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Kabuli embroidery is associated with Kabul, the capital and largest city of Afghanistan.

Craftsmen in India and beyond produce various types of metal threads and metal thread embroidery. The general Indian term for goldwork embroidery is zari. The word zari is ultimately derived from the Persian word for gold, zar. The term zari can be used to describe various types of metal threads and ways that they are used as embroidered decoration.

Sir Norman Bishop Hartnell was a British fashion designer. He held a Royal Warrant as Dressmaker to Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, from 1940, and to Queen Elizabeth II from 1957.

See gobelin stitch.

The gobelin stitch is a type of tent stitch, whereby the thread is worked on canvas over two or more warp/weft threads and the length of the stitch is twice its width. It is sometimes worked as a raised form, which means that it is padded with a thick thread of cord. A padded gobelin stitch either completely conceals the padding or allows part of it to show in order to create and emphasise a geometric pattern.

'The embroidery class at Paco school, Manila, Philippines', is a staged photograph. It shows a number of girls who are working on their embroideries that are tensioned on various forms of slate frames. The photograph was taken between 1900 and 1923.

A chenille needle is a large-eyed needle that is very similar to a tapestry needle or a cross stitch needle with respect to its length and diameter. A chenille needle, however, has a very sharp point, rather than a round or blunt form associated with tapestry and cross stitch needles.

The chadari, also often called a burqa, is a form of head and body covering, often decorated with hand or machine embroidery, worn by many women in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The two names, chadari and burqa, have been used for this style of garment for a long time. Basically, burqa is the Pakistani term, while chadari is used in Afghanistan. However, most Westerners use the term burqa for both forms.

See betweens.

A betweens is a short (c. 3-4 cm in length), fine needle with a small, round eye and very sharp point. These needles are often used for tailoring, fine needlework and quilt making. Some manufacturers at the beginning of the twenty-first century also produced a quilting needle, which is slightly shorter and narrower than a betweens.