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Posted by Purple Kat on September 6, 2006, 8:04 pm
Well, I am a Medieval Reinacter and I can tell you that as far as
anyone can find <this is after extensive searching through
archaelogical artifats> that crochet is after 1600.
Also - many say that crochet is 'Nun's Work', and quote some important
Museum's History Dept. - again NOT!
Many European Languages don't have a word for crochet, instead they
use the word for knit(ting). This causes confustion and
mis-translating when going into English.
Beyond that I can't help you.
Purple Kat
>Every Wednesday at work one person will present an interest or hobby of
>theirs to the rest of us. It's just a fun thing for us to get together
>and do. I want to tell everyone about crochet, but I need to try to
>keep it somewhat interesting since I will have a mixed audience! (old &
>young, men and women) Does anyone know of any interesting facts about
>crochet that I might share? I did find a couple Web pages that lists
>some famous people that crochet, that's kinda neat. I'm also going to
>bring in a sample square that I am crocheting from plastic grocery bags
>:) I will also tell a little about the history of crochet.
>
>Anything else that you can suggest would be great!
>Thanks!
>Sandy
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