A lace effect created with a hook and yarn on a piece of clothing or footwear.

Needlework fabric made by looping yarn with a hooked needle. Soft-sided handbags made with crochet needlework come in many different styles, colors, sizes, and textures because of the variety of stitches in crochet and knit needlework. Also see - KNIT Handbag made with a crochet exterior Made by - THE SAK photo provided by substatic

Decorative knitted looping technique with a special needle. Often made in to shawls and blankets, made popular by the 1960s hippie movement.

A hooked instrument used for removing an aborted fetus. (F. croche, hook).

The word crochet is derived from the Middle French word croc or croche, meaning hook. It describes the process of creating fabric from a length of cord, yarn, or thread with a hooked tool. The origin of the crochet technique is a subject of considerable controversy. The word is not to be confused with 'crotchet', otherwise known as a quarter note.

The use of a single hooked needle to create fabric from a continuous series of yarn loops. From the French word for hook.

create by looping or crocheting; "crochet a bedspread"

make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle; "She sat there crocheting all day"

A knitting process that creates a fabric by a series of interlocking loops rather than rows of stitches. Needlework that is used to form an ornamented design on the hose whether it is sheer or "wool-like" in texture.

A process that creates a design or garment by interlocking looped stitches. Needlework that is used to form a lacy design or pattern on hosiery.

French term for needlework actually done with a specialized hook tool called a crochet - most often used for doilies, bureau scarves and large bedding items such as coverlets, shams and bands of trimming on solid-piece items.

Loose, open knit made by looping thread with a hooked needle. Used for light, summer sweaters.

To make or decorate a fabric by looping thread with a hooked needle.

a tiny hook, as might be found on the bottom of the foot of an insect

a type of lace worked with a crochet hook from one continuous thread. Patterns can be quite intricate. The finest crochet laces are those made with very fine cotton or linen thread, using a very small hook.

Curved hooks that are found at the terminal end of prolegs

in mammalian dentition, a hook-like branch from a molar loph. See image at lophodont.