(n.) A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively.
(v. t. & i.) To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to crochet a shawl.
Example Sentences:
(1) Googlers in 2014 were also asking for tips on learning new skills, with the most popular being “how to draw”, followed by “how to kiss” and “how to crochet”.
(2) Because of our slightly younger average age and city location, we were supposedly one of the "new wave" WIs that had started springing up in the years before – groups that rejected crochet and did more modern activities, often with more than a tinge of irony.
(3) • 370-372 Morningside Road, 0131-447 3042, loopylornas.com Slow down with a bit of knitting K1 Yarns, Edinburgh Fabulous knitting shop K1 Yarns is running workshops every Thursday, Saturday and Sunday in August, including Fair Isle knitting classes, beginners courses on knitting and crochet and a very handy class on how to knit socks (prices start from £15).
(4) Some of them presented talks in which they applied high level maths to crochet, knitting, needlework and quilting.
(5) Sales of knitted or crocheted scarves and shawls also edged down in 2014.
(6) It's all enormously cheering, with Gatiss once again succeeding in crocheting the macabre into something you could place a cupcake on.
(7) You have local working-class Germans who remained in Kreuzberg, and Turkish migrants collaborating; so everything is written in both German and Turkish, they’re all networked.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest The gigantic crocheted tribute to Wes Anderson which appeared at Bushwick Flea Market in Brooklyn.
(8) After a “yarn-bombing” artist, with the support of the hipster Bushwick Flea market, put up a 15ft crochet homage to Wes Anderson on the exterior wall of his family home in Bushwick without asking for permission, New Yorker Will Giron wrote: “Gentrification has gotten to the point where every time I see a group of young white millennials in the hood my heart starts racing and a sense of anxiety starts falling over me.” *** The argument that gentrification represents a kind of urban neocolonialism is hard to miss.
(9) There is a palpable likemindedness, a set of shared assumptions that go beyond "I assume you're going to put some Tunisian crochet in that patchwork quilt."
(10) Elsewhere, I saw someone crocheting a bra, which should really be new grist to the mill of bra-based feminist disparagement.
(11) I feared being at a party, some years hence, where all the other women were assiduously crocheting fruit stalks with their tongues, while I stood in the corner going, "So!
(12) "Then one day, overhearing me ask the shopkeeper if my crochet magazine had arrived, a total stranger suggested I come to the Knit and Natter group meeting in Biddulph library on Wednesday afternoon … It seems an exaggerated claim, I know, but the ensuing visit to the library has made such a radical change to my life.
(13) Use of the perforator, hook and crochet, and manual dilatation of the cervix had been abandoned.
(14) (A branch calling itself the Shoreditch Sisters , set up in 2007, has concerned itself with crocheting protest signs and campaigning against female genital mutilation.)
(15) "Ian Johnson, a former Boise State, All-American, Running Back, in American Gridiron Football, used to crochet all the time," reports Scott Davenport.
(16) In fact, I believe that MP Stella Creasy’s PhD in social psychology is composed entirely of sixth form essays, which she crocheted together while looking attractive and politely agreeing with Tories.
(17) This is actually how Sørensen speaks: Her sentences are constructed like intricate pieces of crochet, the words slotted into place in English that sounds as if it has been lifted from the pages of a period drama.
(18) A post shared by Vanity Fair (@vanityfair) on Feb 28, 2017 at 10:02am PST The photo shoot, by the acclaimed fashion photographer Tim Walker, showed Watson in an open, white crocheted bolero jacket with no bra or shirt underneath.
(19) The women have asked volunteers around the world to help sew, crochet or knit pink hats with ears by using simple patterns available on the project’s website.
(20) UK manufacturers of knitted or crocheted gloves reported a 21% drop in sales between 2013 and 2014, down from £2.5m to £2.0m, the ONS said.
Loop
Definition:
(n.) A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.
(n.) A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which a hook can be hooked into; an eye, as of metal; a staple; a noose; a bight.
(n.) A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
(n.) A curve of any kind in the form of a loop.
(n.) A wire forming part of a main circuit and returning to the point from which it starts.
(n.) The portion of a vibrating string, air column, etc., between two nodes; -- called also ventral segment.
(v. t.) To make a loop of or in; to fasten with a loop or loops; -- often with up; as, to loop a string; to loop up a curtain.
Example Sentences:
(1) In contrast to L2 and L3 in L1 the mid gut runs down in a straight line without any looping.
(2) The Ta loop was a smooth, elongated ellipse in configuration and showed clockwise rotation in all planes, as did the P loop.
(3) Five patients have been examined by defecography before and four after closure of a loop ileostomy performed to cover healing of the pouch and ileoanal anastomoses.
(4) The molecule may already in its native form have an extended conformation containing either free sulfhydryl groups or small S-S loops not affecting mobility in SDS-PAGE.
(5) The ability of ligand to stimulate its own synthesis and that of its receptor suggests the presence of an autocrine positive feedback loop, however we were unable to break this loop in the breast cancer cells by antibodies that blocked the interaction of TGF alpha with the EGF receptor.
(6) But still we have to fight for health benefits, we have to jump through loops … Why doesn’t the NFL offer free healthcare for life, especially for those suffering from brain injury?” The commissioner, however, was quick to remind Davis that benefits are agreed as part of the collective bargaining process held between the league and the players’ union, and said that they had been extended during the most recent round of negotiations.
(7) The NAD-dependent enzymes (except alpha-GPDH) showed a stronger reactivity in the proximal tubules, while the NADP-dependent ones were more reactive in the thick limb of Henle's loop and distal convoluted tubules.
(8) Furthermore, we demonstrate that reduction of the disulfide bonds of a pre-processed A-loop containing heterodimeric insulin peptide is required to further process insulin into a T cell epitope.
(9) Because the contour length of these loops was proportionate to the DNA content of the superinfecting lambda phage, it was concluded that the fibers contained DNA condensed 6.5-fold in blocks of about 250 base pairs.
(10) We attribute the greater strength of the step-cut repair to the additional number of epitendinous loops, which lie perpendicular to the long axis of the tendon.
(11) To evaluate the acute changes in left ventricular (LV) performance before and immediately after percutaneous aortic valvuloplasty, 25 patients underwent first-pass radionuclide angiocardiography for construction of pressure-volume loops.
(12) A state of net secretory fluid flux was induced in isolated jejunal loops in weanling pigs by adding theophylline or cholera toxin to the lumen of the isolated loops.
(13) The most striking changes in growth rate resulted from mutations that altered a small internal loop within the S8 binding site.
(14) Piretanide blocks the Na+ 2Cl- K+ cotransporter protein in the thick ascending limb (TAL) of the loop of Henle reversibly.
(15) There is Ed Sheeran , with a guitar and loop pedal, and Chris Martin leaping around the stage with the rest of Coldplay providing a dourer backdrop.
(16) Although a nephric loop (loop of Henle) is lacking, the tubules appear to be structurally well adapted for efficient ion and water reabsorption.
(17) If this is the only issue, flight would be fine, but need to make sure that it isn’t symptomatic of a more significant upstream root cause.” Elon Musk (@elonmusk) Btw, 99% likely to be fine (closed loop TVC wd overcome error), but that 1% chance isn't worth rolling the dice.
(18) Two long loops extend from the beta-barrel and have numerous interactions with the other two domains.
(19) The principles behind the operation of this closed-loop system, an some alternative designs that simplify the implant procedure, are described here.
(20) The strong magnetic field of the super-conducting MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) apparatus could cause problems in the presence of metallic foreign material, such as the metal clips and loops of intraocular lenses and steel as suturing material.