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Embroidery allows you to add a little pizazz to your basic items, stitching them with a pattern to add some detail. You can turn "a white shirt" into a white shirt intricately embroidered with a dolphin pattern in blue thread. In addition, you are adding a LOOK descriptor to your basic item.

Anyone can practice the art of embroidery. The only pre-requisite is that have at least 20 ranks in Scholarship skill so that you can study the patterns you will use. When you embroider, you work your Outfitting skill. The process of studying patterns will give you a small bit of Scholarship experience, as well.

Please note that this system has not been converted to the new crafting mechanics.

How to Embroider

Before you start embroidering, you'll need three things:

Embroidery needle
Bobbin of thread
Something to stitch

You can pick up the needle and thread at any embroidery shop. When looking for something to embroider, look for very basic cloth items. Check your guild's donation shelves, or pick up an inexpensive piece of clothing or container from a local shop. Leather armor cannot be embroidered on, but some items that can be tanned can be. Anything that has a description when you "look" at it will probably not work.

You've got your materials, let's stitch!

PULL BOBBIN, whichever color you plan to use. In doing so, you'll get a hank of <color> thread. Put the bobbin away if you were holding it.
GET NEEDLE
PUT THREAD ON NEEDLE. This action can fail, so make sure you get it threaded!
Get out the pattern you intend to use.
STUDY MY PATTERN and keep studying. Once you are told "You know enough about the pattern to use it", you're ready!
Put the pattern away, and pull out the item you wish to embroider.
Now, STITCH <item> WITH NEEDLE until you are done.
As you stitch, you may occasionally "forget" the details of the pattern. When this happens, pull out the pattern to study it again, and then continue stitching.

Embroidery Quality

When it comes to embroidery, there is a quality modifier that people will see when they look at your item, such as "shabbily embroidered" or "intricately embroidered". Several things can affect this quality, including your Mechanical Lore skill (or Outfitting skill), your Reflex, wounds, and the condition of your pattern.

In addition, those in the Trader guild have a bonus to embroidering, and you'll usually see the more impressive stitching from them. Some traders will stitch an item for you for a small fee.

Ranked List of Embroidery Quality

Sloppily
Shabbily
Simply (est. 150-180 ranks for non-Traders and 100 ranks for Traders)
Attractively (around 200 for non-Trader)
Beautifully (achieved with 385 ranks + capped Mech CJ, non-Trader)
Elaborately (achieved at 293 as a Trader)
Intricately
Masterfully

Embroidery Shops

You'll find a wide range of patterns in the embroidery shops - animals, guild crests, and depictions of the Elanthian gods. You'll also find myriad thread colors to suit your needs.

	Rare Shop	Common Shop Location	Room ID
Blazons and Banners	false	RanikMap67e	2016054
Busy Bee, The (2)	true
Dyeing to Stitch	true
Embroiderer's Stall	false	RanikMap90	3014108
Neidle's Pattern Shop	false	RanikMap47	1041420
Quellia's Thread Shop	false	RanikMap7b	151031
Stitched by the Sea	true
Threads of Color (1)	true
Threads of Color (2)	true
Timely Stitches	true
Trader Shop (Crossing)	false	RanikMap1d	13054
Witch Stitch is Which	true

Patterns

Item	Source is	Rare item	Is incomplete
Alabaster pattern labeled "Crafting"	Stitched by the Sea, Busy Bee, The (2)	true
Antennaed slug pattern	Timely Stitches
Apple pattern	Neidle's Pattern Shop	false
Aqua pattern labeled "Weapons"	Stitched by the Sea, Busy Bee, The (2)	true
Azure pattern labeled "Toys"	Stitched by the Sea, Busy Bee, The (2)	true
Bard pattern	Quellia's Thread Shop	false
Bathing Gor'Tog pattern	Timely Stitches		true
Beige pattern labeled "Props"	Stitched by the Sea, Busy Bee, The (2)	true
Black pattern labeled "Don't Ask"	Stitched by the Sea, Busy Bee, The (2)	true
Blue pattern labeled "Costumes"	Stitched by the Sea, Busy Bee, The (2)	true
... further results

Tidbits on Embroidery

Embroidering an item changes its properties enough to have to re-STOW items in it.
All patterns are the same difficulty to study for scholarship gain. However, some patterns are harder than others to use for actual embroidery.
Patterns wear out after approximately 100 uses. After 50 uses they show some wear. Worn patterns are more difficult to successfully embroider with.
If you want to change the color that is currently on the needle all you have to do is PULL needle.

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-Embroidery allows you to add a little pizazz to your basic items, stitching  them with a pattern to add some detail. You can turn "a white shirt" into ''a  white shirt intricately embroidered with a dolphin pattern in blue thread''.  In addition, you are adding a LOOK descriptor to your basic item.
+Embroidery allows you to add a little pizazz to your basic items, stitching  them with a pattern to add some detail. You can turn "a white shirt" into ''a  white shirt intricately embroidered with a dolphin pattern in blue thread''.  In addition, you are adding a {{com|look}} descriptor to your basic item.
+Anyone can practice the art of embroidery.  The only pre-requisite is that have at least 20 ranks in {{skill|Scholarship}} so that you can study the patterns you will use. When you embroider, you work your {{skill|Outfitting}}.  The process of studying patterns will give you a small bit of Scholarship experience, as well.
+Please note that this system has not been converted to the new crafting mechanics.
-Anyone can practice the art of embroidery.  The only pre-requisites are that  you must be at least 4th Circle, and have at least 20 ranks in Scholarship so that you can study the patterns you will use. When you embroider, you work your [[Mechanical Lore skill]]. The process of studying patterns will give you a small bit of [[Scholarship skill]], as well.
 ==How to Embroider==
 Before you start embroidering, you'll need three things:
-*Embroidery needle
+*{{ilink|i|Embroidery needle}}
 *Bobbin of thread
 *Something to stitch
+You can pick up the needle and thread at any [[:Category:Embroidery_Shops|embroidery shop]]. When looking for something to embroider, look for very basic cloth items.  Check your guild's donation shelves, or pick up an inexpensive piece of clothing or container from a local shop. Leather armor cannot be embroidered on, but some items that can be [[Tanning|tanned]] can be.  Anything that has a description when you "look" at it will probably not work.
-You can pick up the needle and thread at any embroidery shop. When looking for  something to embroider, look for very basic cloth items. Check your guild's  donation shelves, or pick up an inexpensive piece of clothing or container  from a local shop. Leather armor cannot be embroidered on, but some items that  can be tanned can be. Anything that has a description when you "look" at it will probably not work.
 You've got your materials, let's stitch!
-# PULL BOBBIN, whichever color you plan to use. In doing so, you'll get A HANK  OF <COLOR> THREAD. Put the bobbin away.
+# <tt>PULL BOBBIN</tt>, whichever color you plan to use. In doing so, you'll get '''a hank of <color> thread'''. Put the bobbin away if you were holding it.
-# GET NEEDLE
+# <tt>GET NEEDLE</tt>
-# PUT THREAD ON NEEDLE. This action can fail, so make sure you get it  threaded!
+# <tt>PUT THREAD ON NEEDLE</tt>. This action can fail, so make sure you get it  threaded!
 # Get out the pattern you intend to use.
-# STUDY MY PATTERN and keep studying. Once you are told "You know enough about  the pattern to use it", you're ready!
+# <tt>STUDY MY PATTERN</tt> and keep studying. Once you are told "You know enough about the pattern to use it", you're ready!
 # Put the pattern away, and pull out the item you wish to embroider.
-# Now, STITCH <ITEM> WITH NEEDLE until you are done.
+# Now, <tt>STITCH <item> WITH NEEDLE</tt> until you are done.
 # As you stitch, you may occasionally "forget" the details of the pattern.  When this happens, pull out the pattern to study it again, and then continue  stitching.
 ==Embroidery Quality==
+When it comes to embroidery, there is a quality modifier that people will see when they look at your item, such as "shabbily embroidered" or "intricately embroidered".  Several things can affect this quality, including your {{skill|Mechanical Lore}} (or {{skill|Outfitting}}), your {{stat|Reflex}}, wounds, and the condition of your pattern.
+In addition, those in the [[Trader]] guild have a bonus to embroidering, and you'll usually see the more impressive stitching from them.  Some traders will stitch an item for you for a small fee.
-When it comes to embroidery, there is a quality "modifier" that people will  see when they look at your item, such as "shabbily embroidered" or  "intricately embroidered". Several things can affect this quality, including your {{skill|Mechanical Lore}}, your [[Reflex]], wounds, and the quality of  your pattern.
+===Ranked List of Embroidery Quality===
+*Sloppily
-In addition, those in the [[Trader]] guild have a bonus to the embroidery  skill, and you'll usually see the more impressive stitching from them. Some  traders will stitch an item for you for a small fee.
+*Shabbily
+*Simply (est. 150-180 ranks for non-Traders and 100 ranks for Traders)
+*Attractively (around 200 for non-Trader)
-*List of Embroidery Quality
+*Beautifully (achieved with 385 ranks + capped Mech CJ, non-Trader)
-**Sloppily
+*Elaborately (achieved at 293 as a Trader)
-**Shabbily
+*Intricately
-**Simply
+*Masterfully
-**Attractively
-**Beautifully
-**Elaborately
-**Intricately
-**Masterfully
 ==Embroidery Shops==
-You'll find a wide range of patterns in the embroidery shops - animals, guild crests, and depictions of the Elanthian gods. You'll also find a myriad of  thread colors to suit your needs.
+You'll find a wide range of patterns in the embroidery shops - animals, guild crests, and depictions of the [[:Category:Immortals|Elanthian gods]].  You'll also find myriad thread colors to suit your needs.
-[[Quellia's Thread Shop]]
+{{#ask: [[shop type is::embroidery]]
+ |?festival shop=Rare Shop
+ |?found on map=Common Shop Location
+ |?roomid is=Room ID
+}}
+==Patterns==
+{{ISearch|embroidery pattern}}
 ==Tidbits on Embroidery==
-*Embroidering an item changes its properties enough to have to Re-STOW items  in it.
+*Embroidering an item changes its properties enough to have to re-{{com|stow}} items in it.
 *All patterns are the same difficulty to study for scholarship gain. However,  some patterns are harder than others to use for actual embroidery.
-*Patterns wear out after approximately 100 uses.  After 50 uses they show some  wear. Worn patterns are more difficult to successfully embroider with.
+*Patterns wear out after approximately 100 uses. After 50 uses they show some wear. Worn patterns are more difficult to successfully embroider with.
+*If you want to change the color that is currently on the needle all you have to do is {{com|pull}} needle.
+{{RefAl}}
-[[Category:Creation Systems]]
+{{Cat|Creation systems}}