Crocheting dates back to the 19th century with the art loosely credited to famed seamstress Mademoiselle Riego de la Branchardiere – otherwise known as the ‘Mother of Crochet’ – who created the earliest known modern crochet pattern in 1829.
The artisan skill has also been linked to early iterations of Shepherd’s knitting, a form of textile-making popular amongst European farmworkers and shepherds in the late 1700s which was created as a means to work with thicker, heavier yarns to produce extra-warm garments during winter months. Think sky-high turtle necks, extra long sleeves and wide, relaxed hemlines.
