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
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
When Whitaker Pace’s son asked her to buy a now hard-to-find hacky sack, she dug out her own crochet bean bag, untouched for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Dow was blown away by the crochet love, but also by how two very different worlds could come together.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025
After school she usually headed for the library or, if her homework was light, to the King Hill Recreation Center, where she learned to crochet.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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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
In her private life, she likes to make things: She cooks, she crochets, she knits, she sketches, and she makes collages.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2016
There Dolly, now arrayed in white batiste, enters upon the path of dalliance where Dilly left off; and Dilly, relieved from duty, crochets in a window-recess, and silently enjoys her sister's impersonation.
From The Right Stuff Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton by Ian Hay
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
Leider was sporting a bright pink heart necklace that she had crocheted; her dog, Bugzee Siegel, wore a sweatsuit with the word “Sweetheart.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025
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
Mrs Forster believes the knitted and crocheted figures have caught the imagination "because it's different and because people can relate to it".
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2025
In fact, it wouldn’t surprise me at all to find a great pyramid sitting in her lap some day, crocheted in her favorite shades of pink and blue.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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From birdwatching to crocheting, hobbies once seen as old-fashioned are also finding a new audience as people look for inexpensive ways to improve their wellbeing.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 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
Dow is also known for her crocheting skills and has crafted items such as a golden rose to commemorate Marlie Packer's 100th cap.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2025
Aunt Pretty sat in her high-back rocker, crocheting some lacy thing as usual, though for the life of me I couldn’t make out what it was meant to be.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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