Details
$166 (inclusive of fees) 10am - 5pm (with a break for lunch)Date(s)
Apr 13, 2024 – Apr 14, 2024
10:00am
Contact
Box Office
888-616-0274
boxoffice@irishartscenter.org
Phone hours:
10am-6pm, Monday-Friday
In person:
Opens 60 minutes before the performance on show days
Location
This class will be conducted in person at Irish Arts Center, located at 726 11th Avenue in NYC, between 51st and 52nd Streets.
Overview
This class is sold out. Please join the wait list to be notified if spots become available.
We are delighted to welcome back instructor Máire Treanor for this two-day textile workshop dedicated to historical aspects of Irish crochet and Clones lace, a crochet technique that gained popularity for its delicate, intricate design elements. Under Máire's guidance, you'll learn how to crochet the Clones knot and a variety of motifs, including the Wild Irish Rose, shamrock, and buttony; how to combine Clones lace designs; and more.
Clones lace is an Irish crochet created during the Great Irish Famine in the late 1840s and named after the town in County Monaghan. At the height of the Famine, women and children became the main earners in thousands of families, and within a short period of time, nearly every family in the area was involved in its production. Supplying fashion markets in Dublin, London, Paris, Rome, New York, and San Francisco, Clones soon became the most important center of crochet lace making in the north of Ireland, while Cork was the leading center in the south of the country.
Some familiarity with crocheting is helpful, but not required. Beginners and improvers are welcome.
Materials are included with the cost of purchase. If you choose to bring your own, we will be using #10 or #20 hooks with #10 or #20 mercerized thread for beginners, and #60 and #80 thread for improvers with .60mm or .50mm hooks. Máire's book, Clones Lace, 2nd Edition, will be available for sale.
This workshop will be held in person in the Library Classroom.
Our Supporters
Irish Arts Center programs are supported, in part, by government, foundation, and corporate partners including Culture Ireland, the agency for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide; public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office and the New York City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; Howard Gilman Foundation; Tourism Ireland; the Jerome L. Greene Foundation; the Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation; the Charina Endowment Fund; the Ireland Funds; the Shubert Foundation, Inc.; the Arnhold Foundation; the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; the Irish Institute of New York; the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, New York; Northern Ireland Bureau; Invest NI; CIE Tours International; the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate of Ireland in New York; and thousands of generous donors like you.
