IRISH CROCHET

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21649, 20 May 1932, Page 13

IRISH CROCHET

It is amazing how Irish crochet in wool has caught the fancy of couturiers this winter for blouses, trimmings, and beret caps (states a fashion expert in the Manchester Guardian). Plain knitting likewise comes into its own again for tarn o’ shanters with a quill perched to slant at the left side. Some of the newest hats shown in the novel and unpretentious setting of a quaint, old-fashioned Paris flat are of the snug-fitted type, but with all eccentric tendencies eliminated. The picturesque mood is evident in a fiat posy of bright flowers posed at the side of one in black felt, while another, in the same medium, conveys a drape of thick corded ribbon swaying in a deep movement to the left, and eventually caught up on the right side of the crown to terminate under a large white carnation. Another interesting motif is the application of two bright red pom-poms set one above the other at the side of a tiny black felt model. Domes of silence — the familiar household commodity—-are an original trimming. These gives a somewhat military cast when set in line formation across the tilted side. A navy blue tailored felt is an excellent example, the small brim clearing the face being studded on to the crown with six flat domes of silence. Brown felt takes a youthful

turn on the head modelled to show off a short bunch of orange ribbons falling at the back.