All needlework synonyms

noun needlework

• needlepoint — embroidery upon canvas, usually with uniform spacing of stitches in a pattern.
• crocheting — Present participle of crochet.
• darning — a mending with interlaced stitches
• embroidery — The art or pastime of embroidering cloth.
• knitting — fabric produced by knitting.
• lace — a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
• quilting — a coverlet for a bed, made of two layers of fabric with some soft substance, as wool or down, between them and stitched in patterns or tufted through all thicknesses in order to prevent the filling from shifting.
• sewing — the amount of additional water necessary to float a grounded vessel.
• stitchery — needlework.
• stitching — one complete movement of a threaded needle through a fabric or material such as to leave behind it a single loop or portion of thread, as in sewing, embroidery, or the surgical closing of wounds.
• tatting — the act or process of making a kind of knotted lace of cotton or linen thread with a shuttle.