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  Antique Crochet Designers: Eleonore Riego de la Branchardiere

  Mademoiselle Eleonore Riego de la Branchardiere (Mlle. Riego) was born in England in 1828 to an Irish mother and a French father. A prolific authoress, she published over 70 pattern books during her lifetime. Her very first publication was in 1846, when she was just 18 years old. It is titled “Knitting, Crochet, and Netting…

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  Hannah

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  January 30, 2026