▁or ▁tent ▁st itch ▁although ▁Be eton ' s ▁book ▁of ▁Need le work ▁( 1 8 7 0 ) ▁describes ▁ 1 5 ▁different ▁st itch es ▁for ▁use ▁in ▁Berlin ▁work . ▁It ▁was ▁tradition ally ▁st itch ed ▁in ▁many ▁colours ▁and ▁h ues , ▁producing ▁intr icate ▁three - dimensional ▁looks ▁by ▁careful ▁sh ading . ▁The ▁design ▁of ▁such ▁emb roid ery ▁was ▁made ▁possible ▁by ▁the ▁great ▁progress es ▁made ▁in ▁d ye ing ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 3 0 s , ▁especially ▁by ▁the ▁discovery ▁of ▁an il ine ▁d yes ▁which ▁produced ▁bright ▁colors . ▁ ▁This ▁kind ▁of ▁work ▁created ▁very ▁dur able ▁and ▁long - l ived ▁pieces ▁of ▁emb roid ery ▁that ▁could ▁be ▁used ▁as ▁furn iture ▁covers , ▁c ush ions , ▁b ags , ▁or ▁even ▁on ▁cl othing . ▁ ▁History ▁▁ ▁Berlin ▁w ool ▁work ▁patterns ▁were ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁Berlin , ▁Germany , ▁early ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁The ▁first ▁Berlin ▁w ool ▁patterns ▁were ▁printed ▁in ▁black ▁and ▁white ▁on ▁grid ▁paper ▁and ▁then ▁hand - col oured . ▁Pre viously , ▁the ▁st itch er ▁was ▁expected ▁to ▁draw ▁the ▁out lines ▁on ▁the ▁canvas ▁and ▁then ▁st itch ▁following ▁the ▁colours ▁on ▁the ▁pattern . ▁Count ed ▁st itch ▁patterns ▁on ▁chart ed ▁paper , ▁similar ▁to ▁modern ▁cross - st itch ▁patterns , ▁made ▁it ▁easier ▁to ▁execute ▁the ▁designs , ▁because ▁there ▁was ▁no ▁need ▁for