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crocheter

crocheter

1 4.2
A person who makes things with yarn and a small hooked needle
  • noun
  • /kroʊˈʃeɪtər/
: ganchillera
  • I am a knitter, crocheter, and quilter, and I don't think people realize the hours that are involved and the expense.

Examples

  • Using the abundance of help and information in the patterns, numerous crocheters have crocheted a FreshStitches animal as their first crochet project! ... more

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  • She is a comedian, a musician, crocheter, a very proud lesbian.

  • Not a crocheter either, apparently.

  • I very nearly called out, "And crocheters too!"

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  • I've been a crocheter for 35 years, believe it or not, and I really want to enter a contest of some sort.

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  • I am an avid crocheter; I never would have dreamed of doing what you gals have done.

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  • I thought that by collecting handmade hats and giving them out directly to the communities that lost, I could bring a little bit of warmth and love from knitters and crocheters all over the world.

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  • If knitters, crocheters, and sewers are good at anything, it's making warm things, so please join us in a Sandy Craftalong to stitch up some warmth.

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  • The knitters'/crocheters' website, Ravelry, has an astronomically long forum thread on "annoying things non-knitters have said to you," about half of which are variants on "where do you find the time?"

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  • As a dedicated crocheter, she creates beautiful blankets and scarves with colorful yarn.

Synonyms

crafter
vscrocheter
7 3.7

A person who makes useful or decorative things by hand

is narrower limited to a single yarn based textile method
handicraftsman
vscrocheter
1 7.2

A person who makes useful or decorative things by hand

is more specific focusing on one textile technique using yarn

Surface Forms

crocheter singular
crocheters plural

Morphology

crocheter = crochet (transparent) = crochet + er

The agentive suffix '-er' straightforwardly forms 'one who crochets' from the verb 'crochet'.

Etymology

Crocheter comes from the word crochet, a French word meaning 'small hook' and related to the English word 'hook'. A crocheter is someone who makes things from yarn with that small hook, so the name fits the craft.