Crochet

• Calgary teens create ‘everlasting bouquets’ for kids in hospital

  Members of a leadership club at Forest Lawn High School are crocheting flowers, then putting them together to make bouquets.

  Features

  Mar 21, 2024
  
• ‘A piece of home’: N.S. crochetier’s Maud Lewis-inspired project goes viral

  Nova Scotia-born Grace Tompkins went viral on social media last week after sharing a hand-made crocheted sweater inspired by artist Maud Lewis.

  Canada

  Mar 7, 2023
  
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• Edmonton students crochet hats for Ronald McDonald House

  Students from Lillian Osborne High School delivered handmade hats for premature babies to the Ronald McDonald House.

  Canada

  Dec 11, 2022
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• Nursing home residents knit Remembrance Day poppy display: ‘We must always remember’

  Oakwood Terrace Nursing Home resident Evelyn Graves said she was excited when she approached by staff about helping to create a special Remembrance Day art display.

  Canada

  Nov 10, 2020
• Volunteers knit baby baskets to help those grieving pregnancy and infant loss in Alta., Sask.

  "We just wanted to provide that soft barrier, but still be able to hold and feel all the creases of your baby," said board member Vanessa Braun.

  Features

  Oct 26, 2020
• Coronavirus: 94-year old Kingston senior keeps busy with her knitting

  Johanna Klaassen is passionate about her knitting, and during the COVID pandemic, she has crocheted a 40-square blanket she has nicknamed her COVID blanket.

  Canada

  May 16, 2020
• Creepy crochet: Doctors grow human ‘skin yarn’ for stitching up cuts

  French researchers have used human cells to grow a skin-crawling replacement for surgical thread.

  Trending

  Feb 6, 2020
• Knitting site Ravelry bans pro-Trump content for ‘white supremacy’

  Knitters and crocheters are divided over the site's new policy to ban pro-Trump content while allowing anti-Trump sentiment to flourish.

  World

  Jun 25, 2019
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• Polish artist accused of harming marine life near Cancun in Mexico

  A Polish artist famed for slipping crocheted covers around unlikely objects has gotten into hot water in Mexico for slipping her brightly colored work around underwater sculptures near Cancun.

  World

  Aug 16, 2014