crewel

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“Showstoppers!” displays 100-odd costumes, as well as a handful of the tools used to make them, like millinery blocks and a 19th-century crewel machine from the embroiderers Penn & Fletcher.

From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2021

If you don’t want to graduate to more complicated crafting like cross-stitch or crewel embroidery, there are some latch-hook kits that yield more useful items.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2020

While I can sew a reasonable seam by hand — in fact, I was very into crewel and embroidery once upon a time — I don’t have a sewing machine.

From The Verge • Apr. 8, 2020

She says she has seen a huge demand for vintage crewel work and embroidered framed pieces that have motifs such as butterflies or daisies.

From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2017

The term split-stitch describes no new stitch, but a particular treatment to which a crewel or a satin stitch is submitted.

From Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery by Buckle, Mary