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Everything about Embroidery thread
Any of several types of thread designed for use in embroidery and related crafts
Embroidery thread is yarn that is manufactured or hand-spun specifically for embroidery and other forms of needlework. Embroidery thread often differs widely, coming in many different fiber types, colors and weights. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Embroidery threadA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Core-shell structured gold nanorods on thread-embroidered fabric-based microfluidic device for Ex Situ detection of glucose and lactate in sweatInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Metal thread embroideryThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: PEDOT:PSS-modified cotton conductive thread for mass manufacturing of textile-based electrical wearable sensors by computerized embroideryCited 99 times
- Go sideways: YarnA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Crewel embroideryA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
PEDOT:PSS-modified cotton conductive thread for mass manufacturing of textile-based electrical wearable sensors by computerized embroidery
Study of the optimization of embroidery design parameters for the Technical Embroidery Machine: derivation of the correlation between thread consumption and electrical resistance
Turning a Functional Cloth Into an Actuator by Combining Thread-Like Thin Artificial Muscles and Embroidery Techniques
Metallic Embroidery and Masters of Thread-Breaking as an Example of Cultural Heritage in Turkish Handicrafts
Design of Electro-Thread Embroidery UHF RFID Tag Antennas with Character Shapes
Lessons learned from conserving metal thread embroidery in the Esterházy Collection, Budapest, Hungary
“Silk Thread Martyrs”: Palestinian Embroidery
When Life Hangs by a Thread: Representations of Covid-19 by the Mapula Embroidery Project
🆕 Influential since 2022
Core-shell structured gold nanorods on thread-embroidered fabric-based microfluidic device for Ex Situ detection of glucose and lactate in sweat
Machine embroidery of light-emitting textiles with multicolor electroluminescent threads
Development of Textile Design Using Gangneung Traditional Colored Thread Embroidery
Thread tesion and computer embroidery system controlled by PIC18F4550 Microprocessor
3D Printing for Kiswah Adornment to Replace Gold Thread Embroidery
📚 Books worth reading
Metal thread embroideryJane Lemon · 1987
Metal thread embroideryBarbara Dawson · 1968
Cross Stitch Castles and CottagesJane Greenoff · 1988
Metallic thread embroideryJacqueline Friedman Kreinik, Ann Caswell · 2000
Counted Thread EmbroideryHelen Fairfield · 1987
Stitch the Halls!Sophie Simpson · 2014
Painting with a NeedleYoung Yang Chung · 2003
Counted thread embroideryJean Kinmond · 1976
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