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Meanings of needleworking in English

Russian
вышивание и плетение
Catalan
treball d'agulla
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Craft of creating or decorating objects using needle and thread.

        вышивание и плетение
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        Examples for "needlework"
        1
        By 1846 instruction in needlework had been begun in earnest in England.
        The History of Education / Educational Practice and Progress Con...
        2
        Mrs. Rothesay was sitting in the sunshine, engaged in some delicate needlework.
        Olive: A Novel
        3
        Presently she came in, bringing some needlework; Rosie and Walter with her.
        Grandmother Elsie
        4
        Rachael entered the library with a piece of needlework in her hand.
        The Conqueror: Being the True and Romantic Story of Alexander Ha...
        5
        She shall be brought unto the King in a vesture of needlework.
        Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts
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        The handwork is all over, for the canner will do the rest.
        Every Step in Canning: The Cold-Pack Method
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        The children reverted to free-running handwork, often improvising as they went.
        Earth Abides
        3
        The things with ribbon and handwork and yards and yards of real lace.
        Cheerful—By Request
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        Bassett thought he saw the handwork of some enterprising journalist, and smiled grimly.
        The Breaking Point
        5
        She taught me to embroider and to do other fine handwork.
        Maezli: A Story of the Swiss Valleys
        1
        She possessed an art that sufficed to supply food for her thriving infant and herself-theart of needlework.
        The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction
        2
        Normally she disdained the homely art of needlework, but as a daughter of the Ice People she was skilled in it nevertheless.
        Runemarks
        3
        One can imagine that the effect of them in social life was to add greatly to the vogue of the art of needlework.
        The Development of Embroidery in America
        4
        These two constellations are worshipped principally by women, that they may gain cunning in the arts of needlework and making of fancy flowers.
        Myths and Legends of China
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