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The Collaborative International Dictionary
crocheting

crocheting \crocheting\ n.

  1. something created by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle.

    Syn: crochet.

  2. creating a garment of needlework.

Wiktionary
crocheting

n. needlework made using a crochet vb. (present participle of crochet English)

WordNet
crocheting
  1. n. needlework done by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle [syn: crochet]

  2. creating a garment of needlework

Usage examples of "crocheting".

Dry Goods, she purchased a magazine dedicated to crocheting, a half-dozen skeins of thick yarn and a fat wooden crochet hook as big around as her finger, which the sales clerk assured her was best for a beginner to use.

Meredith put away the groceries and sat down with her crochet hook and the magazine with the illustrated crocheting instructions.

He had been killed, presum ably, by a long slender needle called a crocheting needle in one part of the story and a knitting needle in another paragraph.

Painting led to weaving and crocheting was brought in from my childhood.

Winifred carried a coral satin work-bag embroidered with carnations and was crocheting a silk necktie peculiarly suited to fierce onslaught on the enemy.

This evening, instead of crocheting, she was intent on putting together a jigsaw puzzle.

This he did, once I had drawn a simple picture to show what I wanted, and from then on I was able to occupy myself for a few hours each day crocheting a shawl, as my ayah in Delhi had taught me years ago.