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meditation disguised as embroidery, where grandmothers quietly thread thousands of stitches into something nobody asked for
ancient craftEgyptian tombs held needlepoint dating back thousands of years
war effortWWI soldiers stitched to recover from shell shock
royal hobbyMary, Queen of Scots, stitched through her imprisonment
counted threadsworked stitch-by-stitch over an open canvas grid
not knittinguses canvas and yarn, no needles clacking together