needle work
Crafting with thread
Needlework is sewing, embroidery, or similar crafts done with needle and thread.
The term covers both practical mending and decorative arts like cross-stitch, crewel, or tapestry: She spent her evenings doing needlework.
A piece of needlework is also the finished product itself: The museum displayed Victorian needlework.
- embroideryDecorative stitching on fabric
- stitchingJoining with needle, thread
- sewingCraft with needle and thread
- sewing basketContainer for mending supplies
- cross-stitchDecorative stitching forming X's
satin stitch · running stitch · thread · thimble · fabric · lace · tapestry · quilting · crewel · sampler · hoop · pattern · yarn · bobbin · pincushion · darning · hem · needlepoint
- mendingmending, reweaving, hole repair, sew-on patch, iron-on patch
- printmakingprints, print, printing, woodcuts, woodcut
craft method
needle workknitting
Loop-based textile making
weaving · crochet · macramé · felting · finger knitting
activity type
needle workmanual labor
Work done bodily
hard labor · demolition · fieldwork · mining · logging