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The only major textile craft no machine has ever learned to do.
means Crochet is the craft of creating fabric by pulling loops of yarn through other loops with a single hooked needle.
from From French crochet, "little hook," a diminutive of croche or croc, "hook" — itself from a Germanic root for a bend or crook, a cousin of the same family that gives us "crook" and "crochet"s near-twin "crotchet" (a musical note named for its hooked shape). The craft and its name spread through Europe in the 19th century, the tool naming the trade: a hook so essential the whole art is simply called after it.
- machine-proof
- Industrial looms can't replicate its slip-loop motion
- war effort
- WWI soldiers crocheted in trenches to steady nerves
- hyperbolic geometry
- Mathematicians use it to model impossible curved space
- name origin
- From French croc, meaning hook
- coral reefs
- A crocheted reef spans thousands of contributors worldwide
amigurumi — japanese craft of crocheting small stuffed toys, originated in 1990s japan
doilies — delicate crocheted lace mats that decorated victorian homes throughout the 1800s-1900s
granny square blankets — iconic crocheted afghans made from joining small squares, popularized in 1970s-80s