ABOUT CROCHET
HI FRIENDS,
HERE AM SHARING SOME INFORMATIONS ABOUT CROCHET.
CROCHET IS A HANDMADE CRAFT....INTERESTING AND FUN HOBBY, FOR HOMEMAKERS..
USING CROCHET HOOKS, DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF PATTERNS LIKE DOILIES, COASTERS, SWEATERS,SOCKS,SCARF,DRESS,ETC.. CAN BE MADE..
CROCHET MEANING "SMALL HOOK" ..DERIVED FROM FRENCH TERM...
FIRST INSTRUCTION ABOUT CROCHET WAS PUBLISHED IN 1823 IN DUTCH MAGAZINE..
ITS A 19th CENTURY CRAFT...
CROCHET NEEDLES SOME TIMES CALLED "SHEPHERDS' HOOKS"...
THESE HOOKS ARE MADE OF STEEL,IVORY, OR BOX-WOOD.
CROOKED SHAPE HOOK TERMED CROCHET..
THIS ART ATTAINED ITS HIGHEST DEGREE OF PERFECTION IN ENGLAND.
TRANSPLANTED TO FRANCE AND GERMANY AND BOTH COUNTRIES ,ALTHOUGH UNJUSTIFIABLY HAVE CLAIMED THE INVENTION....
I HOPE OUR GRANDPARENTS OR OUR ANCESTORS KNOW WELL ABOUT THIS CRAFT..
HOWEVER .. ITS A OLD CRAFT ... NOWADAYS IT'S FADING OFF....
THANK YOU... CATCH YOU SOON... STAY SAFE..
Evolution of crochet!!
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