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magazines, and pattern pirating has always been common. The same patterns
crop up through the decades, sometimes with new authors' names and publish-
ers, often without referencing their earlier publication venue. The crocheted
pieces themselves are anonymous and undated. There is still a large amount
of work to be done in authenticating the history of this craft.
At a more theoretic level, we have shown that crochet is a fertile field
for the application of existing computational techniques, and for inspiring the
development of new methods. Again, there is room for much more exploration
and learning!

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