☻Handicrafts☻

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Handicraft - also known as craft work, a type of work where useful and decorative devices are made completely by hand or using only simple tools. Usually the term is applied to traditional means of making goods.

Cross-stitch- is a popular form of counted-thread embroidery in which X-shaped stitches in a tiled, raster-like pattern are used to form a picture. Cross-stitch is usually executed on easily countable evenweave fabric called aida cloth. The stitcher counts the threads in each direction so that the stitches are of uniform size and appearance. This form of cross-stitch is also called counted cross-stitch in order to distinguish it from other forms of cross-stitch. Sometimes cross-stitch is done on designs printed on the fabric such as stamped cross-stitch; the stitcher simply stitches over the printed pattern.

♦Cross Stitch Diagram♦

Crochet- is a process of creating fabric from yarn or thread using a crochet derived from the French word "crochet", meaning hook. Crocheting, similar to knitting consists of pulling loops of yarn through other loops. Crochet differs from knitting in that only one loop is active at one time .

Pottery - is the ceramic ware made by potters.The place where such wares are made is also called a pottery (plural potteries).Pottery can also refer to the material of which the potteryware is made. Major types of pottery include earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. Pottery is one of the oldest human technologies and art-forms, and remains a major industry today.