After making an Edwardian chemise with crochet yoke, I always wanted to crochet an Edwardian crochet lace yoke from scratch! š To make the yoke I followed a 1910s free crochet pattern. I used unravelled cotton yarn and threaded turquoise silk ribbon through the finished yoke. I love how the Edwardian crochet lace yoke turned out!
Edwardian Free Crochet Yoke Pattern
To make my Edwardian crochet lace yoke, I followed an antique crochet pattern from the 1910s. You can find the free crochet yoke pattern here. However, I adapted the pattern slightly because my cotton crochet yarn was slightly thicker than the yarn used in the pattern.
By the way, I was so surprised when I even found an antique Edwardian chemise with the same crocheted lace yoke like the crochet pattern! š
Unravelled Cotton Crochet Yarn
In the Edwardian era, crochet yokes were usually made with non-mercerized cotton yarn. Mercerized cotton yarn is shiny, whereas non-mercerized cotton yarn is matte. However, because I couldn’t find non-mercerized cotton crochet yarn that was fine enough for the crochet pattern, I unravelled a leftover scrap of a vintage cotton crochet tablecloth! š The crochet tablecloth scrap was leftover from my tablecloth-turned-skirt. I don’t like to throw away fabric scraps and the unravelled yarn was perfect for this Edwardian crochet yoke! It’s a thin, non-shiny, off-white pure cotton crochet yarn.
Pintucked Batiste Camisole
I used thin white cotton batiste for my Edwardian camisole. I had just a small piece left from another Edwardian sewing project: it was just enough for this camisole – yay!
My Edwardian crochet yoke camisole has pintucks at the back as embellishment and to keep the back flat. And it has a drawstring at the waist to create the fashionable Edwardian pouter pigeon shape.
‘Where there is extra material to be taken care of at the waist line in corset covers or night-gowns, it should be taken up with small tucks, or in gathers, set into a band. In either case, this will give a dainty appearance.’ (Clothing For Women: Selection, Design, Construction, 1916).
How To Attach The Crochet Yoke To The Camisole
In the Edwardian era, lace yokes were either attached to the top of the camisole with a rolled hem or faux rolled hem by hand or with finishing braid (cotton tape or bias binding) by machine.
Related: 6 Ways How To Insert Lace
Handwork was preferred for fine lace yokes in the 1900s even though it takes longer: But the join is so much finer! Therefore I attached my crochet lace yoke to the raw fabric edge with a rolled hem by hand. The rolled hem attaches the yoke and finishes the raw fabric edges at the same time. Also, the join between yoke and fabric is almost invisible with a rolled hem! š And for a fashionable Edwardian pouter pigeon shape, I gathered the front of the corset cover with whip stitches before I attached the crochet lace yoke.
Turquoise Silk Ribbon
Edwardian lace yokes often had silk ribbon threaded through the lace. I used turquoise 100% silk ribbon to embellish my Edwardian crochet lace yoke similar to this antique Edwardian crochet lace yoke with turquoise silk ribbon.
Hey!
I would love to make this myself it looks really good. You said that you used a thicker yarn so I was wondering what size hook you used. That’s usually the way I figure out how to choose the yarn / thread for my own projects.
Oh, and is the back shaped? I couldn’t see any good pictures of the side seam but I figure it has to be, right?
I used a 1.5mm crochet hook because it was the smallest I had. But a slightly smaller hook would’ve been better.
The back of the yoke is straight and the fabric is slightly shaped. š
This is beautiful and well done! i am looking forward to making one.
Thank you! š
Your yoke looks gorgeous! Iām trying out this pattern for myself and noticed at the end that it says āconcluded on folderāā¦ but I donāt know where that is in the PDF. Other patterns in the same book give a page number where you can find the rest of the instructions. Did you find the āfolderā or did you just figure out how to finish the yoke on your own?
Thank you! š I figured it out on my own. š
The pattern is on page 15 of the pdf and continued in the top left paragraph of page 47.,
I’m new here and what is the t for the stitch?
is there a terminology guide?
T is a treble stitch. At the beginning of the antique crochet yoke book is a terminology of the stitches: you can find it here. š