Crossword clues for needlework
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Needlework \Nee"dle*work`\, n.
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Work executed with a needle; sewed work; sewing; embroidery, crocheting, quilting, or tapestry, etc.; also, the art, process, or occupation of creating objects with needles.
Syn: needlecraft.
The combination of timber and plaster making the outside framework of some houses.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 the art or process of working with a needle especially in embroidery or needlepoint. 2 the product of such art or process. 3 the occupation or employment of a person skilled in embroidery, needlepoint, etc.
WordNet
n. a creation created or assembled by needle and thread [syn: needlecraft]
work (such as sewing or embroidery) that is done with a needle [syn: needlecraft]
Wikipedia
Needlework is a broad term for the handicrafts of decorative sewing and textile arts. Anything that uses a needle for construction can be called needlework. The definition may expand to include related textile crafts such as a crochet hook or tatting shuttles.
Similar abilities often transfer well between different varieties of needlework, such as fine motor skill and a knowledge of textile fibres. Some of the same tools may be used in several different varieties of needlework. For instance, a needle threader is useful in nearly all needlecrafts.
Usage examples of "needlework".
By the way, misses Gatten says to tell ye to take the needlework with her blessing.
And you remember the work my Gran did years ago for the Royal School of Needlework, when she was an enthusiastic patron, not only supporting financially but actually plying the needle like billy-o.
Now she was set with the task of cutting down her slips and gowns to make a layette and needlework had always tried her patience.
So Marah sat very still and sad, bending over her needlework without ever turning her head in the direction of the door.
She could read and write Latin and do grand needlework, yet proved to be a skillful archer with the small crossbow, and a horsewoman of their equal.
Her own mother had not been noted for her needlework, preferring to cut bands of fine work from old, outworn garments and stitch them with nearly invisible stitches to new ones, rather than embroider anything of her own.
Her hobbies include needlework, jewelry design, beadwork, and dollmaking.
And, with a little extra effort, moonshine, brainstim, headboxes, needlework, or even a sleeve job.
Madeline leveled a scathing glare at her, collected a piece of ladyish needlework into her sewing basket, and exited in a major snit.
I was known for fine needlework, my lady the duchess, who had recently married my lord the duke, offered to bring me, as well as my daughter, to this kingdom of Aragon, where the days passed, and my daughter grew and was endowed with all the graces in the world: she sings like a lark, dances court dances like a lightning flash and country dances like a whirlwind, reads and writes like a schoolmaster, and counts like a miser.
Now she was set with the task of cutting down her slips and gowns to make a layette and needlework had always tried her patience.
Below them was a purple velvet needlework box with gilded strapwork mounts, and beside it a tissue-encased roll of cloth, which Sophie took to the table and carefully unrolled.
Still smiling, but without interrupting her needlework, she introduced the other two members of the troupe: the acrobats Felix and Kitty.
He did some neat needlework, pulled off his gloves, stopped to pass the time of day with the anaesthetist, and walked away, followed by Adam.
Miss Woodburn, with the needlework which she found easier to be voluble over than a book, expressed in her welcome a neutrality both cordial to Beaton and loyal to Alma.