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  2. Chisanbop - Wikipedia

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    36 represented in chisanbop, where four fingers and a thumb are touching the table and the rest of the digits are raised. The three fingers on the left hand represent 10+10+10 = 30; the thumb and one finger on the right hand represent 5+1=6. Counting from 1 to 20 in Chisanbop. Each finger has a value of one, while the thumb has a value of five.

  3. Sashiko - Wikipedia

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    Many sashiko patterns were derived from Chinese designs, but just as many were developed by native Japanese embroiderers; for example, the style known as kogin-zashi, which generally consists of diamond-shaped patterns in horizontal rows, is a distinctive variety of sashiko that was developed in Aomori Prefecture.

  4. List of types of numbers - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... ): The counting numbers {1, 2 , 3 ... uniquely using a first-order formula with one free variable in the ...

  5. Kaktovik numerals - Wikipedia

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    30,561 10 3,G81 20 ÷ ÷ ÷ 61 10 31 20 = = = 501 10 151 20 30,561 10 ÷ 61 10 = 501 10 3,G81 20 ÷ 31 20 = 151 20 ÷ = (black) The divisor goes into the first two digits of the dividend one time, for a one in the quotient. (red) fits into the next two digits once (if rotated), so the next digit in the quotient is a rotated one (that is, a five). (blue) The last two digits are matched once for ...

  6. Yan tan tethera - Wikipedia

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    Yan Tan Tethera or yan-tan-tethera is a sheep-counting system traditionally used by shepherds in Northern England and some other parts of Britain. [1] The words are numbers taken from Brythonic Celtic languages such as Cumbric which had died out in most of Northern England by the sixth century, but they were commonly used for sheep counting and counting stitches in knitting until the ...

  7. Cross-stitch - Wikipedia

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    Cross-stitch sampler, Germany Cross stitching using a hoop and showing use of enamel needle minder. Cross-stitch is a form of sewing and a popular form of counted-thread embroidery in which X-shaped stitches (called cross stitches) in a tiled, raster-like pattern are used to form a picture.

  8. Crewel embroidery - Wikipedia

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    The origin of the word crewel is unknown but is thought to come from an ancient word describing the curl in the staple, the single hair of the wool. [5] The word crewel in the 1700s meant worsted, a wool yarn with twist, and thus crewel embroidery was not identified with particular styles of designs, but rather was embroidery with the use of this wool thread.

  9. Needlepoint - Wikipedia

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    Interlock canvas is generally used for printed canvases. Silk gauze is a form of interlock canvas, which is sold in small frames for petit-point work. Silk gauze most often comes in 32, 40 or 48 count, although some 18 count is available and 64, 128 and other counts are used for miniature work.