Lexic.us

Definition of Double crochet

1. Noun. A kind of crochet stitch.

2. Verb. Make by double stitching. "They double crochet the cape "

Lexicographical Neighbors of Double Crochet

double chins double click double clinch double compartment hydrocephalus double concave lens double consciousness double contrast enema double convex lens double cousin double coverage

double cream double creams double creme double crenate double crochet (current term) double cropping double cross double crossover double crossovers double dagger

double daggers double damages double dare double dared double dares double daring double date double dated double dates

Literary usage of Double crochet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Home Maker by Jane Cunningham Croly (1889)
"... one double crochet in loop of five chain*, repeat four times, one single crochet in treble crochet of last row, five chain, shell on shell, ..."

2. The Illustrated Magazine of Art (1854)
"Make a chain of 12 loops, turn back, and work the 12 : • double crochet. ... 3rd : Work double crochet in each loop all round. 4th : Chain 5, mise 2, ..."

3. Vision: A Magazine for Youth (1893)
"2d round—Work 1 double crochet, 1 treble, 3 long treble, 1 treble, 1 double crochet, all under each of the six spaces of two chain, and join evenly at end ..."

4. The Young Lady's Book: A Manual of Amusements, Exercises, Studies, and Pursuits by Matilda Anne Planche Mackarness (1888)
"It must be crocheted together, by working * a stitch of double crochet into ... For the mouth of the purse, work 2 stitches of double crochet into each of ..."

5. Occupations for Little Fingers: A Manual for Grade Teachers, Mothers and by Elizabeth Sage, Anna Maria Cooley (1910)
"Jacket: Begin with a shell of four double crochet in every third stitch of the yoke, until you reach the first point of the yoke; then make a chain of nine ..."

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