crochet
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“I’ll crochet there or just sit there—that’s me decompressing. It’s everything. It’s my happy place.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Someone had discarded a handmade crochet poncho in soft earth tones on the back of a chair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
One crochet bag design may not be handmade, appearing for sale on Shein, a popular site for dropshippers, who are online retailers operating storefronts without keeping physical inventory.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
"That's why I try to take on a lot of different hobbies, because even if you're going through hard times, when you go into the world of crochet, all those fears are brushed away."
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Eventually she regained the use of her arms and legs enough to be able to move about with assistance, though her hands would never again hold her crochet hook or knitting needles.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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"She's very introverted. She likes to stay home and do little hobbies. She knits and crochets."
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
She also is involved in her church and crochets.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2022
And he crochets: Crawford is part of Needle Wizards, a group that knits clothes and teddy bears for cancer patients and homeless shelters.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 21, 2018
She knits, she crochets and, “in an obsessive craze,” she taught herself how to spin wool.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2018
It was one of his crochets never to have anyone awakened.
From Ishmael Or, In the Depths by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Walters gave him a box filled with handmade items, including piles of mittens, hats, and other items he’d crocheted for children; Collins dropped the box off with a church deacon.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Tucked under her bed and behind cabinets he found more than 50 pieces—including crocheted top hats and sausage-like sculptures—that she’d created.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
There was plenty of inspiration for fashionistas at Stella McCartney's show, including colourful knitwear and crocheted tank tops - but it was the horses that stole the show.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
Later, Mars and Lady Gaga cosplayed a version of “California Dreamin’,” with Stefani Germanotta donning a crocheted cap and prairie dress and going overboard with a kooky psychedelic lean.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2025
I put the crocheted sofa shawl over Mama Ya-Ya.
From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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Guinness says it received more than 1,500 new applications from the country within two months of her cook-a-thon, including events such as reading, singing, and crocheting.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Two weeks before the show, young seamstresses were crocheting floral motifs in mohair and Japanese metallic thread at a south London studio overlooking the Thames river and Big Ben.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
Fiber arts like knitting, crocheting, and embroidery have never been completely apolitical.
From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2026
James Wyman supported the popular theory that it was a device used for knitting, while Lauren Dolphin, from Essex, said: "It is for crocheting gloves, different holes for different finger/thumb sizes."
From BBC ● May 4, 2024
And Adah, crocheting black borders on napkins and tossing them to the wind.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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