Final Project: Skill investigation - Crochet hook | Project

Intention

Crochet is a process of creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn, thread, or strands of other materials using a crochet hook. These are made of materials such as metal, wood, or plastic and are manufactured commercially and produced in artisan workshops. The salient difference between crochet and knitting, beyond the implements used for their production, is that each stitch in crochet is completed before proceeding with the next one, while knitting keeps a large number of stitches open at a time.The goal of this project is to present a couple crochet hook projects I did before and share my experience in crochet design.

Tools

I tried out crochet with a kind of grass thread.

Plastic wire

A crochet.

Lucky Bag

To make this lucky bag, I start with the base, using crochet to create a big circle by adding more and more hooks. Then I created the body of this bag by keeping the same amount of hooks in every round.

Cup Holder

The fist item I build is a cup holder, helping my mother to hold her cup when filling with hot tea. The pattern I created here is very basic, repeating the same pattern until this piece is long enough to cover the whole cup. Then I crocheted the beginning part with the end part.

Basket

The making process of this basket is somehow similar to the lucky bag. However, the lucky bag is very soft and flexible, which is not ideal for a basket. To make this basket stronger, I woven a plastic wire in the whole basket so that the wire can keep the basket in a good shape for holding different objects.

Reflection

Just like most of other textile technology, the crochet requires some planning work before actually making anything. The learning process takes a lot of time for me to be comfortable about using one needle to create a fancy pattern. To create a more advanced pattern, many other components like button, lace would be needed. Generally speaking, crochet is a good method to create hand-making pattern in both traditional textile and soft circuit.