CROCHETING

crocheting

(noun) creating a garment of needlework

crochet, crocheting

(noun) needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

crocheting

present participle of crochet

Noun

crocheting (usually uncountable, plural crochetings)

needlework made using a crochet

Source: Wiktionary


CROCHET

Cro*chet" (kr-sh"), n. Etym: [F. crochet small hook. See Croche.]

Definition: A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively. Crochet hook, Crochet needle, a small hook, or a hooked needle (often of bone), used in crochet work.

Cro*chet", v. t. & i. [imp. & p.p. Crocheted (shd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Crocheting (-sh"ng).]

Definition: To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to rochett a shawl.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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