My wife recently took up crocheting. It's the process of creating fabric or clothing by interlocking loops of yarn or thread.
OK ,is that similar to fashion design?
It's more like knitting. Only instead of using knitting needles, you use a small hook made out of metal, wood, or plastic.
What type of clothing is it?
You can make pretty much anything. My wife is making hats, sweaters, and socks, mostly.
OK ,So what's the history of such style of design?
Well, it originated in 17th-century France. But it's changed quite a bit since then.
What type of change are you referring?
crochet" subsequently designating both a specific type of fabric and the hooked needle used to produce it. Although the fabric is not known to be crochet in the present sense, a genealogical relationship between the techniques sharing that name appears likely.
Origins.
Knitted textiles survive from early periods, but the first substantive evidence of crocheted fabric relates to its appearance in Europe during the 19th century. Earlier work identified as crochet was commonly made by nålebinding, a different looped yarn technique.
The first known published instructions for crochet
Crochet
Crochet (; ) is a process of creating fabric by interlocking loops of yarn, thread, or strands of other materials using a crochet hook. The name is derived from the French term "crochet", meaning 'small 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 the next one is begun