Craft Nations: Crochet 101 was supposed to a simple lesson…
In the origins of crochet & the different styles currently in use.
Well, I feel like I have just opened
Pandora’s Box.
(arrrgh!)
Don’t get me wrong,
I knew when I chose the subject for today’s post,
that it would be extensive.
I just didn’t know HOW much so.
I now honestly believe my original instincts were right.
Crochet did
spontaneously
manifest across the world one weekend!
Try and find information on the origins of crochet on the internet,
and you quickly discover that
no one really knows.
Theories abound, but no one has any concrete proof.
It either arrived from the Far East
around the 15th century (possibly by donkey),
or
evolved out of steam
during the 18th century Industrial Revolution.
The vagueness is completely puzzling to me,
We can land on the Moon
but can’t determine the origins of crochet?
Weird.
After a few days trawling my way through the same
toothless theories,
I decided instead, to look at the different types of crochet.
(sigh)
There are millions of different types of crochet.
Oh okay, that’s a slight exaggeration, but there are atleast 129 according to
BUT that is still far too much
for one little blog post.
So I am going
to pick a few types and look at them individually,
(over the next few months).
Looking at Dee’s extensive list
I have decided to try and investigate the following;
Bosnian
Romanian
Russian
Tunisian
& Pjoning, which seems to be a Scandinavian version of Bosnian crochet.
That should keep me busy for a while.
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Sounds good – looking forward to reading about the different types!
It may not be what you originally intended to write about but seems very interesting nonetheless. I’m looking forward to it 🙂
Heidi you crack me up! Good for you for not completely throwing in the towel which I surely would have done. Pretty daunting this crochet business, eh? I like that you’ve found a few types to research and try. I’ll be back to see what you do with those! 🙂
Interesting post and so true regarding the origins. I, too, googled “crochet” once and was surprised by its short history.
Who knew Crcohet was shrouded in so much mystery…hopefully I will be luckier with my next attempt at ‘Craft Nations’!
xxh
Wow! All those types! I have only heard of Tunisian and the ordinary! Looking forward to hearing about the rest.