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2. Embroidery thread - Wikipedia

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   Embroidery floss or stranded cotton is a loosely twisted, slightly glossy 6-strand thread, usually of cotton but also manufactured in silk, linen, and rayon.Cotton floss is the standard thread for cross-stitch, and is suitable for most embroidery excluding robust canvas embroidery.

3. Leek Embroidery Society - Wikipedia

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   During the 1870s, Art Needlework (or art embroidery) gained popularity in Britain and became a common method for embroiders to use and teach. This method of embroidery was a reaction against the repetitive and unskilled needlework known as Berlin wool work, which had been immensely popular since the 1830s amongst leisured ladies. [5]

4. Drawn thread work - Wikipedia

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   Drawn thread work is one of the earliest forms of open work embroidery, and has been worked throughout Europe. Originally it was often used for ecclesiastical items and to ornament shrouds. [1] It is a form of counted-thread embroidery based on removing threads from the warp and/or the weft of a piece of even-weave fabric. The remaining threads ...

5. Embroidery - Wikipedia

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   Embroidery can be classified according to what degree the design takes into account the nature of the base material and by the relationship of stitch placement to the fabric. The main categories are free or surface embroidery, counted-thread embroidery, and needlepoint or canvas work. [19]

6. Iranian handicrafts - Wikipedia

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   Persian embroidery. Pateh, needlework on wool, with colored thread, mostly of silk. It is mostly created by women. [5] Rasht embroidery; Sermeh embroidery; Sistan embroidery and Sistan cream embroidery , using a black, cream or white thread color to decorate clothing or other fabrics; Zardozi, metal embroidery thread work made of silver or gold ...

7. Hardanger embroidery - Wikipedia

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   Example of modern Hardanger embroidery work Hardanger embroidery sample, from a 1907 needlework magazine. 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.