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A sewing needle. A sewing needle, used for hand-sewing, is a long slender tool with a pointed tip at one end and a hole (or eye) to hold the sewing thread.The earliest needles were made of bone or wood; modern needles are manufactured from high carbon steel wire and are nickel- or 18K gold-plated for corrosion resistance.
The square circles were called karkah (it’s a frame for embroidery). If embroidery stands were large, were adapted to be placed on the ground, and if small, to be fixed on the table. Golden thread embroidery is a constituent part of Armenian artistic needlework, which was widely spread throughout Armenia since ancient times.
Practical Hints on Decorative Needlework, London: John Murray (1840) [6]; The Hand-book of Needlework: Decorative and Ornamental including Crochet, Knitting and Netting [3] Later republished as The Ladies Complete Guide to Needle-Work and Embroidery Containing Clear and Practical Instructions, Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson (1859).
The exact history of Balochi needlework is unknown. One theory is Balochi needlework originated from Mehrgarh (in modern-day Pakistan), a Neolithic site and culture. [ 4 ] Another theory is it was brought from the migration of the Slavs to Balochistan approximately 200 years before the founding of Islam , [ 5 ] their traditional embroidery is ...
Embroidered book cover made by Elizabeth I at the age of 11, presented to Katherine Parr. Needlework is decorative sewing and textile arts handicrafts. Anything that uses a needle for construction can be called needlework. [1] Needlework may include related textile crafts such as crochet, worked with a hook, or tatting, worked with a shuttle.
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".
Embroidery is the art of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to stitch thread or yarn. Embroidery may also incorporate other materials such as pearls, beads, quills, and sequins. In modern days, embroidery is usually seen on hats, clothing, blankets, and handbags. Embroidery is available in a wide variety of thread or yarn colour.
A needlework sampler is a piece of embroidery or cross-stitching produced as a 'specimen of achievement', [1] demonstration or a test of skill in needlework. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It often includes the alphabet, figures, motifs, decorative borders and sometimes the name of the person who embroidered it and the date.