Arachne, a most industrious needleworker, had the audacity to contest against Pallas, the goddess of the art of weaving.

In appliqué the craft to the needleworker is not carried to its limit, but, on the other hand, it calls for great skill in design.

Mrs. O'Shaughnessy is the daintiest needleworker I have ever seen; she was taught by the nuns at St. Catherine's in the "ould country."

Embroidery is usually regarded as strictly a woman's craft, but in the Middle Ages the leading needleworkers were often men.