Crochet Phrases

Phrases about crochet

• Baa baa black sheep have you any wool? (line from nursery rhyme)
• By hook or by crook
• Captain Hook (Nickname of baseball manager George Anderson)
• Dyed in the wool
• Eye of newt and toe of frog, wool of bat and tongue of dog
• Hook line and sinker
• Hook up with
• Knit one purl one
• Knit your brow
• Knit your own sandals
• Left Hook (Nickname of Jeff Lacy)
• Let off the hook
• Off the hook
• Pull the wool over someone’s eyes
• Ring off the hook
• Sling your hook

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