Plural of crewel; multiple types or strands of crewel yarn.
Standard English plural formation adding '-s' to the singular noun 'crewel,' used when referring to different colors or varieties of the embroidery yarn.
Needleworkers talk about 'buying crewels' when they're shopping for the fancy embroidery yarns in different colors—it's the kind of specialized vocabulary that brings craft communities together.
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