Definition of "needleworker" [needleworker]

• One who carries out needlework. (noun)

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• "She began teaching at 14 and was a noted needleworker."
• "Rose Wortis was an Eastern European immigrant needleworker who devoted her life to working-class organizing and the Left."
• "Connie, my mother, is a huge appreciator of handcrafted work of all kinds, as well as an expert knitter and talented needleworker in her own right."