IRISH CROCHET.

Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18691, 18 July 1932, Page 7

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 lam 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-titled type, but with all eccentric tendencies eliminated. The picturesque mood is evident in a flat 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 while carnation. Another interesting motif is tiie application of two bright red pom-poms set one above the oilier at the side of a tiny black fell model. Domes of silence -—the familiar household commodity—are an original trimming. These give a somewhat military east when sol in line formation across the, tilled side. A navy blue tailored felt is an excellent. example, the small brim clearing the face being studded on to the crown with six Hat domes of silence. Brown felt lakes a youthful turn on the head modelled to show off a short, bunch of orange ribbons falling at the back.