crocheting

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Maya Lane, 23, says she usually spends her train journeys reading or crocheting.

From BBC • May 30, 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

Growing up in upstate New York, they were kept busy at home by their mother, Ruth, with a variety of activities that included crocheting, knitting, doing embroidery, building walls, planting trees and even beekeeping.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2025

I can’t get you one with embroidery on it or crocheting along the edges, but I’ll get you some toilet paper if you tell me to.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston