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
Sally has taken this further at her bookshop, running other community clubs alongside book clubs, including a regular crochet group and other "special" events, including book signings.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 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
When she was done, she sat on her rocking chair facing the door, took up a basket of crochet, and began working.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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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
Arrived at the springs, two young trees were cut, a stout branch placed in their crochets and on this the kettle was hung.
From Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel by Willard W. Glazier
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
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
Wildlife volunteer Terry Masear’s devoted, 20-years-and-counting focus on the city’s tiniest constituents makes her something of an all-in-one health care program wherever she goes with her crocheted beds, self-made recovery cages and TLC.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2025
But here now are pretty flowered spring dresses, tweed coats and trousers, crocheted sweaters on fat babies.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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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
Although she enjoys sewing and making clothes, she had not done a lot of knitting or crocheting.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2025
Aunt Pretty put down her crocheting and sighed.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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