Needlework is decorative sewing and textile arts handicrafts. Anything that uses a needle for construction can be called needlework. Needlework may include related textile crafts such as crochet, worked with a hook, or tatting, worked with a shuttle.

Similar abilities often transfer well between different varieties of needlework, such as fine motor skill and knowledge of textile fibers. Some of the same tools may be used in several different varieties of needlework:

• Needle lace/Lace-making
• Quilting
• Appliqué
• Embroidery
• Crochet
• Knitting
• Sewing
• Tatting
• Lucet
• Macramé
• Braiding and tassel making
• Tapestry
• Needlepoint
• Bead weaving: loom and off-loom