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2. Embroidery thread - Wikipedia

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   Embroidery thread often differs widely, coming in many different fiber types, colors and weights. Threads for hand embroidery include: [ 1 ] Crewel yarn (also known as crewel wool or French wool ) [ 2 ] : 26 is a fine 2-ply yarn of wool or, less often, a wool-like acrylic .

3. Thread (yarn) - Wikipedia

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   An assortment of different colors of thread Red thread bobbin Multi-colored stranded embroidery floss. A thread is a long strand of material, often composed of several filaments or fibres, used for joining, creating or decorating textiles. Ancient Egyptians were known for creating thread using plant fibers, wool and hair. [1]

4. Embroidery - Wikipedia

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   Counted-thread embroidery patterns are created by making stitches over a predetermined number of threads in the foundation fabric. Counted-thread embroidery is more easily worked on an even-weave foundation fabric such as embroidery canvas , aida cloth , or specially woven cotton and linen fabrics.

5. Embroidery of India - Wikipedia

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   Thread colors are inspired by local flowers. Only one or two stitches are employed on one fabric. Kashmiri embroidery is known for the skilled execution of a single stitch, which is often called the Kashmiri stitch and which may comprise the chain stitch, the satin stitch, the slanted darn stitch, the stem stitch, and the herringbone stitch.

6. Xiang embroidery - Wikipedia

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   In Xiang Embroidery, there is a special type of thread—in one thread dyed one color with different shades of that color, by which the sfumato effect can be presented after the embroidering finished. In addition, Xiang Embroidery is also renowned for its careful thread splitting technique, [4] making the thread as thin as hair. And people call ...

7. 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 ...