I include here a short video of making the Clones Knot. I must admit that it isn’t a very good detailed video, given the limited equipment I have, but the video can at least give some idea of how the stitch is made. I will try to make a more detailed, closer video next time.

The Clones Knot was used to make the Lantana Flower and the Bougainvillea Flower.

I also include the illustrations and instructions from two antique pattern books showing how to make The Clones Knot.

Thank you very much to the Antique Pattern Library for making so many antique books available where the books “Priscilla Irish Crochet Book No. 1” and “DMC Irish Crochet Lace” may be found.

Note: The video is in .MOV format and about 8MB in size

Update: Thanks to Eileen and Barb for sending a link to a video by Maire Treanor. Eileen notes: “In the last few days Maire Treanor has made available to everyone a video of her making a Clones Knot as taught to her by women who worked and taught in the Lace industry in Ireland around the Clones area in county Monaghan.”

It is a video worth looking at, clearly showing the technique for making the overs/loops more even.

Thank you, Eileen, Barb and Maire!

Photo 2: Here is what I have practiced so far using two methods - method from Lula Harvey’s Priscila book (the two knots on top) and Maire’s method (the two knots below) as shown on the video (thanks, Jeff). I used cotton 10 and .95mm steel hook.
am still more used to Lula Harvey’s method but I am starting to get a hold of Maire’s method. In both cases, my main problem is getting the knots 100% snug so that a loop will not fall out. Sometimes they look really perfect, tight, even, and sometimes they look horrible. ;)

Thanks to Cheri for the advise about the hook, which always goes under the thread in Maire’s method. Switching from Lula’s method I always felt that the hook needed to alternate between going under and going over.

Photo: Knots in blue - Thanks to Maire’s reminder to use ch 2, sl st to the other side of the knot - “This makes the knot sit up and is a lot more effective.”