Crochet Designs of Anne Orr

Anne Orr was a prolific designer in the early 1900s. She designed not only crochet but also knitting, tatting, quilting and embroidery. She had almost 100 designs published between 1910-1945. Many were done in partnership with thread companies but she often published them herself. She was inducted into the Quilters Hall of Fame in 1980 and they have an excellent summary of her work.
The booklet of her designs that I have was published in 1978 by Dover Publications. Most of the patterns included in it are patterns published with J & P Coats Inc from 1917-1923.

Her designs are almost all thread and often size 20-50 thread. The Shamrock Yoke below is made with size 50 thread and the Yoke with Sleeves is size 20.

​Most of the patterns in this booklet are also a filet style crochet.

​There were lots of collars, yokes and inserts but I thought this sweater was stunning.

There were some instructions included and the cross-stitch patterns that were stitches onto many of the articles made were very pretty.

I did find one easy project that was not made from thread. I'll be making a baby sachet.

I'm now on BlueSky and I post under aronningen.bsky.social.  I've been working my way backwards through all of my projects on Ravelry so if you want to see all the things I make, not just the vintage ones, that's a great place to see it. If you do, I recommend clicking on the pictures and reading the alt text for the more recent posts.