KENTUCKY 4-H PROJECT FACT SHEET

4-H NEEDLEWORK PROJECT

Step It Up! Crochet Pass it on! Now that you know how, share it with others. Here are ideas to get you started.

Marjorie Baker Communication Are you Into It? Extension Associate for 4-H Youth Development • Give a presentation on Crochet…embroidery…knitting…lacework (tatting)…quilting…in 4-H, youth have the heritage crafts in Kentucky. opportunity to create using needles/hooks and thread/yarn/floss. Throughout history, • Teach the needlework skills needlework has served as a means for increasing manual dexterity and creative expression. you learn to friends. • Demonstrate a variety of • Learn to create using crochet, embroidery, knitting, quilting or tatting skills. embroidery stitches. • Learn to follow step-by-step instructions. Citizenship • Discover your artistic abilities. • Volunteer at a children’s art exhibit. Here’s what you can do all year! • Learn about needlework created in other countries. • Make gifts using Starting Out Learning More Expanding Horizons needlework skills for family Basic Intermediate Advanced members and friends. • Make an afghan or lap quilt for an elderly friend. • Create basic stitches in at • Continue to learn • Learn a variety of least one of the additional and more advanced stitches/skills. Leadership following: crochet, complex skills/stitches. • Create original or • embroidery, knitting, Learn to use additional advanced needlework by • Organize a group to

quilting, or tatting. pieces of equipment. combining the skills embroider first names on a • Learn to read and follow • Create one or more learned into a master stuffed animal or pillow basic instructions. finished needlework piece. case for children in a • Recognize basic stitches. pieces. • Evaluate mastery of shelter. • Use basic equipment. • Teach others the skills skills. • Create a finished you have learned. needlework piece.

Learn more at www.kentucky4h.org or contact your county extension office.

KENTUCKY 4-H PROJECT FACT SHEET Take Needlework Further! Here are some other opportunities to explore:

• Contact your county extension office to participate in a local needlework club or related workshops. Exhibit Ideas • Keep records of everything you do and spend on your project. • Enter an exhibit in the county fair. If selected to advance, enter your • Prepare an exhibit that exhibit in the Kentucky State Fair. meets the description • Garments that include needlework may be entered in your county’s requirements in the fashion revue. If selected to advance, represent your county in the State Kentucky State Fair Catalog 4-H Needlework Division. 4-H Fashion Revue, held in June during 4-H Teen Conference in o Crochet Lexington. o Hand embroidery • Give a speech or demonstration related to needlework in your county . Redwork communications competition. If selected to advance, represent your . Stamped cross stitch . Cross stitch on county at Kentucky 4-H Communications Day in July in Lexington. gingham • Start your own needlework business. . Candlewicking • Check out careers in fashion, art, design, and textiles. Visit with local . Stamped embroidery needlework artists. . Snowflake stitch . Counted cross stitch . Chicken scratch . Crewel embroidery . Counted cross stitch on Aida cloth . Counted cross stitch Resources using waste canvas o Knitting 4-H Resources Other Resources Record Keeping o Tatting o Quilting

Download or contact your o Intermediate Knitting Learning to keep records of • Exhibit your needlework county extension office about factsheet what you do and spend is an garment in the county these projects: Advanced Knitting important life skill. o fashion revue. If your • Crochet Project Book factsheet • Needlework Record county does not have a Factsheet • Quilting Project Book form o revue, model your • Embroidery Project Book Young Beginner • Record Form for projects o needlework at a senior Beginning Creative Quilting factsheet without a specific form o center. Stitchery factsheet o Beginner Quilting • Project Record Fact

o Advanced Creative factsheet Sheet

Stitchery factsheet o Intermediate • Participate in 4-H

o Chicken Scratch Quilting factsheet Achievement factsheet o Advanced Quilting o Huck Embroidery factsheet Terms • Tatting Project Book • Knitting Project Book o Tatting Matters o Beginning Knitting factsheet Reference materials: • UK Extension factsheets

Learn more at www.kentucky4h.org or contact your county extension office.