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crochet work
crochet work , form of knitting done with a hook, by means of which loops of thread or yarn are drawn through other, preceding loops. Crochet stitches are all based on the chain or single crochet, i.e., a single loop. In double crochet the thread is thrown once about the hook before the loop is drawn. All other stitches and patterns are merely varying combinations of the single or double loop. The art finds its highest expression in Irish crochet, done with the finest thread and hooks in intricate patterns, usually displaying a motif of leaves or flowers set in an open weblike ground. Whole garments, as well as trimmings, hats, and bags are made by the skillful Irish needlewomen.
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Credo.(Poem)
Magazine article from: Commonweal; 6/4/2004; ; 68 words
; ...look to not man nor woman. A theory of beauty? Listen: wing and toil, breath. All measure is a great swing suspended by the finest thread of air. Assonance delivers soul, consonance is quickened echo. In moonlight even the stopped bell rings. There is economy...
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My Favourite Dress, Fit for a Princess By Jessica Dixon.(Sport)
Newspaper article from: Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England); 11/28/2006; 335 words
; ...fit for a princess. It's french-laced, hem lying in perfect lining with double cross-stitched seams, sewn with only the finest thread. A plunging neckline, lavished in jewels, each individual ruffle made by the smoothest and most crafted hands, each positioned...
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METS ON THE WRONG END OF THE BREAKS
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; ...late editions. NEW YORK -- If you don't believe that the line between winning and losing in baseball can be thinner than the finest thread, ask the Mets. For 10 consecutive wins, they basked in fortune's light. Maybe they didn't get all the breaks, but they'd...
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Try Me: Eylure false lashes
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/4/1994; ; 359 words
; ...glitter star sequins. The effect was almost as mesmerising. Applying the lashes was surprisingly simple. All it took was the finest thread of glue and a steady hand, and before I could say "Liza Minnelli", the glue was set and I was batting my eyelids uncontrollably...
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NOODLES TO THE NTH DEGREE
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 10/18/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...mop of this filaments. "In ancient times, making handmade noodles was an entertainment for emperors," said Fu. Taken to the finest thread, the noodles are then deep-fried into "golden hay," which looks very much like bits of toasted coconut. The process can be...
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STONE DRESS
Magazine article from: Femspec; 1/1/2004; ; 305 words
; ...forget about you and the days all ran together and my hair grew thin as I tried to trace the roots of things back to their finest thread. One morning dark as standing water in an abandoned pool you came back though I didn't hear your approach or feel the earth...
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Labour of love gets to work.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England); 3/3/2004; 700+ words
; ...being suffocated by food. Mum, Joanne, and dad, David, were never actually told their baby was clinging on to life by the finest thread, but they knew it was true all the same. Days and crisis points came and went as doctors battled to discover what was the...
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lace
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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textiles
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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