The second place in irish lace after the famouse rose is given to a shamrock leaf. Previously I've published patterns of the simple shamrocks that are easy to crochet, and now is the second set of gorgeous shamrock leaves that require practical skills of working with a padding cord.
For this bolero vest I've used motifs that Flora Mazi uses alot for her dresses and tops. The 4 semi-flowers were placed at a chest, neck and a waist, the rest of the cloth was filled with shamrocks, circles of different diameters and texture. All motifs were binded with a set of chain and a slipstitch over the edge, or as we call it Margarita Golubeva's edging, to give an extra volume
Here is another set of patterns for the multi-leyered flowers for irish crochet lace
Here you can find a set of patterns for imitating leaves in irish lace
Quite often The Journal of MODA (Fasion magazine, MOA) published a pattern of a butterfly wing, and many crocheters use this single element, but apart from that there are many other butterfly patterns that can be used in irish crochet lace. .
