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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Needleman" and "Needlewoman" redirect here. For the painting, see <a href="The_Needlewoman" title="The Needlewoman"><i>The Needlewoman</i></a>. For other uses, see <a href="Needleman_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Needleman (disambiguation)">Needleman (disambiguation)</a>.</div>
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<p><b>Needlework</b> refers to decorative <a href="Sewing" title="Sewing">sewing</a> and other <a href="Textile_arts" title="Textile arts">textile</a> handicrafts that involve the use of a <a href="Sewing_needle" title="Sewing needle">needle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Needlework may also include related textile crafts like <a href="Crochet" title="Crochet">crochet</a> (which uses a <a href="Crochet_hook" title="Crochet hook">hook</a>), or <a href="Tatting" title="Tatting">tatting</a>, (which uses a <a href="Shuttle_(weaving)" title="Shuttle (weaving)">shuttle</a>).
</p><p>Similar abilities often transfer well between different varieties of needlework, such as <a href="Fine_motor_skill" title="Fine motor skill">fine motor skill</a> and knowledge of <a href="Textile" title="Textile">textile</a> <a href="Fibers" class="mw-redirect" title="Fibers">fibers</a>. Some of the same tools may be used in several different varieties of needlework.
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<p>Needlework was an important fact of women's identity during the <a href="Victorian_age" class="mw-redirect" title="Victorian age">Victorian age</a>, including <a href="Embroidery" title="Embroidery">embroidery</a>, <a href="Net_(textile)" title="Net (textile)">netting</a>, <a href="Knitting" title="Knitting">knitting</a>, <a href="Crochet" title="Crochet">crochet</a>, and <a href="Berlin_wool_work" title="Berlin wool work">Berlin wool work</a>. A growing middle class had more leisure time than ever before; printed materials offered homemakers thousands of patterns. Women were still limited to roles in the household, and under the standards of the time a woman working on needle work while entertaining the parlor was considered beautiful. According to one publication from 1843: "Never is beauty and feminine grace so attractive as, when engaged in the honorable discharge of household duties, and domestic cares."<sup id="cite_ref-victorian_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-victorian-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Fancy work was distinguished from plain <a href="Sewing" title="Sewing">sewing</a> and it was a mark of a prosperous and well-managed home to display handmade needlework. While plain sewing was often handed over to servants, even in middle class households, fancy work would often be done while entertaining guests, in the afternoons, evenings, or on Sundays. The types of goods that could be decorated with needlework techniques was limited only by the imagination: knitted boots, embroidered book covers, footstools, lampshades, sofa cushions, fans and on and on.<sup id="cite_ref-victorian_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-victorian-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Types">Types</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Appliqu%C3%A9" title="Appliqué">Appliqué</a></li>
<li><a href="Bead_weaving" title="Bead weaving">Bead weaving</a>: loom and off-loom</li>
<li><a href="Braiding" class="mw-redirect" title="Braiding">Braiding</a> and <a href="Tassel" title="Tassel">tassel</a> making</li>
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<li><a href="Knitting" title="Knitting">Knitting</a></li>
<li><a href="Lace-making" class="mw-redirect" title="Lace-making">Lace-making</a>/<a href="Needle_lace" title="Needle lace">Needle lace</a></li>
<li><a href="Lucet" title="Lucet">Lucet</a></li>
<li><a href="Macram%C3%A9" title="Macramé">Macramé</a></li>
<li><a href="Needlepoint" title="Needlepoint">Needlepoint</a></li>
<li><a href="Quilting" title="Quilting">Quilting</a></li>
<li><a href="Sewing" title="Sewing">Sewing</a></li>
<li><a href="Tapestry" title="Tapestry">Tapestry</a></li>
<li><a href="Tatting" title="Tatting">Tatting</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Royal_School_of_Needlework" title="Royal School of Needlework">Royal School of Needlework</a></li>
<li><a href="Kasidakari" title="Kasidakari">Kasidakari</a></li></ul>
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</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/needlework">"Needlework"</a>. The Free Dictionary By Farlex<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2012-05-23</span></span>.</cite></span>
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<ul><li><i><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28269" class="extiw external" title="gutenberg:28269">Art in Needlework: A Book about Embroidery</a></i> by Mary Buckle and Lewis F. Day, available through Project Gutenberg</li>
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<li><i><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20776" class="extiw external" title="gutenberg:20776">Encyclopedia of Needlework</a></i> by Therese de Dillmont, available through Project Gutenberg</li></ul>
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</style><div id="Decorative_arts_and_handicraft200" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Decorative_arts" title="Decorative arts">Decorative arts</a> and <a href="Handicraft" title="Handicraft">handicraft</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="History_of_decorative_arts" title="History of decorative arts">History</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Textile_arts" title="Textile arts">Textile</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Banner-making" title="Banner-making">Banner-making</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Crochet" title="Crochet">Crocheting</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Cross-stitch" title="Cross-stitch">Cross-stitch</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Embroidery" title="Embroidery">Embroidery</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Felt" title="Felt">Felting</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Friendship_bracelet" title="Friendship bracelet">Friendship bracelet</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Knitting" title="Knitting">Knitting</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Lace" title="Lace">Lace-making</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Lucet" title="Lucet">Lucet</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Macram%C3%A9" title="Macramé">Macrame</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Hatmaking" title="Hatmaking">Millinery</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Needlepoint" title="Needlepoint">Needlepoint</a></span></li>
<li></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Patchwork" title="Patchwork">Patchwork</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Quilting" title="Quilting">Quilting</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Embroidery" title="Embroidery">Ribbon embroidery</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Carpet" title="Carpet">Carpet</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Rug_hooking" title="Rug hooking">Rug hooking</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Rug_making" title="Rug making">Rug making</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Sewing" title="Sewing">Sewing</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Shoemaking" title="Shoemaking">Shoemaking</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Spinning_(textiles)" title="Spinning (textiles)">Spinning</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="String_art" title="String art">String art</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Tapestry" title="Tapestry">Tapestry</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Tatting" title="Tatting">Tatting</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Tie-dye" title="Tie-dye">Tie-dye</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Weaving" title="Weaving">Weaving</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Paper" title="Paper">Paper</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Altered_book" title="Altered book">Altered book</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Bookbinding" title="Bookbinding">Bookbinding</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Calligraphy" title="Calligraphy">Calligraphy</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Cardmaking" title="Cardmaking">Cardmaking</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Cast_paper" title="Cast paper">Cast paper</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Collage" title="Collage">Collage</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Decoupage" title="Decoupage">Decoupage</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Papier_coll%C3%A9" title="Papier collé">Papier collé</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Photomontage" title="Photomontage">Photomontage</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Decal" title="Decal">Decal</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Iris_folding" title="Iris folding">Iris folding</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Kamikiri_(papercutting)" title="Kamikiri (papercutting)">Kamikiri</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Origami" title="Origami">Origami</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Kirigami" title="Kirigami">Kirigami</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Moneygami" title="Moneygami">Moneygami</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Paper_embossing" title="Paper embossing">Embossing</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Paper_marbling" title="Paper marbling">Marbling</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Paper_model" title="Paper model">Papercraft</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Papercutting" title="Papercutting">Papercutting</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Chinese_paper_cutting" title="Chinese paper cutting">Chinese</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Jewish_paper_cutting" title="Jewish paper cutting">Jewish</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Vytynanky_(Wycinanki)" title="Vytynanky (Wycinanki)">Slavic</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Papermaking" title="Papermaking">Papermaking</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Paper_toys" title="Paper toys">Paper toys</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Papier-m%C3%A2ch%C3%A9" title="Papier-mâché">Papier-mâché</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Pop-up_book" title="Pop-up book">Pop-up book</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Quilling" title="Quilling">Quilling</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Scrapbooking" title="Scrapbooking">Scrapbooking</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Rubber_stamp" title="Rubber stamp">Stamping</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Wallpaper" title="Wallpaper">Wallpaper</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Woodworking" title="Woodworking">Wood</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Bentwood" title="Bentwood">Bentwood</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Cabinetry" title="Cabinetry">Cabinetry</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Carpentry" title="Carpentry">Carpentry</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Chip_carving" title="Chip carving">Chip carving</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="%C3%89b%C3%A9niste" title="Ébéniste">Ébéniste</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Fretwork" title="Fretwork">Fretwork</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Intarsia" title="Intarsia">Intarsia</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Marquetry" title="Marquetry">Marquetry</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Pyrography" title="Pyrography">Wood burning</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Wood_carving" title="Wood carving">Wood carving</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Woodturning" title="Woodturning">Woodturning</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Ceramic_art" title="Ceramic art">Ceramic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Azulejo" title="Azulejo">Azulejo</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Bone_china" title="Bone china">Bone china</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Earthenware" title="Earthenware">Earthenware</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Porcelain" title="Porcelain">Porcelain</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Pottery" title="Pottery">Pottery</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Stoneware" title="Stoneware">Stoneware</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Terracotta" title="Terracotta">Terracotta</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Tile" title="Tile">Tile</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Glass_art" title="Glass art">Glass</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Cameo_glass" title="Cameo glass">Cameo glass</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Chip_work" title="Chip work">Chip work</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Enamelled_glass" title="Enamelled glass">Enamelled glass</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Glass_etching" title="Glass etching">Glass etching</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="List_of_glassware" title="List of glassware">Glassware</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Mirror" title="Mirror">Mirror</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Stained_glass" title="Stained glass">Stained glass</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Metalworking" title="Metalworking">Metal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Andiron" title="Andiron">Andiron</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Art_in_bronze_and_brass" title="Art in bronze and brass">Bronze and brass</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Chemical_milling" title="Chemical milling">Chemical milling</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Damascening" title="Damascening">Damascening</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Vitreous_enamel" title="Vitreous enamel">Enamel</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Engraving" title="Engraving">Engraving</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Etching" title="Etching">Etching</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Goldsmith" title="Goldsmith">Goldsmith</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Ironwork" title="Ironwork">Ironwork</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Jewellery" title="Jewellery">Jewellery</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Silversmith" title="Silversmith">Silversmith</a></span></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Assemblage_(art)" title="Assemblage (art)">Assemblage</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Balloon_modelling" title="Balloon modelling">Balloon modelling</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Beadwork" title="Beadwork">Beadwork</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Bone_carving" title="Bone carving">Bone carving</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Doll" title="Doll">Doll making</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Dollhouse" title="Dollhouse">Dollhouse</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Egg_decorating" title="Egg decorating">Egg decorating</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Engraved_gem" title="Engraved gem">Engraved gems</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Faux_painting" title="Faux painting">Faux painting</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Featherwork" title="Featherwork">Featherwork</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="K%C4%81hili" title="Kāhili">Kāhili</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Grotesque_(architecture)" title="Grotesque (architecture)">Grotesque</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Gargoyle" title="Gargoyle">Gargoyle</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Hardstone_carving" title="Hardstone carving">Hardstone carving</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Inro" title="Inro">Inro</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Lath_art" title="Lath art">Lath art</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Lapidary" title="Lapidary">Lapidary</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Leather_crafting" title="Leather crafting">Leatherworking</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Scale_model" title="Scale model">Miniatures</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Mosaic" title="Mosaic">Mosaic</a></span>
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Glass_mosaic" title="Glass mosaic">Glass</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Micromosaic" title="Micromosaic">Micromosaic</a></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Netsuke" title="Netsuke">Netsuke</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Ornament_(art)" title="Ornament (art)">Ornament</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Pargeting" title="Pargeting">Pargeting</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Pietra_dura" title="Pietra dura">Pietra dura</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Private_press" title="Private press">Private press</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Oshibana" title="Oshibana">Oshibana, pressed flower craft</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Scrimshaw" title="Scrimshaw">Scrimshaw</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Straw_marquetry" title="Straw marquetry">Straw marquetry</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Taxidermy" title="Taxidermy">Taxidermy</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Wall_decal" title="Wall decal">Wall decal</a></span></li></ul>
</div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Regional_or_Historical22" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional or Historical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Mexican_handcrafts_and_folk_art" title="Mexican handcrafts and folk art">Mexico</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Decorative_painting_in_H%C3%A4lsingland" title="Decorative painting in Hälsingland">Painting in Hälsingland</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Qing_handicrafts" title="Qing handicrafts">Qing handicrafts</a></span></li>
<li><span class="nowrap"><a href="Victorian_decorative_arts" title="Victorian decorative arts">Victorian</a></span></li></ul>
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<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Textile_arts205" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><div id="Textile_arts205" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Textile_arts" title="Textile arts">Textile arts</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fundamentals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Beadwork" title="Beadwork">Beadwork</a></li>
<li><a href="Braid" title="Braid">Braid</a></li>
<li><a href="Crochet" title="Crochet">Crochet</a></li>
<li><a href="Dyeing" title="Dyeing">Dyeing</a></li>
<li><a href="Embroidery" title="Embroidery">Embroidery</a>
<ul><li><a href="Lace" title="Lace">Lace</a>
<ul><li><a href="Macram%C3%A9" title="Macramé">Macramé</a></li></ul></li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="Textile" title="Textile">Fabric</a></li>
<li><a href="Felt" title="Felt">Felting</a></li>
<li><a href="Fiber" title="Fiber">Fiber</a></li>
<li><a href="Knitting" title="Knitting">Knitting</a></li>
<li>Layering
<ul><li><a href="Appliqu%C3%A9" title="Appliqué">Appliqué</a></li>
<li><a href="Patchwork" title="Patchwork">Patchwork</a></li>
<li><a href="Quilting" title="Quilting">Quilting</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="N%C3%A5lebinding" title="Nålebinding">Nålebinding</a></li>
<li><a href="Plying" title="Plying">Plying</a></li>
<li><a href="Rope" title="Rope">Rope</a></li>
<li><a href="Rug_making" title="Rug making">Rug making</a></li>
<li><a href="Sewing" title="Sewing">Sewing</a>
<ul><li><a href="Passementerie" title="Passementerie">Passementerie</a></li>
<li><a href="Stitch_(textile_arts)" title="Stitch (textile arts)">Stitch</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Spinning_(textiles)" title="Spinning (textiles)">Spinning</a></li>
<li><a href="Textile_printing" title="Textile printing">Textile printing</a></li>
<li><a href="Weaving" title="Weaving">Weaving</a></li>
<li><a href="Yarn" title="Yarn">Yarn</a></li></ul>
</div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History of ...</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="History_of_clothing_and_textiles" title="History of clothing and textiles">Clothing and textiles</a></li>
<li><a href="History_of_quilting" title="History of quilting">Quilting</a></li>
<li><a href="History_of_silk" title="History of silk">Silk</a>
<ul><li><a href="Byzantine_silk" title="Byzantine silk">Byzantine</a></li>
<li><a href="Silk_in_the_Indian_subcontinent" title="Silk in the Indian subcontinent">Indian subcontinent</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Textile_manufacture_during_the_British_Industrial_Revolution" title="Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution">Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution</a></li>
<li><a href="Textile_manufacturing_by_pre-industrial_methods" title="Textile manufacturing by pre-industrial methods">Textile manufacturing by pre-industrial methods</a></li>
<li><a href="Timeline_of_clothing_and_textiles_technology" title="Timeline of clothing and textiles technology">Timeline of clothing and textiles technology</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional and ethnic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="African_textiles" title="African textiles">African</a>
<ul><li><a href="Kongo_textiles" title="Kongo textiles">Kongo</a></li>
<li><a href="Kuba_textiles" title="Kuba textiles">Kuba</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Australian_Aboriginal_fibrecraft" title="Australian Aboriginal fibrecraft">Australian Aboriginal</a></li>
<li>Burmese
<ul><li><a href="Acheik" title="Acheik">Acheik</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Hmong_textile_art" title="Hmong textile art">Hmong</a></li>
<li><a href="Textile_arts_of_the_Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas" title="Textile arts of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas">Indigenous peoples of the Americas</a>
<ul><li><a href="Andean_textiles" title="Andean textiles">Andean</a></li>
<li><a href="Mapuche_textiles" title="Mapuche textiles">Mapuche</a></li>
<li><a href="Maya_textiles" title="Maya textiles">Maya</a></li>
<li><a href="Textiles_of_Mexico" title="Textiles of Mexico">Mexican</a></li>
<li><a href="Navajo_weaving" title="Navajo weaving">Navajo</a></li>
<li><a href="Textiles_of_Oaxaca" title="Textiles of Oaxaca">Oaxacan</a></li></ul></li>
<li>Indonesian
<ul><li><a href="Balinese_textiles" title="Balinese textiles">Balinese</a></li>
<li><a href="Textiles_of_Sumba" title="Textiles of Sumba">Sumba</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Korean_fabric_arts" title="Korean fabric arts">Korean</a></li>
<li><a href="M%C4%81ori_traditional_textiles" title="Māori traditional textiles">Māori</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Blocking_(textile_arts)" title="Blocking (textile arts)">Blocking</a></li>
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<li><a href="Textile_recycling" title="Textile recycling">Recycling</a></li>
<li><a href="Units_of_textile_measurement" title="Units of textile measurement">Units of measurement</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Glossary_of_dyeing_terms" title="Glossary of dyeing terms">Dyeing terms</a></li>
<li><a href="Glossary_of_sewing_terms" title="Glossary of sewing terms">Sewing terms</a></li>
<li><a href="Glossary_of_textile_manufacturing" title="Glossary of textile manufacturing">Textile manufacturing terms</a></li></ul>
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<li><a href="Hardanger_embroidery" title="Hardanger embroidery">Hardanger</a></li>
<li><a href="Hedebo_embroidery" title="Hedebo embroidery">Hedebo</a></li>
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<li><a href="Straight_stitch" title="Straight stitch">Straight stitch</a></li>
<li><a href="Tent_stitch" title="Tent stitch">Tent stitch</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Aida_cloth" title="Aida cloth">Aida cloth</a></li>
<li><a href="Embroidery_hoop" class="mw-redirect" title="Embroidery hoop">Embroidery hoop</a></li>
<li><a href="Embroidery_thread" title="Embroidery thread">Embroidery thread</a></li>
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<li><a href="Slip_(needlework)" title="Slip (needlework)">Slip</a></li>
<li><a href="Yarn" title="Yarn">Yarn</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regional<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div>and historical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Art_needlework" title="Art needlework">Art needlework</a></li>
<li><a href="Balochi_needlework" title="Balochi needlework">Balochi</a></li>
<li><a href="Brazilian_embroidery" title="Brazilian embroidery">Brazilian</a></li>
<li><a href="Bunka_shishu" title="Bunka shishu">Bunka shishu</a></li>
<li><a href="Kalaga" title="Kalaga">Burmese</a></li>
<li><a href="Chikan_(embroidery)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chikan (embroidery)">Chikan</a></li>
<li><a href="Chinese_embroidery" title="Chinese embroidery">Chinese</a>
<ul><li><a href="Cantonese_embroidery" title="Cantonese embroidery">Cantonese</a></li>
<li><a href="Sichuan_embroidery" class="mw-redirect" title="Sichuan embroidery">Sichuan</a></li>
<li><a href="Suzhou_embroidery" title="Suzhou embroidery">Suzhou</a></li>
<li><a href="Xiang_embroidery" title="Xiang embroidery">Xiang</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="English_embroidery" title="English embroidery">English</a></li>
<li><a href="Embroidery_of_India" title="Embroidery of India">Indian</a></li>
<li><a href="Islamic_embroidery" title="Islamic embroidery">Islamic</a></li>
<li><a href="Jacobean_embroidery" title="Jacobean embroidery">Jacobean</a></li>
<li><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="Sashiko" title="Sashiko">Sashiko</a></i></span>
<ul><li><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="Kogin-zashi" title="Kogin-zashi">Kogin-zashi</a></i></span></li></ul></li>
<li><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="Bunka_shishu" title="Bunka shishu">Bunka shishu</a></i></span></li>
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<li><a href="Kantha" title="Kantha">Kantha</a></li>
<li><a href="Kasuti" title="Kasuti">Kasuti</a></li>
<li><a href="Korean_embroidery" title="Korean embroidery">Korean</a></li>
<li><a href="Macedonian_embroidery" title="Macedonian embroidery">Macedonian</a></li>
<li><a href="Mountmellick_embroidery" title="Mountmellick embroidery">Mountmellick</a></li>
<li><a href="Nakshi_kantha" title="Nakshi kantha">Nakshi kantha</a></li>
<li><a href="Persian_embroidery" title="Persian embroidery">Persian</a>
<ul><li><a href="Rasht_embroidery" title="Rasht embroidery">Rasht</a></li>
<li><a href="Sermeh_embroidery" title="Sermeh embroidery">Sermeh</a></li>
<li><a href="Sistan_embroidery" title="Sistan embroidery">Sistan</a></li>
<li><a href="Zardozi" title="Zardozi">Zardozi</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Opus_Anglicanum" title="Opus Anglicanum">Opus Anglicanum</a></li>
<li><a href="Rushnyk" title="Rushnyk">Rushnyk</a></li>
<li><a href="Sewed_muslin" title="Sewed muslin">Sewed muslin</a></li>
<li><a href="Ukrainian_embroidery" title="Ukrainian embroidery">Ukrainian</a></li>
<li><a href="Vietnamese_embroidery" title="Vietnamese embroidery">Vietnamese</a></li>
<li><a href="Vyshyvanka" title="Vyshyvanka">Vyshyvanka</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Butler-Bowden_Cope" class="mw-redirect" title="Butler-Bowden Cope">Butler-Bowden Cope</a></li>
<li><a href="Bayeux_Tapestry" title="Bayeux Tapestry">Bayeux Tapestry</a></li>
<li><a href="Bradford_carpet" title="Bradford carpet">Bradford carpet</a></li>
<li><a href="Great_Tapestry_of_Scotland" title="Great Tapestry of Scotland">Great Tapestry of Scotland</a>
<ul><li><a href="Great_Tapestry_of_Scotland%3A_People's_Panel" title="Great Tapestry of Scotland: People's Panel">Great Tapestry of Scotland: People's Panel</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Hastings_Embroidery" title="Hastings Embroidery">Hastings Embroidery</a></li>
<li><a href="Hestia_Tapestry" title="Hestia Tapestry">Hestia tapestry</a></li>
<li><i><a href="Magna_Carta_(An_Embroidery)" title="Magna Carta (An Embroidery)">Magna Carta (An Embroidery)</a></i></li>
<li><a href="Margaret_Layton's_embroidered_jacket" title="Margaret Layton's embroidered jacket">Margaret Layton's jacket</a></li>
<li><a href="New_World_Tapestry" title="New World Tapestry">New World Tapestry</a></li>
<li><a href="Overlord_Embroidery" title="Overlord Embroidery">Overlord Embroidery</a></li>
<li><a href="Oxburgh_Hangings" title="Oxburgh Hangings">Oxburgh Hangings</a></li>
<li><a href="Prestonpans_Tapestry" title="Prestonpans Tapestry">Prestonpans Tapestry</a></li>
<li><a href="Quaker_Tapestry" title="Quaker Tapestry">Quaker Tapestry</a></li>
<li><a href="Scottish_Diaspora_Tapestry" title="Scottish Diaspora Tapestry">Scottish Diaspora Tapestry</a></li>
<li><i><a href="Fragments_of_a_Cope_with_the_Seven_Sacraments" title="Fragments of a Cope with the Seven Sacraments">Fragments of a Cope with the Seven Sacraments</a></i></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Designers<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div>and embroiderers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Emilie_Bach" title="Emilie Bach">Emilie Bach</a></li>
<li><a href="Leon_Conrad" title="Leon Conrad">Leon Conrad</a></li>
<li><a href="Beryl_Dean" title="Beryl Dean">Beryl Dean</a></li>
<li><a href="Shahin_Ebrahimzadeh-Pezeshki" title="Shahin Ebrahimzadeh-Pezeshki">Shahin Ebrahimzadeh-Pezeshki</a></li>
<li><a href="Kaffe_Fassett" title="Kaffe Fassett">Kaffe Fassett</a></li>
<li><a href="Juanita_Growing_Thunder_Fogarty" title="Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty">Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty</a></li>
<li><a href="Constance_Howard_(artist)" title="Constance Howard (artist)">Constance Howard</a></li>
<li><a href="Marilyn_Leavitt-Imblum" title="Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum">Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum</a></li>
<li><a href="Fran%C3%A7ois_Lesage" title="François Lesage">François Lesage</a></li>
<li><a href="Ann_Macbeth" title="Ann Macbeth">Ann Macbeth</a></li>
<li><a href="May_Morris" title="May Morris">May Morris</a></li>
<li><a href="Jessie_Newbery" title="Jessie Newbery">Jessie Newbery</a></li>
<li><a href="Mahtab_Norouzi" title="Mahtab Norouzi">Mahtab Norouzi</a></li>
<li><a href="Tetiana_Protcheva" title="Tetiana Protcheva">Tetiana Protcheva</a></li>
<li><a href="Charles_Germain_de_Saint_Aubin" title="Charles Germain de Saint Aubin">Charles Germain de Saint Aubin</a></li>
<li><a href="Mary_Elizabeth_Turner" title="Mary Elizabeth Turner">Mary Elizabeth Turner</a></li>
<li><a href="Dimitri_Vlachos_-_Castano" title="Dimitri Vlachos - Castano">Dimitri Vlachos - Castano</a></li>
<li><a href="Kathleen_Whyte" title="Kathleen Whyte">Kathleen Whyte</a></li>
<li><a href="Erica_Wilson" title="Erica Wilson">Erica Wilson</a></li>
<li><a href="Lily_Yeats" title="Lily Yeats">Lily Yeats</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organizations<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div>and museums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Embroiderers'_Guild" title="Embroiderers' Guild">Embroiderers' Guild (UK)</a></li>
<li><a href="Embroiderers'_Guild_of_America" title="Embroiderers' Guild of America">Embroiderers' Guild of America</a></li>
<li><a href="Embroidery_Software_Protection_Coalition" title="Embroidery Software Protection Coalition">Embroidery Software Protection Coalition</a></li>
<li><a href="Needlework_Development_Scheme" title="Needlework Development Scheme">Needlework Development Scheme</a></li>
<li><a href="Royal_School_of_Needlework" title="Royal School of Needlework">Royal School of Needlework</a></li>
<li><a href="Wemyss_School_of_Needlework" title="Wemyss School of Needlework">Wemyss School of Needlework</a></li>
<li><a href="Chung_Young_Yang_Embroidery_Museum" title="Chung Young Yang Embroidery Museum">Chung Young Yang Embroidery Museum </a></li>
<li><a href="Han_Sang_Soo_Embroidery_Museum" title="Han Sang Soo Embroidery Museum">Han Sang Soo Embroidery Museum</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Appliqu%C3%A9" title="Appliqué">Appliqué</a></li>
<li><a href="Crochet" title="Crochet">Crochet</a></li>
<li><a href="Knitting" title="Knitting">Knitting</a></li>
<li><a href="Lace" title="Lace">Lace</a></li>
<li><a href="Quilting" title="Quilting">Quilting</a></li></ul>
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