A person who practices the craft of crochet, making fabrics and garments with a hooked needle and yarn.
From crochet plus the agent suffix -er, creating a noun for one who crochets. This term emerged in the 19th century as crochet became a widespread hobby.
The term crocheter represents how occupational names adapt when new crafts emerge—300 years ago this word didn't exist, but once crochet became popular enough, English speakers needed a word for people who did it.
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