But,' said he, 'I can't see what use crochet work would be on overshoes.
She had no time now for crochet work, but there were plenty of antimacassars in the house.
In passing, his foot got entangled in the cotton; at his next step he pulled her crochet work out of her hand and dragged it along; then he lost his temper and kicked it aside.
But it was only ten o'clock when she put away her crochet work.
But she never expressed an opinion; she listened in silence and went on with her crochet work.
Lady Tasker sat with her crochet at the great first-floor window that looked over its balcony out along the Brompton Road.
Mary said nothing, but her crochet needle moved more slowly.
The demand from France for Irish crochet is now far beyond the supply, a condition which leads not only to the rapid repetition by Irish workers of old patterns, but tends also to a gradual debasement of both texture and ornament.
Machine-made Trimming Border in imitation of Irish Crochet Lace.
Attempts have been made to counteract this tendency, with some success, as the specimens of Irish crochet in figs.
Ireland is the best producer of that substantial looped-thread work known ascrochet (see figs.
Miss Hart showed the girls how to crochet a round cover, hooping it to form a ball, and then stuffing it tightly with worsted just before finishing it.
The girls spent an hour or more playing with them and watching their funny antics, and then Miss Hart proposed that they, crochet balls of different color for each little cat.
The tissue paper must be strengthened with a piece of crochet cotton, running round the edge, as shown by the dotted lines, fig.
Work in single crochet once around the edges of the strap to give extra strength.
More even than my own ceremonial dress the bit of crochet woolwork that lay on the edge of the throne seemed to accentuate the drama that was all sight, with never a word spoken.
And why had she sent Evie that piece of crochet as a wedding present?
Billy had been perfectly right when he had said that by costume-sitting and crochet she would hardly make fifteen shillings a week.
And as an explicit note accompanied the Arabs, the crochet teacloth remained unaccounted for.
Its use is now almost confined to the manufacture of what is known as Irish or Limerick lace, which is made on net in the old tambour frames, and with a tambour or crochet hook.
She caught up her crochet hook and thread, and deftly, swiftly, traced the delicate little pattern that Tabitha might see how it was done.
But you make pretty sings with your crochet hook--ze lace on Carrie's collar, n'est pas?
Left alone, Elizabeth looked round the cherished room and noticed that dust lay thick on the sideboard that Mrs. Veitch had dusted so frequently and so proudly, and that the crochet antimacassars on the sofa hung all awry.
Elizabeth swallowed an awkward lump in her throat, and stood fingering the crochet edge of the toilet-cover without saying anything.
Eva wasn't going to crochet any more hoods, and now Jim's out of work again.
The walls were adorned with pictures of Mollie's drawing, and the upholstered chairs and sofa shielded bycrochet lace of Mollie's handiwork.
Then we were silent again, until I suddenly looked up, and found Robert regarding me with eyes so full of love and pity, that I dropped my crochet and covered my face with my hands.
So I was still, and appeared to be puzzling over a new pattern of crochet work.
She wore a long cloak of some rough, dark material and a crochet shawl over her head.
When he lay in bed he seemed still to see her sitting in the corner of the railway carriage, with the white crochet shawl over her head.
With his skull-cap and a crochet shawl over his shoulders he looked grotesque.
Not seldom does an "educated" girl spend her vacation in letter writing and crochet work while her "uneducated" mother toils over the family cooking.
Illustration] This edging may be worked either in Ardern's crochet cotton No.
Fill the plain shuttle with Ardern's crochet cotton No.
Illustration] Fill the plain shuttle with Ardern's crochet cotton No.
Fill the Plain Shuttle with Ardern's crochetcotton No.
Since Irish crochet has returned to favor, however, many have once more taken up theircrochet needles.
A pleasing idea for dumpling cloths is to crochet them in a close stitch with stout tidy cotton.
Crochet them round, with a cord for drawing run into the outer edge.
A crochet mat took my fancy to-day in a shop, and I bought it, thinking I would make one like it.
Charlotte thought she must have been mistaken, and went on unravelling her crochet mat.
Crochet once around the circle, using a shade similar to that of the centre of rug for design, filling in between with the other shade.
Do not cut off the carpet rags at each of the four points after crocheting stitches, but allow each one to remain and crochet over them, then pick up on needle and crochet every time you require stitches of contrasting shade.
Crochet three rows of one color, then mark the rug off into four parts, placing a pin to mark each section or quarter of the rug.
And you might crochet a rug, plain 'Hit or Miss,' of rather bright-colored rags.
Yes, they are somewhat similar to them, but I crochet mine and think them prettier.
You will also require a long, woodencrochet needle, about as thick as an ordinary wooden lead pencil, having a hook at one end, similar to a common bone crochet needle, only larger.
At each of four points crochet one stitch of a contrasting shade.
I think it would be wise to cut all rags of different weight materials before commencing to crochet the rug, so they may be well mixed through.
Lace and crochet come out of the cabin, the yarn from the wool of the 'mountainy' sheep, carded and spun at home, is feeding the latest type of hosiery knitting machine and the hereditary handloom.
Little girls just learning to crochet borrowed their patterns from Tony's wife, and it was considered quite a mark of advancement to have her inspect a bit of lace done by eager, chubby fingers.
She deftly strained and counted them, and, after wiping her fingers, resumed her seat, and took up the endless crochet work, with her usual stifled sigh.
These beautiful little machines are very fascinating, as well as useful; and every lady should have one, as they can make every conceivable kind of crochet or fancy work upon them.
The rest of her attire consisted of a green skirt, a crimson blouse, and a very light fawn coat (portions of costumes that had started life in considerably higher social circles in the village), and a purple crochet scarf.
Next day (if still wet) you repeat from * to *, as they tell us in the crochet patterns.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "crochet" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
