Crochet Me Crazy

I woke up to a soggy morning. It dried up though and became a lovely day. I was busy catching up on mounds of laundry today since I didn't get done for the past two days that my husband was off of work. The ferrier came today. Went down to the barn and talked to him for a bit while he worked. He's an interesting guy and always has lots of philisophical things to say. Alison has the baby llama on a halter now. I go down and scoop llama poop and she works with her...her name is Metzel. I should take some pictures of her. Other than that...pretty uneventful day.

Since I don't have anything interesting to say, I'll share something I read in the Maggie Weldon email today. A little Crochet History for you!

Crochet University - History of Crochet : Maggie Weldon, Free Crochet Patterns

History of Crochet

Crochet is a method of using yard or thread and a hook to create fabric. The word “crochet” comes from the French language, meaning hook. While most countries use the term “crochet” to describe this process of making fabric, Norwegians call it “hekling”, the Dutch call it “haken”, the Danish language refers to it as “haekling” and the Swedes call it virkning. An actual origin date for crochet is not certain, but there are some references that date back to the 16thCentury. According to crochet expert Annie Potter, the art of modern crochet was developed in Europe where the French called it crochet lace and the English called it chain lace. Lis Paludan, a writer and researcher from Denmark, searched for the history of crochet in Europe and found several theories for the origin. Evidence that Paludan found shows this art form either originated in Arabia, South America or China. The problem is that no one has been able to find an estimate of the date of origin, making it difficult to determine the historical beginnings of crochet.

Other forms of handwork that are similar to crochet include knitting, weaving and embroidery. These arts forms have documentation that outline a historical time line of origin, but crochet does not have this same historical dating. Crochet started to become popular in Europe in the early 19thcentury when Riego de la Branchardiere began designing and duplicating patterns for people to use. This style of crochet is often referred to as Irish crochet, and is among some of the first documented