Needlework is the work of sewing with a needle, and also the things you make that way — a cushion, a picture, a hem. It is a wide, slightly old-fashioned word that can cover sewing, embroidery, needlepoint, and the quiet home crafts that used to be called women’s work.

Needlework是指 the work of sewing with a needle用針縫東西這件事，and also the things you make that way也指用這種方式做出來的東西——a cushion像個抱枕、a picture一幅繡圖、a hem或一段縫邊。It它是 a wide, slightly old-fashioned word一個範圍很廣、有點老派的字，that can cover sewing, embroidery, needlepoint可以涵蓋縫紉、刺繡、針繡，and the quiet home crafts that used to be called women's work還有以前被稱為「女性的活兒」的居家手藝。

In some schools, needlework was once a lesson, like cooking. Today people more often say sewing or embroidery for the exact kind they mean, but needlework is still a gentle, useful umbrella.

In some schools在某些學校，needlework was once a lesson女紅曾經是一門課，like cooking就像烹飪課一樣。Today如今 people more often say sewing or embroidery人們比較常用sewing或embroidery for the exact kind they mean來指他們實際說的那種活兒，but needlework is still a gentle, useful umbrella但needlework還是一個溫和好用的統稱。

The pieces are needle + work: work done with a needle.

The pieces這個字拆開來是 are needle + work needle加work：work done with a needle意思是「用針做的活兒」。

Though actually, knitting is not usually called needlework, even though it uses needles — knitting is its own craft.

Though actually不過事實上，knitting is not usually called needlework編織knitting通常不叫needlework，even though it uses needles雖然它也用到針——knitting is its own craft編織是它自己獨立的一門手藝。