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I thought it was most interesting to see how clearly crocheting was “generation-skipping” with the 40-year periods between peaks in popularity: 1890s->1930s->1970s->2010s

Maybe the latest peak is pushing out due to having kids later in life (i.e., grandparents now 50-60 years older than grandkids, rather than 40-50)

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The way I read it was that granny squares saw a cycle of popularity, rather than crochet in general. 40 years would be a pretty normal length of time for something to be cool, then dated, then cool again.

Personally, I learned granny squares and mile a minute afghans from my mother. Until the last 5 years or so though, I definitely saw them as old-fashioned and out of date. Now they're coming popular again with different color combos and I'm coming back around.

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