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  2. Embroidery thread - Wikipedia

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    Embroidery thread, left to right: No. 5 perle cotton (coton perlé), matte cotton embroidery yarn, tapestry wool, cotton stranded embroidery floss. Embroidery thread is yarn that is manufactured or hand-spun specifically for embroidery and other forms of needlework. Embroidery thread often differs widely, coming in many different fiber types ...

  3. Embroidery - Wikipedia

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    Traditional Nakshi Kantha of Bangladesh Embroidery sampler by Alice Maywood, 1826 Laid threads, a surface technique in wool on linen. The Bayeux Tapestry , 11th century Embroidery is the art of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to stitch thread or yarn .

  4. Crewel embroidery - Wikipedia

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    Crewel embroidery is not identified with particular styles of designs, but rather is embroidery with the use of this wool thread. [1]: 102 Modern crewel wool is a fine, two-ply or one-ply yarn available in many different colours. Crewel embroidery is often associated with England in the 17th and 18th centuries, and from England was carried to ...

  5. English embroidery - Wikipedia

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    The Butler-Bowdon Cope, 1330–1350, V&A Museum no. T.36-1955.. The Anglo-Saxon embroidery style combining split stitch and couching with silk and goldwork in gold or silver-gilt thread of the Durham examples flowered from the 12th to the 14th centuries into a style known to contemporaries as Opus Anglicanum or "English work".

  6. Needlepoint - Wikipedia

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    Basketweave uses the most wool, but does not distort the rectangular mesh and makes for the best-wearing piece. Several types of embroidery canvas are available: single thread and double thread embroidery canvas are open even-weave meshes, with large spaces or holes to allow heavy threads to pass through without fraying. Canvas is sized by mesh ...

  7. Colcha embroidery - Wikipedia

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    The wool threads were spun from the fleece of the churro sheep found in the area. [6] The embroidery was frequently so densely worked that the item resembled a carpet or tapestry. The wool on wool combination of materials was used through the mid 1800s, at which point stitching on cotton became more common.

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