Crewel embroidery is the decorative form of surface embroidery using wool and a variety of different embroidery stitches to follow a design outline applied to the fabric. The technique is at least a thousand years old. It was used in the Bayeux Tapestry, in Jacobean embroidery and in the Quaker Tapestry more recently.
Contemporary crewel is made on the following fabrics.
- Cotton Duck.
- Cotton and viscose velvet.
- Silk and polyester organza.
- Linen and Jute fabric.