CROCHET WORK

krōshāˈ, form of knitting done with a hook, by means of which loops of thread or yarn are drawn through other, preceding loops. Crochet stitches are all based on the chain or single crochet, i.e., a single loop. In double crochet the thread is thrown once about the hook before the loop is drawn. All other stitches and patterns are merely varying combinations of the single or double loop. The art finds its highest expression in Irish crochet, done with the finest thread and hooks in intricate patterns, usually displaying a motif of leaves or flowers set in an open weblike ground. Whole garments, as well as trimmings, hats, and bags are made by the skillful Irish needlewomen.

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books on: Crochet Work  - 358 results

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The Anatomy of Work: Labor, Leisure, and the Implications of Automation
Book by Georges Friedmann, Wyatt Rawson; Free Press of Glencoe, 1961
Subjects: Work
...mans whole personality more truly than work itself does, because he works through necessity, but follows his hobby...Embroidery, Weaving, Dressmaking, Crochet and Knitting, Model-making aeroplanes...machines , Woodwork, Sculpture. 16 WORK AND FREE TIME The variety of objects upon...
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The Global Construction of Gender: Home-Based Work in the Political Economy of the 20th Century
Book by Elisabeth Prügl; Columbia University Press, 1999
Subjects: Foreign Trade And Employment, Home Labor, International Trade, Sex Role In The Work Environment, Women--Employment
...thread embroidery and other fancy work?3 Government vocational training...cookery, laundry, dressmaking, crochet, arts and crafts. The governments...sometimes in addition to secretarial work, was pervasive in Asia?5...lon to teach women textile work, mat weaving and needlework...
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The Unknown Sigrid Undset: Jenny and Other Works
Book by Tim Pace, Tiina Nunnally, Sigrid Undset; Steerforth Press, 2001
Subjects: Undset, Sigrid--1882-1949--Correspondence
...amount these past years by doing crochet work and embroidery for people in Drobak...could easily earn much more: get work from shops in Kristiania perhaps - embroider names on trousseaux and do crochet work: that was in fashion now...
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Social Work and Legislation in Sweden
Book by Swedish Government; Tryckeriaktiebolaget Tiden, 1938
Subjects: Charities--Sweden, Insurance--Sweden, Labor Laws And Legislation--Sweden
...brush-making, basket weaving, cardboard work, wood-carving, carpentry, bast and...of Schoolchildren . working, tailoring, crochet work, weaving, sewing, and shoe repairing. Domestic work, such as house-cleaning and washing up...
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Rural Women at Work: Strategies for Development in South Asia
Book by Ruth B. Dixon; Resources for the Future, 1978
Subjects: Producer Cooperatives--South Asia, Rural Development--South Asia, Rural Women--Employment--South Asia, South Asia--Population Policy, Women--Employment--South Asia
...At first, the women who began jute work were severely criticized by more traditional...KARIKA sells wood carvings, lacquer work, pottery, leatherwork, and cane...shell jewelry, dolls, baskets, and crochet work most of which are made by women...
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The Industrial Work Force of Young Women in Taiwan
Journal article by Linda Gail Arrigo; Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 12, 1980
Subjects: Asia
Case Study work till noon, rest 50 minutes, and then work again till six p.m., for the day shift. They can also work overtime for another hour, and...stays home to help cook or to crochet. The armchair decorations, a...
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Werner Jaegerhuber's Messe Sur Les Airs Vodouesques: The Inculturation of Vodou in a Catholic Mass
Journal article by Robert Grenier, Claude Dauphin; Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 29, 2009
Subjects: Composers--Criticism and interpretation, Jaegerhuber, Werner--Criticism and interpretation, Mass (Catholic Church)--Evaluation, Mass--Evaluation, Masses--Evaluation, Messe sur les Airs Vodouesques (Musical work)--Criticism and interpretation, Voodooism--Evaluation
...celebrations of 1954 the following two works: the secular cantata Trois scenes historiques...his Messe, we find no precedent for his work. Regarding the religious music composed...of assembling the resources for a major work. These four antecedents to the Messe...that merge into Jaegerhubers last major work. Clearly, the Missa Brevis speaks to...his amenability to compose liturgical works. Whereas neither of these bears a trace...
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A Groundwork for West Indian Cultural openness./Un Travail De Terrain Sur L'ouverture Culturelle Dans Les Caraibes
Journal article by Huon Wardle; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 13, 2007
Subjects: Anthropologists--Works, Cultural anthropology, Ethnology, Mintz, Sidney--Works, West Indians--Religious aspects, West Indians--Social aspects
...metal bed-frame, stitches crochet; her son Andrew kneels on the...as she concentrates on her work; Andrew is silent; Angel intones...good if the subject does good work at her bidding; bad if the...calls on her powers to do bad work. If, according to the publicly...and it can be bad. Revival 60 works for the good drawing on the...
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Lire la Pierre: Pouvoir Politique et Sexuel Dans la Sculpture Litteraire Du XIXe Siecle
Journal article by Rosemary Lloyd; Nineteenth-Century French Studies, Vol. 35, 2006
Subjects: Authors, French--Criticism and interpretation, Authors, French--Works, Characters and characteristics in literature--Portrayals, Figure sculpture--Criticism and interpretation, French sculpture--Criticism and interpretation, French writers--Criticism and interpretation, French writers--Works, Literary characters--Portrayals, Sculpture, French--Criticism and interpretation
...ajouter un peu plus tard: "When I make a word do a lot of work, I always pay it more." (Carroll 269-70) Le mot "sculpture...quand lecrivain sen sert comme un simple cliche ou comme un crochet assez banal ou il peut sans grande difficulte attacher des idees...
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The Politics of Antipodean Dress: Consumer Interests in Nineteenth Century Victoria
Journal article by Jane Elliott; Journal of Australian Studies, 1997
Subjects: Clothing and dress--Social aspects, Consumption (Economics)--Social aspects, Social classes--Australia
...labour and long distances between places of work often increased working-class bargaining...over his or her working hours and place of work.(14) To an extent this was restored...pounds sterling for twenty-five minutes work. Such a man could afford to stop by the...
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Home for the Holidays: Big, Pretty Gift Books Celebrate History, House Decor & Handmade Styles
Magazine article by Joy T. Bennett; Ebony, Vol. 64, December 2008
Subjects: Ailey Ascending: A Portrait In Motion (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, Double Stitch: Designs for the Crochet Fashionista (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, Patti LaBelle: Recipes for the Good Life! (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, The Black List (Collection)--Book reviews, The New Traditional: Reinvent--Balance--Define your Home (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...the design world, Carters work has been praised for effortlessly...DOUBLE STITCH: DESIGNS FOR THE CROCHET FASHIONISTA (Interweave Press...and Monika Simmons, takes crochet to new levels with the edgy...Whether you just want a crochet accessory to add to an outfit...
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Expressing Lesbian and Queer Identities in the Works of Three Contemporary Artists of New Mexico
Magazine article by Laurel Lampela; Art Education, Vol. 63, January 2010
Subjects: Gays & lesbians, Homosexuality
...who identify as lesbian or queer create work that is informed by their life experiences. Their works show no literal explanations but depict...writing piece as motivation for a visual work; and * Create a visual work that demonstrates the effect of personal...help students engage closely with the works and to better understand the art and the...
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Tender Buttons: The Art of Charles Ledray
Magazine article by Jeff Weinstein; Artforum International, Vol. 34, Summer 1996
Subjects: Artists--Works, LeDray, Charles--Works
...throw and fire porcelain, crochet - to manipulate any material...His core understanding of his work, however, corresponds to that...hurt or not, artist or not: work is LeDrays life, his seeding...blunt belief in the humanity of work, a textbook affirmation of...1993). The best of these works find immediate entrance into...
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Bach's Goldberg Variations Demystified
Magazine article by Cory Hall; American Music Teacher, Vol. 54, April 2005
Subjects: Bach, Johann Sebastian--Works, Goldberg Variations (Musical work)--Criticism and interpretation, Goldberg Variations (Musical work)--Performances, Gould, Glenn--Works, Piano music--Criticism and interpretation, Piano music--Performances, Piano music--Study and teaching
...tempo relationship of quaver = crochet makes it impossible to play...sarabande-style Variation 26, crochet = 63. (7) This relationship works best if one takes little...editor added them, and get to work! The musical rewards are too...it was Gould who brought the work to the mainstream. (2...
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Spool Loom Creations Take Center Stage
Magazine article by Barbara Herberholz; Arts & Activities, Vol. 132, December 2002
Subjects: Art teachers--Technique, Art--Study and teaching, Artists as teachers, Creative activities and seat work, Elementary school students--Study and teaching, Project method in teaching
...small size (No. 00) steel crochet hook and lift the lower loop...ends inside the tube as you work. To make a small loom that...yarn down through the spool and work around the nails as described...variegated colors) * Needle or small crochet hook for knitting * Materials...
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Work on Knitting or Crochet Projects at Library
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May 18, 2010
Subjects: Public libraries
Work on Knitting or Crochet Projects at Library. Events for adults...ages 18 and up; work on knitting or crochet projects at the library. No registration...Wauconda. Teens and adults who knit, crochet, stitch or bead can bring their current...
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Skeins of Creativity Crochet Artists Push Boundaries of Traditionally Domestic Craft
Newspaper article by Gala M. Pierce; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 16, 2001
...is the site of the show "Crochet: Ancient Craft, Contemporary...have pushed the boundaries of crochet work can attend the show...featured in the show, often crochets yarn of vivid colors around...exhibit and teaches classes in crochet at the Fine Line along with...the matching four mugs. Her work references the domestic arts...crochet as a medium. Symbolic works (more nonfunctional art...
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Skeins of Creativity Crochet Artists Push Boundaries of Traditionally Domestic Craft
Newspaper article by Gala M. Pierce; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 13, 2001
...is the site of the show "Crochet: Ancient Craft, Contemporary...have pushed the boundaries of crochet work can attend the show...featured in the show, often crochets yarn of vivid colors around...exhibit and teaches classes in crochet at the Fine Line along with...the matching four mugs. Her work references the domestic arts...crochet as a medium. Symbolic works (more nonfunctional art...
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Crochet Instructor's Hobby Fits Just Right
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 16, 2000
...craft, becoming a certified crochet instructor after 28 hours...There are so many facets to crochet - jewelry-making, art, fashion, charity work," she said. Sizemore has...currently is teaching "couturier crochet" showing her peers how to...
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Caught Up by Crochet
Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), February 7, 2005
...as long as the colours work together. Those a little...probably know how to crochet themselves. Lace making...but many learned to crochet at their grandmothers...the technique: Patch work hand knit/crochet jacket, pounds 39...
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encyclopedia articles on: Crochet Work  - 4 results

 
 
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Crochet Work
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CROCHET WORK krosha , form of knitting done with a hook, by means...thread or yarn are drawn through other, preceding loops. Crochet stitches are all based on the chain or single crochet, i.e., a single loop. In double crochet the thread...
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Lace
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...needlepoint and bobbin lace, tatting, crochet work , and some fabrics made by netting...exquisite patterns with much raised work. Maltese is coarse and heavy, usually...thread. Limerick lace is tambour work on net. Renaissance or Battenberg...
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Needlework
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
NEEDLEWORK work done with a needle, either plain sewing, mending, or ornamental work such as embroidery , quilting , smocking...applique. Knitting , crocheting (see crochet work ), netting, and tatting are also classified...
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Textiles
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...which a single thread is looped or plaited, as in crochet and netting work and various laces. Most textiles are now produced...1811. Early forms of textile printing are stencil work, highly developed by Japanese artists, and block...


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