We know that our ancestors crocheted in the evenings by the fire, but do we really know where crochet comes from? Going back through history is no easy task… Today we consider that knitting and crochet have the same ancestor: Nalebinding (“to bind with a needle” in Danish). This technique appeared at the end of Antiquity, as proven by numerous objects found all over the world: in South America (bonnets and shawls attributed to pre-Columbian civilizations in Peru),