Why Gen Z College Students Are Crocheting, And Why It Hits Different At An HBCU

Source: Lyric Swift / other

On a weekday evening at Howard University, a group of students gathers not to rehearse, organize, campaign, or network, but to sit, talk, and crochet. As yarn loops through hooks, conversations drift. The pace is slow by design.

In The Loop HU is a student crocheting club founded by Jala Wallace and Milan Zeigler during their sophomore year in 2023. Wallace reached out to Zeigler after discovering they shared an interest in crochet, and what began informally...