A technique for creating a wool or cotton fabric. A cross between knitting and lace making, crochet uses a hooked tool to loop and interlace knitting wool, embroidery or lace making threads. Hand knitted and crochet are difficult to manage en masse, so are usually worked for small items, such as edgings or single cushions, or into squares or other manageable shapes that are joined together to make larger items such as bedcovers.