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crochet

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






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If someone makes the Sailor Slippers, you can talk to them about how the original creator filed a copyright takedown against a designer who adapted the pattern for crochet.

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

Actress and singer Jane Birkin later immortalized the see-through crochet dress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

She identified Howard’s overcoat and his scarf pin, and a crochet needle that belonged to Alice.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

"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

Jeunette says she thinks of the little child who will someday sleep in her pale pink blanket as she crochets it.

From Washington Times ● May 27, 2018

Although I got my crochets, all right, I'm not that old.

From No Great Magic by Fritz Leiber

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

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

Cressie crocheted four eight-legged octopuses out of various colors of yarn to sit on the bed.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

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

Pudge was hunched over crocheting a tablecloth under her desk.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang


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