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The 12 Types of Needlework You Should Know About Articles / By Valerie Woods Did you know that there are at least 12 major types of needlework? Want to know the best places to find them on the web? Not sure where to start? The links provided for each type of needlework will give you an excellent head start -- straight from the experts in their field. When you click on a link, a new window will appear. 1. Types of Needlework: Applique Applique is an ancient art of a type of needlework where decorative pieces of one fabric is applied to another base textile. Applique can be applied to clothing, table linens, and quilts, to name only a few. If you are unfamiliar with applique, I think one of the best places to look for examples is on Pinterest  and   YouTube . You will get a clear picture about how, and in how many forms, applique can be created and applied. When you look around thePinterest boards, you realize that you can indeed create art with bits of fabr

Types of Crochet: 21 Styles To Inspire You I’ve been crocheting for a very long time but I stuck to the basics for years – single crochet, double crochet – all with a regular old hook. The thing is, it’s hard to actually find new types of crochet because a lot of the time you don’t even know what you’re looking at. I follow some incredible German, Japanese, Lithuanian and Spanish crocheters on Instagram who do the most gobsmacking work but I often don’t know what techniques they are using because I don’t speak their language. I’ll see this incredible thing in my insta feed with a crochet hook sticking out of it and I’ll be like  ‘What the hell is that??? I must make it!’  and then I click through to the description and I’m heart broken that I can’t read the caption. Such is the beauty of the internet! Knitting appears to be the king of the yarn world but crochet has it’s own techniques and finishes that can’t be achieved with knitting. The origins of crochet are a bit murky but we