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2. Hardanger embroidery - Wikipedia

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   Hardanger embroidery or "Hardangersøm" is a form of embroidery traditionally worked with white thread on white even-weave linen or cloth, using counted thread and drawn thread work techniques. It is sometimes called whitework embroidery . Hardanger embroidery gets its name from the district of Hardanger in western Norway, where it was known ...

3. Crewel embroidery - Wikipedia

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   Crewel embroidery, or crewelwork, is a type of surface embroidery using wool. A wide variety of different embroidery stitches are used to follow a design outline applied to the fabric. The technique is at least a thousand years old. [citation needed] Crewel embroidery is not identified with particular styles of designs, but rather is embroidery ...

4. Rug hooking - Wikipedia

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   However, New England was the site of the development of preprinted designs on burlap, indicating a shift in the status of rug hooking, at least for some. While preprinted embroidery patterns had long existed, it was Philena Moxley of Lowell, Massachusetts who first developed a business stamping embroidery and rug hooking designs about 1868-1871.

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6. Embroidery stitch - Wikipedia

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   Embroidery stitch. An illustration of the buttonhole stitch. In everyday language, a stitch in the context of embroidery or hand- sewing is defined as the movement of the embroidery needle from the back of the fibre to the front side and back to the back side. [1] The thread stroke on the front side produced by this is also called stitch.

7. Chinese embroidery - Wikipedia

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   Xiang embroidery composition combines void and solid imagery, utilizing empty space in the same way as Chinese ink and wash paintings. Yue Xiu/Guang Xiu (粤绣/广绣) – Guangdong embroidery is crafted in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province. It is composed of intricate but symmetrical patterns, vibrant colours, varied stitches and a defined weave.