▁transl ating ▁the ▁patterns ▁into ▁actual ▁w ool ▁colours ▁by ▁the ▁st itch ers ▁themselves . ▁They ▁were ▁published ▁mostly ▁as ▁single ▁sheets ▁which ▁made ▁them ▁afford able ▁to ▁middle - class ▁women . ▁ ▁So on ▁they ▁were ▁export ed ▁to ▁Britain ▁and ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁The ▁patterns ▁were ▁used ▁sp ars ely ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁until ▁the ▁ 1 8 4 0 s , ▁when ▁they ▁started ▁to ▁appear ▁in ▁women ' s ▁mag az ines , ▁after ▁which ▁" Ber lin ▁work " ▁became ▁all ▁the ▁ra ge . ▁Indeed , ▁Berlin ▁work ▁became ▁pract ically ▁syn onymous ▁with ▁canvas ▁work . ▁ ▁In ▁Britain , ▁Berlin ▁work ▁received ▁a ▁further ▁boost ▁through ▁the ▁Great ▁Ex hib ition ▁of ▁ 1 8 5 1 , ▁and ▁by ▁the ▁advent ▁of ▁ladies ' ▁mag az ines ▁such ▁as ▁The ▁English w oman ' s ▁Dom estic ▁Magazine . ▁ ▁The ▁popular ity ▁of ▁Berlin ▁work ▁was ▁due ▁largely ▁to ▁the ▁fact ▁that , ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁in ▁history , ▁a ▁fairly ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁women ▁had ▁le is ure ▁time ▁to ▁dev ote ▁to ▁need le work . ▁ ▁Design s ▁started ▁to ▁be ▁published ▁in ▁Vienna ▁and ▁Paris ▁as ▁well , ▁and ▁included ▁geometric , ▁fl oral , ▁and ▁p ict orial ▁scenes , ▁before ▁sentiment al ▁Victor ian ▁t ast es ▁impact ed ▁the ▁patterns . ▁Sub ject s ▁to ▁be ▁emb roid ered ▁were ▁influenced ▁by ▁Victor ian ▁Rom antic ism ▁and ▁included ▁fl oral