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crochet

[kroh-shey, kroh-shey, -shee] / kroʊˈʃeɪ, ˈkroʊ ʃeɪ, -ʃi /






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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

"I don't think it is useful to spend this money on tigers," she said, working on a yellow piece of crochet.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 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

I’m expecting lace doilies, like the ones my grandmother used to crochet before she had to leave her home behind and come to this country.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

"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

“I need, 1,2,3,4,5, I need two more rows,” Dorthy Reno said as she crochets.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 22, 2014

The thirteenth century shaped those low and stunted pillars, whose capitals are crowned with water-lilies, water-parsley, foliage with large leaves, voluted with crochets and turned in the form of a crosier.

From En Route by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans

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

I watched as she pulled the crocheted dress onto the creepy doll.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez

In court, prosecutor Brendan Kissane listed the activities open to Patterson in prison, including an exercise yard and access to hobbies including crocheting.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 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

“I tried so many crafts. I can’t paint, can’t draw. I tried doing the embroidery hoops and the crocheting of little animals,” Owolo said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2025

She was crocheting six doilies for Doc’s beer glasses.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck




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