособности и скрамблик получился странного вида. Но уж что получилось...мрачное с отдельными взрывами сознания.

I'm going!

New "Interweave Crochet"

Платье "Летняя прохлада"

Это платье было сделано по заказу. Но пока ещё имеет силу предложение по его продаже. Размер - 40-42 европейский. Рост- 164-175.
Приталенное и расклешённое от бедра, оно прекрасно подчеркнёт фигуру и золотистый загар.

Olga Krivenko Workshop on Saturday, June 23 « The Constant Knitter

Olga Krivenko Workshop on Saturday, June 23

Crochet lace top

Olga Krivenko crochet lace

Olga Krivenko Driada

Olga Krivenko Betka

Olga Krivenko crochet beret

Some of the truly remarkable crochet pieces made by the Russian artist Olga Krivenko, who will be giving a workshop at The Constant Knitter, 88 Francis Street, Dublin 8 on Saturday, 23 June.

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Этот маленький топик был сделан в подарок хорошему человеку.

Irish Crochet Project

I'm so lucky to be involved in an international Irish Crochet project for an upcoming museum exhibit. I can't share all the details but I can let you know that we have people contributing from France, England, Northern Ireland, Australia and three states in the US. These little motifs are 2.5 inches wide and tall, and are made with No. 80 DMC Cordonnet Thread and a .6mm hook.
I can show you part of my contribution.