Free Knitting Patterns for Lace Edgings, Insertions and Collars

The antique patterns linked here have been updated into modern knitting language and corrected wherever necessary.

All of the patterns on this page are either copyrighted to me, Sarah Bradberry, are in the public domain, or used with permission of the copyright owners.

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HK = Hand Knit
FK = Frame Knit (including the Bond ISM)
MK = Machine Knit

Patterns marked with a W are part of the knitting-and.com knitting wiki

Patterns

Diamond Edging HK

Fancy Scallop Edging c1900 HK

Fine Knitted Lace HK

Four Knitted Lace Edgings HK

Knitted Edging for Doily HK

Leaf and Berry Pattern Lace c1898

Narrow Lace Edging c1900 HK

Open Diamond Insertion 1906 HK

Summer Fancy Work, a scalloped lace edging from 1899 HK

Wave, Rose and Strawberry Lace
from Australian Town and Country Journal, Wednesday 23 December 1903 HK

From Home Work, a book of knitting and crochet patterns published in 1891

Updated and corrected with charts and photos. These patterns are listed in the order they appear in the book.

1: W Granton Edging and Granton Insertion

2: W Hobart Edging

3: W Narrow Elsie Edging

4: W Torchon Edge

5: W Diamond Edging

7: W Keswick Lace

8: Palm Leaf Lace

9: W Oak Leaf Lace

10: W Vandyke Edging

11: W Bessie's Leaf Lace

12: W Belmina Lace

13: W Gowrie Lace

14: Pointed Lace

15: W Palm Leaf Insertion

16: Oak Leaf Insertion

17: W Double Clover Leaf Lace

18: W Odd Insertion

19: Dunmore Lace

20: W Polly's Oak Leaf Lace

21: W Daisy Lace

22: W Grandmother's Edging

23: German Lace

24: W English Point

25: W Smyrna Edging

26: W Eyelet Edging

27: W Kendal Insertion

28: W Point Lace Pattern

29: W Cane Leaf Edging

30: W Appleby Lace

31: W Tunisian Lace

32: English Torchon Lace

33: W English Lace

34: W Double Rose Leaf Insertion

35: W Cowrie Shell Insertion

36: W Clayton Lace

37: Rose Edging

38: W Granby Lace

39: W Hilton Lace

40: W Escott Insertion

41: W Dundee Lace

42: W Double Oak Leaf Lace

43: Torchon Insertion

44: Etna Insertion

45: Mechlin Lace

46: W Kilgorie Edge

47: W Fluted Lace

48: W Grantley Insertion

49: W Berna's Torchon Lace

50: Diamond Lace with Blonde Edge

51: W Chilton Lace

52: Aunt Fanny's Lace

53: W Normandy Lace

54: W Apple Leaf Lace

55: Dotted Lace and Dotted Insertion

56: Ettrick Lace

57: 2,5,8,9 Lace

58: Kerry Edging

59: Conch-Shell Lace

60: English Insertion

61: Kildare Edging

62: Smyrna Lace and Smyrna Insertion

63: Ada's Shell Lace

64: Dunsford Shell Lace

65: Marlborough Lace

66: Geneva Lace

67: Fluted Lace with Edge

68: French Lace

69: Mikado Lace

70: Scroll Leaf Lace

71: Lattice Pattern Edge

72: Smyrna Insertion

73: Medina Panel Insertion

74: Vine Insertion

75: Marmion Lace

76: Rose Leaf Insertion

77: Ida's Fluted Lace

78: Smilax Lace

79: Fancy Scroll Lace

80: Wide Miami Edge

81: Neustadt Lace

82: The Moira Square Lace

83: Daisy's Shell Edging

84: Single Diamond Insertion

85: Leaf Edging for Counterpane

86: W Leaf and Acorn Lace

87: Leslie's Double Rose Leaf Lace

88: Perfection Leaf Lace

89: Colorado Edging

90: Combination Lace

91: Betsy's Rose Leaf Lace

92: Wide Mulmur Insertion

93: Wide Tunisian Lace

94: Belle's Normandy Lace

95: Shell Edge Diamond Lace

96: Netherby Lace

97: Wide English Lace

98: Triangle Lace and Triangle Insertion

99: Tunisian Insertion

100: Hillburn Lace

101: Amy's Double Leaf Lace

102: W Hensall Lace

103: Birnam Lace

104: W Herringbone Lace

105: W Clifton Lace

106: W Claremont Lace

107: Coral Pattern Tidy

108: W Vine and Shell Lace

109: W Kate's Deep Shell Lace

110: W Vandyke Collar

111: W Lace Collar Pattern No.1

112: W Broad Bexley Lace

113: W Lace Collar Pattern No.2

114: W Lace Collar Pattern No.3

115: W Lace Collar Pattern No.4

116: W Lace Collar Pattern No.5

117: W Lace Collar Pattern No.6

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