crochet
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While knitters were frustrated that the piece was being represented by crochet, crocheters were irked that the piece talked so much about knitting.
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2026
“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 wore a sleeveless crochet dress with geometric patterns, another a loud multicolored jacket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
She put the handkerchief away and picked up an ivory crochet hook from the marble top of the bureau.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
"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 crochets clothing, blankets, curtains, afghans and other items for herself and for friends.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2014
The popular way of extracting the crochets is to grasp the snake firmly behind the neck with one hand and with the other to tantalise it by offering and withdrawing a red rag.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
She walks around her Boston home and plucks up a fan-made crocheted rabbit toting an ax.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
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
As she walks towards her new engineering life - naturally with a small crocheted World Cup - she says she won't turn her back on the game.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025
She tucked one of her crocheted scarves in my pocket.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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
She said the response to the cafe's "offline nights" had been positive so far, adding: "There were strangers sat on tables together, and a lot of skill sharing such as knitting and crocheting."
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2025
She was crocheting six doilies for Doc’s beer glasses.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
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