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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 ...
The Majblomma of 2007. The Majblomma (definite form: Majblomman; Swedish for 'mayflower') is a paper flower pin sold by schoolchildren in Sweden to raise funds for charity. The Mayflower fundraiser was started in Onsala by Beda Hallberg in 1907, [1] and has taken place in April and May every year since.
Felt is used extensively in pianos; for example, piano hammers are made of wool felt around a wooden core. The density and springiness of the felt is a major part of what creates a piano's tone. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] As the felt becomes grooved and "packed" with use and age, the tone suffers. [ 43 ]
A knitting needle or knitting pin is a tool in hand-knitting to produce knitted fabrics. They generally have a long shaft and taper at their end, but they are not nearly as sharp as sewing needles . Their purpose is two-fold.
Tyrolean hat with Volksmarching pins The Tyrolean Rifles wearing traditional hat styles as part of their village costume, L to R: Bolzano (Bozen), S Tyrol; Lienz, E Tyrol; Abfaltersbach, E Tyrol; Kaltern, S Tyrol; Jenesien, S Tyrol (commanders). Tyrolian hat with an extravagant gamsbart plume
Oshibana (押し花) is the art of using pressed flowers and other botanical materials to create an entire picture from these natural elements. [1] Such pressed flower art consists of drying flower petals and leaves in a flower press to flatten them, exclude light and press out moisture. These elements are then used to "paint" an artistic ...
It was a box office flop. But the film's script was adapted and produced as the television film The Wool Cap (2004), starring William H. Macy in the role of the mute janitor; the television film received modestly good reviews. Gleason played the lead in the Otto Preminger-directed Skidoo (1968), considered an all-star failure.
The term kanzashi refers to a wide variety of accessories, including long, rigid hairpins, barrettes, fabric flowers and fabric hair ties. In the English-speaking world, the term kanzashi is typically used to refer to hair ornaments made from layers of folded cloth used to form flowers ( tsumami kanzashi ), or the technique of folding used to ...