Craftsmen Li Shuanglu (left) and Wu Laishun (right) try to beat a piece of steel bar flat with a hammer in making crewel needles in Dayang township of Zezhou county, North China's Shanxi province, ...

When I was younger, before I had children, I made a beautiful raccoon picture that I still have to this day using a technique called crewel. Crewel is a form of surface embroidery that uses wool and a ...