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Crewel thread is a fine, loosely twisted worsted (wool) thread used for crewel embroidery. Modern crewel wool is normally a fine, single or 2-plied thread. According to the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, the earliest written example of the word crewel dates back to AD 1494, but the exact origins of the word are unknown.

See outline stitch. The term is also used for an irregular stem stitch in late nineteenth century crewel embroidery. GVE

A crewel needle is a medium length (4-5 cm) sewing needle with a sharp point and a long eye for threading multiple or thick yarns. This type of needle is often used for crewel work.

Count is a measure of thread size, based on the relation between the weight of fibres and the length of thread produced. 

Couching is an embroidery technique in which laid threads are placed on the surface of the ground material. The laid threads are then fastened down with a separate thread (couching thread) using small tying down couching stitches (often an individual overcast stitch).

Cordonnet is a French term used to describe a thick cotton or silk thread that is used to outline lace designs (both hand and machine forms). The outline may be worked in a variety of stitches, such as buttonhole stitch, chain stitch (needle and tambour forms), running stitch, or in couching.  A cordonnet thread was used, for instance, for the famous Mechlin lace and the Chantilly lace.

Cord quilting is a form of relief quilting, in which lengths of cord or thick wool are outlined by parallel lines of usually either a running stitch or back stitch. There are two ways in which this technique can be worked.

Cloth is a general term for a fabric or textile. It usually refers to a woven material.

See double running stitch.

Broderie des Indes (‘Indian embroidery’) is a term sometimes used for a form of drawn thread work or drawn work on muslin.