The following is a set of lace-making instructions for making an Irish Lace Collar Band. It was originally published in Needlecraft No. 21 (1910), at the end of the Edwardian era. >> Prefer offline instructions? Purchase a downloadable PDF here! As the best method of teaching Irish crochet lace is to give detailed instructions for an easy piece of it, we shall proceed to give directions how to work a collar band. The materials necessary for the collar band are a reel of Manlove’s Irish lace thread, cream shade, in size No. 42, a small quantity of Harris’ crochet lace padding thread to form the cord, a fine crochet needle,…