Thread Crochet

So I've started doing thread crochet again. It's really no different from any other kind of crochet, just smaller. You get used to the scale after a few rounds.

I also learned that crochet patterns in other countries besides the US use a different system of abbreviations. Instead of the US version, which uses sc, dc, etc., international patterns use dc for sc, and tr for dc. Just a little bit of trivia.

Here's a little history about crochet, from Wikipedia:

No one is sure when it began, but there aren't any references to it before the 19th century in Europe. One of its earliest incarnations, Irish lace, was developed during the Great Irish Famine (1845 - 1849) as a way to generate income for poor Irish people.

Crochet has spread in popularity in the modern era, even being included on television shows like Project Runway. Filet crochet, Tunisian crochet, tapestry crochet, broomstick lace, hairpin lace, cro-hooking, and Irish crochet are all variants of the basic crochet method.

In my next posts, I'll include simple how-to's on crochet basics and new techniques, such as a magic circle and the Japanese foundation row, which eliminates the need for crocheting a chain when working a foundation row of single crochet.