_Krull_, or _Crewel_, is a word evidently derived from the old
Norse _Krulla_, signifying to blend, to mix, and also to curl; in
fact, "crewel" work is embroidery, the Berlin wool work of modern
days; but the word is generally applied, in this locality, to the
covering of a hand ball with worsted work of various colours and
devices, the tribute of mothers and sisters in our boyhood.