# Needlework

> Canonical page: /en/needlework

## Programme

  With thread and textiles you can make lots of things. During Needlework, children explore traditional techniques and use them in their own work.

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### Discover knitting

      How do stitches form and how do they come together to make textiles?

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### Try French knitting

      Children learn a different way of working with thread.

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### Explore embroidery

      With stitches, textiles get their own special character.

  The teacher chooses techniques and tasks that suit the group.

## Skills children practise here

- Fine motor skills
    
- Patient practice
    
- Working with textiles