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Filet crochet is a type of crocheted fabric. This type of crocheted lace is gridlike because it uses only two crochet stitches:
the chain stitch and the double crochet stitch (U.S. terminology; known in some other countries as chain stitch and treble crochet). Patterns can be formed by filling in parts of the mesh with double crochet stitches.[1] Filet crochet is most often worked in rows, but it can also be worked in the round. Fine crochet thread is most commonly used to create decorative items such as doilies, tablecloths, and place settings such as coasters and placemats. As with all other types of crochet, filet crochet can use any weight of thread, cord, ribbon, yarn, or anything else flexible enough to work with a crochet hook.
Filet crochet is most often worked from a graph or a symbol diagram. Patterns are created by combining solid and open meshes, usually working the design in solid meshes and the background in open meshes. the size of the space is determined by the number of chain stitches between each double stitch.[2] Filet crochet may also be worked with half-double crochet or even treble crochet.
Many simple cross-stitch patterns can be effectively converted to filet crochet and vice versa by filling the design region with solid blocks and crocheting an open mesh in the areas with no pattern. As with all other types of crochet, filet crochet looks best if blocked before use to highlight the design.
- ^ Eckman, p. 264.
- ^ Eckman, pp. 265-266.
[edit] References
- Edie Eckman, The Crochet Answer Book, North Adams, Massachesetts: Storey Publishing, 2005.
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