Needlepoint is a kind of picture or pattern made with a needle, by covering a stiff cloth with many small stitches until the cloth almost disappears under the thread. It is slower and more “filled in” than ordinary sewing.

Needlepoint is a kind of picture or patternNeedlepoint是一種圖案或圖樣 made with a needle用針做出來的 by covering a stiff cloth with many small stitches做法是在硬挺的布上蓋滿許多細小的針腳 until the cloth almost disappears under the thread直到布幾乎完全被線蓋住看不見 It is slower and more "filled in"它比較慢、也更「填滿」 than ordinary sewing比起一般的縫紉

People do it as a craft, often with the cloth held tight in a frame on their lap. The name is simply needle + point: the point of the needle making the picture stitch by stitch.

People do it as a craft人們把它當作一種手工藝來做 often with the cloth held tight in a frame常常把布繃緊在一個框架裡 on their lap放在膝蓋上 The name is simply needle + point這個名字就是needle加上point the point of the needle用針尖 making the picture stitch by stitch一針一針地做出圖案

Though actually, students often fold this into embroidery in general, or mix it up with cross-stitch. Needlepoint is one kind, usually on canvas, with stitches sitting close together.

Though actually不過其實 students often fold this into embroidery in general學生常常把它籠統地歸進刺繡裡 or mix it up with cross-stitch或跟十字繡搞混 Needlepoint is one kindNeedlepoint是其中一種 usually on canvas通常繡在帆布上 with stitches sitting close together針腳排得很密

The word can also be used as a verb — to needlepoint a cushion — but the pictures-and-craft sense is the one you will meet first.

The word can also be used as a verb這個字也可以當動詞用 to needlepoint a cushion to needlepoint a cushion but the pictures-and-craft sense這個指圖案和手工藝的意思 is the one you will meet first才是你會先遇到的