Crocheted lace is the application of the art of crochet to create lace. It usually incorporates fine threads and more decorative styles of stitching, often with flowing lines or scalloped edges. Variation of the size of the holes is part of what gives a piece its "lacy" look.
Originally, crocheted lace was not regarded as "true" lace. Crocheting was considered an easy and less time-consuming, but otherwise clearly inferior, surrogate for "true" lace such as bobbin lace, needle lace or netting. The first examples of crocheted lace tried to reproduce the products of other lacemaking techniques as faithfully as possible; over time, the many possibilities and inherent beauty of crocheted lace has become more widely appreciated.
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