Crewel Embroidery: A Practical Guide (Milner Craft Series) Paperback – August 5, 2008

I like this book as it has the pattern drawing and a completed full color photo of the work. It includes a list of the colors in Appleton crewel wool, and a methodology of working the areas. It has the basic stitches used and how to get started working from simplier patterns to more complex. Well done.

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I was scared to order this as many reviews said it was totally for beginners. I've done various types of needlework for 50 years. Though I will say it has been a while since I did any crewel work but in all, I have branched out and started straying from the kits a bit. I wanted some inspiration to do my own designs on whatever I wanted to do them on, more than just an edging design on a tablecloth, or small flowers and nice use of floss on an applique project. I'll still keep to the kits (I've got enough to last me haha). However, this opens the door for so much more! She gives templates and of course color photos of the templates as a finished project mostly floral but some nice small critter designs. Just what I was looking for; some Jacobean-like style floral designs to do on small totes, denim jackets, even dress up a duffel bag, etc. This will also help branch out my wool applique designs by giving them a touch of fill-in work with floss. Just what I wanted. I just got the book yesterday and looked at it a bit this morning and very happy with my purchase. It's hard to mail ordering books, you really never know what you are going to get unless you have seen the book before. For me, ordering a used book is about the same price as driving to the library.PLEASE always review your books, it sure helps others! It was a huge bonus that this book had an excellent picture of a color wheel made with yarn and a really great explanation on how to use the color wheel; the way from primary to tertiary colors! Maybe I'll make something like it, color is my biggest hurdle when it comes to design work... I was a B&W photographer for years. I have composition down but color? No clue. This book had a really basic but very good approach to explaining the use of color. She'd be good to elaborate on color even more in a book just about the use of color in needlework. Anyway, it is indeed a good book for a beginner, but also for those experienced in various needlework kits and want to branch out and try some design work on your own! It will teach you that for sure. Thanks to the author, it's a very nice book.

This is an outstanding book on crewel embroidery, particularly for someone who is a beginner or novice stitcher and interested in learning crewel work or improving their skills. The author is clearly an expert in the field and an experienced teacher. The text opens with accurate and helpful introductory information including history, materials, tools, design transfer, methods for framing up to work the embroidery and color principles. Then the author presents a series of 11 projects, progressing from simplest to most complex. Design 10 is a Tree of Life and Design 11 is the scroll design portrayed on the cover of the book. Clear directions and traceable images are provided for each project. The book also includes a variety of other traceable motifs for the embroiderer to use in designing their own projects. A Stitch Glossary is included in the back showing clear diagrams of how to perform each stitch used in the book. While there are other stitch dictionaries available that include many more stitches usable in crewel embroidery, the value of this book is as a step-by-step teaching tool for the beginning to intermediate student of crewel work. I strongly recommend this book - it is beautiful, inspirational, and incredibly well done.

Has a lot of projects & templates to help you design your own projects. Plenty of stitches & variations too. More than worth price. Highly recommend for both beginners and intermediate stitchers.

Love love love this book! I have been working on crewel embroidery for several months now and have found this to be the best book of all I have purchased. I have worked all of the designs in the book experimenting with different embroidery fabrics, threads and colors. If you are interested in learning crewel embroidery this is the book to start with!

This is a very basic book, as are most of the projects. If you have never done embroidery of any kind, this book provides step-by-step instructions. However, if you have any experience at all, you may find it too simplistic. While I did find the discussion of scroll designs useful, the four pages of circles were less so. I would have much preferred to see more examples of actual embroidery in progress. Recommended if you are seeking a very basic introduction, but likely not worth your while if you have done any surface embroidery before.

Well pleased.

Very good book that includes advice on design as well as clear instructions for crewel work. The projects are easy to follow.

Lovely book and designs.

Very good.!!

Des dessins relativement simples et évolutifs pour apprendre à tirer l'aiguille en crewel, broderie de laine plutôt réalisées dans les pays anglo-saxons et peu connue en France. Bien évidemment ce livre est en anglais ... et peu utile si vous ne maitrisez pas la langue de Shakespeare car toutes les explications sont écrites, les dessins étant réservé aux formes à reproduire pour les broder ensuite.

毛糸で刺繍するCrewel刺繍に初めてチャレンジしてみようと思う方にお奨め。デザインNo.1 の小さななモチーフで基本ステッチ数種を憶え、徐々にステッチ種類が増えてデザインが複雑になっていくという段階を踏んだ全１１種のデザインをこなしていく内に、一通りのCrewel刺繍のステッチとデザインのイメージを身につける事が出来る筈です。最終的には、その知識を踏まえて、本の終わりに伝統的な葉、花、実、デザインフレーム等の部分的なデザイン集から好きなものを組み合わせて、サンプラーなどを自由に刺せるようになる・・・・のでは？　と思っています。"Beginner's Guide to Crewel Embroidery"(Jane Rainbow)とどちらがよいか、意見の分かれる所だと思いますが、どちらも捨てがたい。あえて言えば、Jane Rainbowのカラーチョイスには惹かれる方が多いかもしれませんが、Shelage Amorの方が、伝統的な色とデザインを使ってレクチャーしているので、初めてなら地味でもこちらをお奨めしたいと思います。（両方手に入れても損はしないと思いますが）Jane RainbowのGuideには使用色の色番指定がありませんが、こちらのGuidにはAppleton Crewel woolの色番が見本色として表記してあるので、色を選ぶのに悩まないでいいかもしれません。