Crewel Work Embroidery Project - History and Introduction

[@katiefield7491]

I started a Crewelwork project today and this was the perfect thing to watch as I was getting sorted. Thanks for the great history lesson!

[@lizryan6289]

I just found your channel. I love crewel work embroidery and will be watching your channel. Wonderful info.

[@MagpieRat]

I love those long term projects as well - in fact I'm watching this while working on a blackworked shirt which has kept me busy for about 4 months now! I feel like embroidery is very underrepresented in the costuming/costube scene: there are people who amazing things with machine embroidery, but handwork rarely gets a look in. I can understand why of course, it's a huge time commitment and doesn't have the visual impact that it once did, now that everyone is used to machine embroidery being so cheaply and easily available. But it is a huge part of the history of textiles, dress, and women's social history; it would be nice to see more of it. Thanks for this video, it was very informative and has me itching to stitch!

[@JordanMitchellking]

totally agree with you!

[@TheGabygael]

i'm knitting myself a setesdal cardigan and i wanted to buy the proper ribbons to embelish it but i do not own a credit card that would allow me to do so (i bought some "ethnic folk ribbon on amazon that had the same patterns ended up being laughably wide and polyester type shiny, might use it for something else ) so i figured i could finish it so it's bland, that way it's done by this winter and in the meantime i'd have all the time to research and embroider myself some tape (i wanted an embroidered collar and i couldn't wrap my head as to how it was done with a straight ribbon, turns out it's not, i saw embroidered panels that look like what i should do) i have almost 1 meter of a glorious black felted wool from a previous project and i watched a video that explained what that type of embroidery was. it didn't go too much in detail into how to actually reproduce what i was looking for (as a matter of fact it seems that the fabric is put on top of the canvas and i stuglle to see how it'll help) but the craftswoman was mentioning that it was somewhat reminiscent of crewelwork... I've always been intrigued by crewelwork without ever knowing its name nor having the aptience to pick it up (my inspirations are the fancy ball owns of the 18th century, mens coats of that same era and queen elizabeth II 's coronation dress which are maybe not the most beginer friendly types of pattern /shrug) from what i gathered the whole vibe with that type of embroidery is to do with what you have at the moment, what you feel like doing and what you already know from people around you, i might draw inspiration from different sources to fill out what i cannot find online

[@cheyannehatley9852]

Project update 👀

[@JordanMitchellking]

ahh I've been caught out haha, this project has been on a major back burner, maybe I should get back to it!

[@nataliegist2014]

I would love to watch your channel if you would turn of the music.