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2. Embroidery thread - Wikipedia

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   Matte embroidery cotton (or its French name, coton à broder) is a matte-finish (not glossy) twisted 5-ply thread. Medici or broder medici is a fine, light-weight wool thread formerly manufactured by DMC Group. Metallic embroidery threads are threads with metallic elements; these may be synthetic or real metal. Metallic threads range from a ...

3. 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 ...

4. Hardanger embroidery - Wikipedia

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   Hardanger embroidery gets its name from the district of Hardanger in western Norway, where it was known simply as hvitsøm (whitework). Traditionally, this geometric embroidery and cutwork technique was worked in white linen thread on handwoven white linen fabric and used only as trim on garments.

5. Handicraft - Wikipedia

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   Batik craftswomen in Java, Indonesia Savisiipi handicrafts store in Pori, Finland A handicraft Selling-Factory shop, Isfahan, Iran Artesanato Mineiro. A handicraft is a traditional main sector of craft making and applies to a wide range of creative and design activities that are related to making things with one's hands and skill, including work with textiles, moldable and rigid materials ...

6. Needlework - Wikipedia

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   Needlework was an important fact of women's identity during the Victorian age, including embroidery, netting, knitting, crochet, and Berlin wool work. A growing middle class had more leisure time than ever before; printed materials offered homemakers thousands of patterns.

7. Category:Embroidery by country - Wikipedia

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   Embroidery by country, the craft of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to apply thread or yarn. Subcategories This category has the following 17 subcategories, out of 17 total.