2008年3月30日 · Crewel is suitable for embroidery on all kinds of linen—on plain or diagonal cloth, serge, flannel, &c. It is also very effective when used in conjunction with embroidery silk, or filoselle, either in conventional designs, or where flowers are introduced.

2006年8月2日 · The vogue for lace work in the reign of William and Mary influenced the stitches in the crewel embroidery, and in Queen Anne's day the variety of stitches was reminiscent of the earlier period, some of the fillings being beautiful.

2008年1月4日 · In recording the changes in the style and purposes of embroidery, from the days of homespun and home-dyed crewel to the almost living flowers wrought with lustrous flosses upon breadths of satin which were the best of the world's manufacture, one unconsciously traverses the ground of domestic and political history, from the days of the Pilgrims ...

2007年1月16日 · The stitches just described were largely used in crewel work. This is a rather vague name that denotes a decorative kind of needlework carried out with coloured wools upon a plain white linen ground. The design is usually composed of conventionally treated leaves and flowers, often growing from boldly curved stems.

The stitch occurs in most of the old English embroidery in wool; but it is astonishing, when one comes to examine the quilts and curtains of a couple of hundred years or so ago, how very little of the woolwork on them is in crewel-stitch.

Krull, or Crewel, is a word evidently derived from the old Norse Krulla, signifying to blend, to mix, and also to curl; in fact, "crewel" work is embroidery, the Berlin wool work of modern days; but the word is generally applied, in this locality, to the covering of a hand ball with worsted work of various colours and devices, the tribute of ...

Just for practice, take a small square of canvas, and thread a crewel needle with the embroidery thread. Bring your needle up through one of the large holes in the canvas, count over two canvas threads to the right, and two upwards, put your needle in this hole, and pick up …

2009年3月7日 · This book serves as a comprehensive guide for needleworkers, designers, and students of this decorative craft, aiming to elevate embroidery from an idle pastime to a recognized art form. The authors explore various stitches, their applications, and the …

2006年8月2日 · This book offers an in-depth exploration of embroidery techniques, styles, and historical context, focusing on the evolution of designs from the Tudor period through the Jacobean era. It serves as both a scholarly work and a practical ...

2006年11月19日 · “Opus Anglicum” was its distinctive title. The term, indeed, was applied to all English artistic productions more or less—embroidery among the rest. The women of England, says William of Poitiers, were famous for their needlework, …