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needlecraft

[ need-l-kraft, -krahft ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

needlecraft

/ ˈniːdəlˌkrɑːft /

First recorded in 1350–1400, needlecraft is from Middle English nedle craft. See needle, craft

The worker of samplers and those advanced in the higher arts of needlecraft had also their little work necessaries.

Certainly it is one of the quaintest and most primitive attempts of working pictures by needlecraft.

Queen Elizabeth cannot, however, be said to have been in any way a patroness of the art of needlecraft.

Among the many treasures of this exquisite period of needlecraft are the well-known Stuart caskets.

They in turn carried their arts and crafts to Gaul and Britain, and by degrees needlecraft permeated the whole of Europe.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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