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Crochet

noun

Needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle. Synonym: crocheting.

verb

(past & past part. crocheted; pres. part. crocheting)

Create by looping or crocheting.

Make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle. Synonym: hook.

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"Crochet" Quotes from Famous Books

... violently that the crochet-hook fell from her hands. "My dear Hilda!" she said plaintively, "you quite take my breath away. I—really, my dear, I don't know what to say. Where ...

— Hildegarde's Holiday - a story for girls • Laura E. Richards

... is a quaver and a crochet alternately in every bar, except in the last, in which the in make two semiquavers; the e is supposed by Grammarians to be cut off, which any one's ear will readily determine not to ...

— The Botanic Garden. Part II. - Containing The Loves of the Plants. A Poem. - With Philosophical Notes. • Erasmus Darwin

... your eyes ache; the ornaments on it looked as if they had never been touched by mortal hand; the piano was an object for distant admiration, not an instrument to be played on; the carpet made Mr. Troy look nervously at the soles of his shoes; and the sofa (protected by layers of white crochet-work) said as plainly as if in words, "Sit on me if you dare!" Mr. Troy retreated to a bookcase at the further end of the room. The books fitted the shelves to such absolute perfection that he had some difficulty in taking one of them out. When he had ...

— My Lady's Money • Wilkie Collins

... about me, and just at the right time I walk across the stage and make an awful hit. I told Jerry that if I went [LAURA crosses to sofa, picks up candy-box, puts it upon desk, gets telegram from table, crosses to centre.] on he'd have to come across with one of those Irish crochet lace gowns. He fell for it. Do you know, dearie, I think he'd sell out his business just to have me back on the stage for a couple of weeks, just to give box-parties every night for my en-trance ...

— The Easiest Way - Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911 • Eugene Walter

... only an incentive to extra caution, which you must admit is an admirable thing for me." Suarez shook his head doubtfully as he went forward to get the boat in the water and O'Connor laughed at his officer's crochet. ...

— A Voyage with Captain Dynamite • Charles Edward Rich

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