The enquiry merges textile craft and feminist discourse and methodologies to probe women’s subjectivities. Through inherited objects and memories, it considers generational wounds and patriarchal neglect as channels for trauma narratives, and explores material objects as acts of ‘re-membering’. It examines the significance of drawn thread embroidery work or Taarkashi as a tangible link between individuals across cultures, generations, and geographies. The juxtaposition of reflective pieces and needlework enables me to experience Taarkashi as practiced by my great-grandmother, Amma. Simultaneously, the craft becomes a testimony to limitations as it can only be done on an open-weave fabric, horizontally or vertically. This constraint reminds me of how the freedom and exposure of skilled women needle workers in the Punjab Province are gendered and controlled by society through disciplines of various kinds.