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Specially formulated thread
Crochet thread is specially formulated thread usually made from mercerized cotton for crafting decorative crochet items such as doilies or filet crochet. Crochet thread produces fabric of fine gauge that may be stiffened with starch. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Crochet threadA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Natural Crochet For Babies ToddlersThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Two ends of the same thread: Reimagining the boundaries of personal and professional labour in eighteenth-century needlework and twenty-first-century crochetCited 1 times
- Go sideways: Thread (textiles)A closely related topic
- Go sideways: YarnA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
Natural Crochet For Babies ToddlersTina Barrett · 2009
The BIG Book of DoiliesBobbie Matela, Managing Editor · 1998
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