Ready to begin embroidery? You'll need a few things. First: a lesson in how to embroider. Second: a pattern to inspire your own project. Third: all the tools and materials needed to make the first ...

Craftsmen Li Shuanglu (left) and Wu Laishun (right) try to beat a piece of steel bar flat with a hammer in making crewel needles in Dayang township of Zezhou county, North China's Shanxi province, ...

With her first book on stitchery, needlework instructor Erica Wilson revived a craft and helped invent a publishing category. Her 1962 hardcover book, “Crewel Embroidery,” both popularized the pursuit ...