needle craft

  • 31Cross-stitch — This article is about the embroidery style called cross stitch or counted cross stitch. For specific crossed stitches used in needlework, see cross stitches. Cross stitch sampler, Germany, 1735. Cross stitch is a popular form of counted thread… …

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  • 32Button — For other uses, see button (disambiguation) and buttons (disambiguation). Wedgwood button with Boulton cut steels, depicting a mermaid family, England, circa 1760. Actual diameter: just over 32mm (1 1/4 ) …

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  • 33Hook gauge — A hook gauge or needle gauge is a measuring device used by crocheters and knitters to test the sizes of particular crochet hooks and knitting needles. Hook gauges are usually made of plastic or aluminum and have sizing holes from 2mm to 11mm… …

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  • 34Diesel engine — Diesel engines in a museum Diesel generator on an oil tanker …

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  • 35Pascagoula Abduction — Charles Hickson, Calvin Parker Alleged abduction Status Single Abductees First abduction date October 11, 1973 Location Pascagoula River, Mississippi Taken from Abandoned industrial site …

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  • 36Seed bead — This article is about glass beads. For information related to Teflon seed beads , see Polytetrafluoroethylene. Seed beads Seed beads are uniformly shaped, spheroidal beads ranging in size from under a millimeter to several millimeters. Seed bead… …

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  • 37crochet — crocheter /kroh shay euhr/; Brit. /kroh shay euhr, shee /, n. /kroh shay /; Brit. /kroh shay, shee/, n., v., crocheted / shayd /; Brit. / shayd, sheed/, crocheting / shay ing/; Brit. / shay ing, shee ing/. n …

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  • 38embroidery — /em broy deuh ree, dree/, n., pl. embroideries. 1. the art of working raised and ornamental designs in threads of silk, cotton, gold, silver, or other material, upon any woven fabric, leather, paper, etc., with a needle. 2. embroidered work or… …

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  • 39Lace —    One of the trademark crafts of Brussels, lace making evolved from embroidery. Needle lace appeared in Italy, most likely in Venice, at the end of the first quarter of the 16th century. Bobbin lace emerged at the same time simultaneously in… …

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  • 40Chain stitch — For the technique used to shorten rope or cable for storage or while in use, see Chain sinnet. Traditional embroidery in chain stitch on a Kazakh rug, contemporary. Chain stitch is a sewing and embroidery technique in which a series of looped… …

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