To crochet is to make fabric — often clothes, blankets, hats, or lace-like pieces — from wool or cotton, using one needle with a hook at the end. That hook is the whole idea: you pull a loop of yarn through another loop.

To crochet鉤針編織 is就是 using one needle with a hook at the end用一支尾端帶鉤的針，from wool or cotton把毛線或棉線 to make fabric做成布料——often clothes, blankets, hats, or lace-like pieces常見的像衣服、毯子、帽子，或蕾絲狀的織片。is the whole idea重點就在 That hook那個鉤子：you pull a loop of yarn你把一圈紗線 through another loop拉過另一圈。

It is different from knitting, which uses two long needles and no hook.

It它 is different from不同於 knitting棒針編織, which uses two long needles and no hook棒針編織用兩根長針，沒有鉤子。

People crochet at home, in craft groups, and as a hobby; the things they make can be practical or just pretty. The word is also the name of the craft itself: you can say I like crochet.

People人們 at home, in craft groups, and as a hobby在家裡、手作社團，或當興趣 crochet做鉤織；the things they make做出來的東西 can be practical or just pretty可以實用，也可以只是好看。The word這個字 is also the name of the craft itself也是這項手藝本身的名稱：you can say你可以說 I like crochet「我喜歡鉤織」。

It came into English from French, where crochet meant a little hook. It is an ordinary craft word, not slang and not very formal. You hear it in yarn shops and in making instructions.

It這個字 came into English是從法文進入英文的from French，where crochet meant a little hook法文的 crochet 原意是「小鉤子」。It它 is an ordinary craft word是個普通的手工藝用詞，not slang and not very formal不是俚語，也不算正式。in yarn shops你會在毛線店 and和 in making instructions製作說明裡 You hear it聽到它。