Crewel Twists

Crewel Twists by Hazel Blomkamp.

The free form of surface embroidery known as crewel or Jacobean embroidery has survived for centuries as a popular craft and art technique, a style of needleworking that is updated and made readily accessible to contemporary embroiderers through this detailed guide. Using a wide selection of materials, the book demonstrates how to let creativity flow into a project though unexpected uses of fabric, threads, beads and alternative stitches and by borrowing techniques from other forms of needlework. 
The projects these methods create retain the aspects inherent to crewelwork but utilize unique and exciting designs to re-inspire needleworkers or newcomers with an alternative apporach that appeals to the modern embroiderer.