List of textile handicrafts

Under handicrafts refers to methods of various branches of the textile industry , the laymen in the home with simple tools or simple machines can run. Working materials for this are textiles of various types, such as yarns and fabrics .

Needlework

Bavarian coat of arms on embroidered Easter egg, cross stitch, Pfaffing, Upper Bavaria, 2016

The group of handicrafts called needlework originally included techniques that were practiced with needles of various shapes.

• Embroidery , including various breakthrough work
• Darning and mending
• Sewing , including patchwork and quilting
• Knit
• Crochet including fork crochet
• Needle binding (a textile technique rediscovered at the end of the 20th century)

Needlework was a synonym for handicrafts for girls or textile works . The basics of these techniques were taught in this school subject. The legal term “ needle money ” is derived from needlework that was typical of women for a long time .

Other classic handicrafts

• Tatting
• Lace making
• Tundles

Modern handicrafts

From around 1970, traditionally practiced techniques for private households were discovered.

• Weaving , in particular picture weaving and the tablet weaving of ribbons
• Knotting , handcrafted on canvas
• Macrame
• Wet and needle felting
• Kumihimo braiding of cords from Japan and free Scoubidou braiding
• Batik and simple forms of textile printing
• Silk painting .

Tool

See also : List of devices for textile handicrafts

literature

• Margot Grupe: The new needlework. Textbook for school and home based on the new curriculum for higher girls' and middle schools. with the participation of Hildegard von Gierke, Helene Hasse, Elisabeth Kölling and Gertrud Willms. Dürer's House, Berlin 1921.