Why Call it Blackwork? by Marion Scoular
This book is ideal for anyone wishing to get a simple introduction to blackwork embroidery.
It contains a brief history of blackwork, hints on traditional and contemporary ways of working,
and takes you through the basics from thread, fabric and needle choices, how to interpret a charted design,
stitch tension, filling patterns and how to use them, shading transferring a design, starting and finishing, working outline stitches
and how to include pattern darning stitches in a design.
11 pages of charted filling patterns, darning patterns, motifs, borders and an alphabet are included,
as well as instructions and charts for the 3 designs as shown on the cover illustration.
Paperback; 36pp. Illustrated with copious B+W line drawings throughout.
PRICE: £18.00/$28.80
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