Ancient Handcrafts

Traditionally, cross-stitch was used to embellish items like household linens, tablecloths, dishcloths, and doilies, but has lately become increasingly popular in making greeting cards, pillow tops, coasters and trivets as well as for decorative purposes by hanging them on the wall.

The word crochet, which today describes  both the specific type of textile, and the hooked needle used to produce it, is derived from the Old Frenc...

Embroidery has always been a sign of high social status; a hobby practiced by the wives and daughters in the courts or palaces of the sovereigns.

Weaving produces textiles by interlocking two yarns that lie perpendicular to one another and typically interlock, that is to say the interaction of the warp and the weft in a perpendicular relationship.

Rush weaving is a very old, ancient handcraft dating back thousands of years. Some early examples could be found at ancient Egypt. It became popular all around the World and in Great Britain after the 14th century.

The earliest evidence of patchwork dates back to 3,200 BCE, used by ancient Egyptians for their clothes, wall decorations, draperies and furniture. 

Very few would be able to reply if they were asked what xylography was. In fact, it is the technique of printing using wood finely carved for the p...

“Oya” is a traditional Turkish needlework believed to date back to 8th Century BC, when Phrygians ruled the Anatolian lands. Spreading initially to Greece during the 12th Century, “oya” then continued its journey to Italy, Spain, and all the way up to England and Ireland,

Felting is the most ancient form of textile art, and predates weaving and spinning techniques.