Antique Lace Wedding Choker

Antique Lace Wedding Choker by Kirsten Holloway

Project Overview

The Antique Lace Wedding Choker is a delicate crocheted necklace designed by independent designer Kirsten Holloway. This downloadable crochet pattern combines fine thread work with jewelry-making techniques to create an elegant, vintage-inspired choker suitable for weddings and special occasions. The project is classified as Easy/Intermediate difficulty, making it accessible to crocheters with basic to intermediate skills.

What Is Being Made

This pattern creates a fitted choker necklace featuring crocheted lace elements combined with brass jewelry findings. The finished piece includes a main crocheted choker band, decorative crocheted rosette embellishment, and crocheted leaves, all assembled with professional jewelry hardware including a lobster clasp, jump rings, ribbon crimps, and fine brass chain.

Crochet Techniques Used

• Surface slip stitching: A technique that creates decorative lines and details on the surface of crocheted fabric, adding visual interest and texture to the choker band
• Picots: Small decorative loops created along edges, giving the lace its characteristic vintage and delicate appearance
• Shells: Shell stitches create scalloped, fan-like patterns that are fundamental to lace crochet work and contribute to the antique aesthetic

Stitches and Construction

While specific stitch abbreviations are not detailed in the pattern overview, the techniques listed—surface slip stitching, picots, and shells—indicate the use of fundamental crochet stitches combined in ways that produce openwork lace fabric. These techniques are worked across multiple components: the main choker band, a rosette accent, and accompanying leaves.

Materials and Tools

Thread and Hooks: The pattern calls for Aunt Lydia's #10 Thread in Natural as the primary material, requiring 25 yards total. A small amount of pink and green thread is used for the rosette and leaves respectively. Two different hook sizes are specified: a 1.5mm hook for the main choker and a 1.4mm hook for the more delicate rosette and leaf components. Working with fine thread and small hooks creates the intricate lace effect characteristic of this design.

Jewelry Findings and Hardware: The pattern incorporates professional jewelry-making elements including 2 brass ribbon crimps (20mm), 3 brass jump rings (6mm), 1 antique brass lobster clasp (12mm), and 6 inches of fine brass chain (4mm or 5.5mm). One yard of 3/8-inch pink ribbon is included to match the crocheted rosette.

Additional Tools: Pattern completion requires scissors, a yarn needle for weaving in ends and assembly, and needle-nose pliers for manipulating and securing the jewelry fittings.

Design Features

The Antique Lace Wedding Choker combines traditional crochet lace-making with contemporary jewelry assembly. The use of fine #10 thread with small hooks produces delicate, intricate openwork typical of heirloom lace. The inclusion of crocheted embellishments—a rosette and leaves—adds dimensional detail. The brass hardware and chain provide a secure, professional closure and adjustability, while the ribbon accent bridges handmade crochet with polished jewelry elements.