crochet hook
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of crochet hook
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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With the yarn in one hand and a crochet hook in the other, she intricately worked in more of the neon pink, highlighter yellow and tortoise blue that she’d hand-dyed in her kitchen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
While the Johns might be a retro-nod to the past, the crochet hook into the world of drag culture also taps into creating a feeling of wellbeing, the University of Northampton said.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2022
Her laptop is next to her, and she has a crochet hook and is turning a skein of chunky gray yarn into a scarf.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 13, 2018
Eventually she puts aside her crochet hook, recommends a home remedy for coughing to audience members, and sweetly beguiles them into the heightened world of the 100-minute play, which occurs in present-day Pittsburgh.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2013
She was carrying a suitcase-sized pocketbook, from which protruded a pair of knitting needles, some mending, crochet hook, baby’s bottle, and copy of the Scientific American.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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