Urban Crocheted Lace

Historically, a tiny crochet hook was used to make exquisite lace such as this. In this unique and delicate variation of crochet, you create lacy designs with a miniscule hook and thread. Collections Curator Gary Lind-Sinanian shows us a hook that was used to make loops from chains of thread. Because of the design, we can infer that it came from an urban area rather than a village.