Needlework


Complete Guide to Needlework
Glorious Needlepoint
The Needlepoint Book: A Complete Update of the Classic Guide
The Embroiderer's Story: Needlework from the Renaissance to the Present Day
Encyclopedia of Needlework
The Complete Encyclopedia of Needlework
The Knitting Answer Book: Solutions to Every Problem You'll Ever Face; Answers to Every Question You'll Ever Ask
Doodle Stitching: the motif collection
The Quick and the Thread (An Embroidery Mystery, #1)
The Open Canvas: An Instructional Encyclopedia of Openwork Techniques
A Cross Stitch Christmas: Handmade Treasures (Better Homes and Gardens)
Royal School of Needlework Embroidery Techniques
Beginner's Guide to Blackwork
Celtic Needlepoint
One Skein: 30 Quick Projects to Knit or Crochet
Boho Crochet by Julie BrookeKnit Your Own Kama Sutra by Trixie Von PurlQuilts du Jour by Marny BuckCrochet by Claire CulleySmall Town Quilting Blues by Charlie Hudson
Craft Books from 2015
23 books — 7 voters
Sew Bags by Hilarie Wakefield DaytonHand Embroidery for Left Handers by Juby Aleyas KollCraftivism by Betsy GreerGuerrilla Kindness & Other Acts of Creative Resistance by Sayraphim LothianA Little Book of Craftivism by Sarah P. Corbett
The Modern Crafter
23 books — 5 voters

Sublime Stitching by Jenny HartCarnet de point de croix  by DMCBeautiful Bargello by Joyce PetschekEnglish Embroidery From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1580-... by Melinda WattFolk Art Needlecraft by Clare Youngs
Needlework Books
31 books — 8 voters

The verb 'to darn' is explained in my pocket dictionary as follows: 'To mend by imitating the texture of the stuff, with thread and needle.' But this definition does not correspond to the work accomplished by good Chinese housewives. When they mend a sock, they do not try 'to imitate the texture of the stuff'. Their art makes no attempt at concealment: it even takes a certain pride in revealing itself. ...more
Daniele Varè, The Maker of Heavenly Trousers

Patricia A. McKillip
But dear, you hate to sew. I will be married soon. Lady Thiel says a woman with needlework in her hands is generally assumed to have no other thoughts in her head and can safely harbor any number of improprieties. That will come in handy, especially when I'm married to a wizard. ...more
Patricia A. McKillip, Od Magic

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