A practical guide to blackwork technique - the counted thread technique built up from the simplest embroidery stitch - a short straight stitch made over two or more threads - in black thread on a white or cream cloth.
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This review is from: Blackwork Embroidery: Design and Technique (Hardcover)
"Black work is a counted thread technique built from from the simplest embroidery stitch -- a short straight stitch made over two or more threads. Combinations of these stitches make lines and geometrical patterns, which can be used to build up abstract designs or representational pictures."
"This technique came into vogue as a decoration on clothing in the early sixteenth century and Margaret Pascoe begins by tracing the development of blackwork from the earliest authentic records to the present day." "The following chapters cover the practical aspects of blackwork. Any attractive or intriguing pattern can be used as the basis of a blackwork design, and the author considers a wide range of possibilities from natural sources, such as bark, leaves, and frost, and from man-made sources including Moorish architecture, brick patterns, and wrought iron work." TABLE OF CONTENTS The Development of Blackwork Design Materials and Tools Making a Sampler Making a Panel Mounting and Framing Clothing and Other Articles Embroidered with Blackwork Mixed Techniques and Experimental Work Some Interesting Stitch Patterns Book List Suppliers Where to See Historical Blackwork in the British Isles Black cloth over boards with dustcover. 144 pp with approximately over 100 pp of illustrations.
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