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Whether you're a seasoned crocheter or just starting out, Rita de Maintenon shares the timeless techniques at the heart of heirloom crochet restoration. With over 40 years of experience, she’ll guide you through heritage methods like Hairpin lace, Broomstick lace, and Irish crochet—making traditional fiber arts accessible for all skill levels.
Heirloom Restorations
Heirloom pieces are still appreciated as reminders from the past and they are sometimes in need of repair. Working with thread is my passion and a technique not often seen any more.
Heirloom Fiber Arts Blog
April Musings - Welcome Spring! Those of you who read last month’s Musings know how strongly I feel about the Olympic games and after they were finished, I could hardly wait for the Para Olympics in the same beautiful location, the Italian Alps. 1976 was the first year to include disabled athletes with their own event after the regular games concluded. Only 2 skiing events took place at that time, Alpine and Cross Country. Now, after 50 years, 79 medal events took place with over 600 athletes participating. Since the Para Olympics started, incredible advances in prostheti Read More
March Musings - The wintery weather continued well into February until the third week, when we suddenly had record warmth in the North Carolina Mountains! A visit to Biltmore Estates with a friend had all the signs of spring: newborn lambs, tiny daffodils, and even the forsythia bushes were trying to bloom. The Creamery was a great place to have ice cream for dinner! A couple of days later, winter came back with a vengeance—2” of snow, 18 degrees on the porch, and a cyclone of snow for my friends up north. Read More
February Musings - Mother Nature really had her way with us in January; I am between last weekend’s ice storm and this weekend’s snowstorm as I write this for the first of February. Thank God for my gas fireplace; our power was out for just one day, mostly due to the extensive work done by Duke Power after Hurricane Helene. The roads were iced over for a couple of days but now we have two to three days before the next storm is coming in. Staying warm by the fireplace was a perfect opportunity Read More
Unique, Wearable Fiber Arts
All are my crochet wearable art designs are original. Many feature vintage heirloom techniques, such as Hairpin lace, Broomstick lace, Tunisian lace, Irish lace and thread lace in contemporary application.
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Rita has detailed her techniques in two published books.
Heritage Crochet in a New Light: Enriching Your Designs with Heirloom Lace Techniques
