Needlework: alternatives and connections

Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless.

Pricking with a needle; a needle prick.

Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device…

To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly.

A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.

A kind of needle with a large eye and a blunt point, for drawing tape, ribbon, etc., through a loop or a hem; a tape needle.

an instruction that interrupts the program being executed; "Pascal performs calls by simply giving the name of the routine to be execu…

An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain; -- used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery.

An ancient term for embroidery, esp. applied to the earliest form of lace, or to that early embroidery on linen and the like, from whi…

That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; -- usually with do.

The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing machine; or of producing pro…

A needle for sewing up wounds.

The piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.

A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; -- called also hussy.

A peculiar sort of stitch formed by the locking of two threads together, as in the work done by some sewing machines. See Stitch.

The act or art of making a model from which a work of art is to be executed; the formation of a work of art from some plastic material…

To form in the shape of a needle; as, to needle crystals.

A woman who does needlework; a seamstress.